Left high & dry: Where have the Bengal comrades gone?

Apr 3, 2022 | 23:50 IST

Once the most dominant party in West Bengal’s political space, CPM is now a ghost of its former self

The last remnants of the red fortress that was breached in 2011 have been swept away a decade later. The Left, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) – CPM – has been reduced to zero seats in the recent West Bengal assembly elections.

This means that for the first time in the history of post-Independence Bengal, the Left Front – which is dominated by the CPM and has Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Party, Communist Party of India and Marxist Forward Bloc as its constituents – will have no voice in the state assembly.

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Left high & dry: Where have the Bengal comrades gone?

Once the most dominant party in West Bengal’s political space, CPM is now a ghost of its former self

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Left high & dry: Where have the Bengal comrades gone?

Once the most dominant party in West Bengal’s political space, CPM is now a ghost of its former self

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