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Apart from the humiliating defeat Indian National Congress (INC) had, another question now raises is the credibility of Left politics in India. The Left parties, CPI and CPI(M) now confine to just 10, with CPI tally is just one seat.

CPI (M) has saved its face in Kerala and Thripura with 5 and 2 wins respectively, but in West Bengal where it ruled consistently for 25 years, they got just two seats.

See the fall of Left politics in India In 2004, when UPA had formed its first government at the national level Left parties were on the driving seat with 67 members in the parliament. CPI (M) leaders like Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechuri and CPI leader A.B. Bardhan were the king pins in UPA-1 regime, but this election brings in a big question over the Left stream of politics in the country.

Both the Communist parties now face the threat of loosing the status of National party for the first time in the history of Communist movement in India. The Left politics is gradually loosing its sheen after the demise of leaders like EMS Namboothiripad, Harkishen Singh Surjit and Jyothi Basu.

This is the case of CPI, after leaders like C.Rajeshwar Rao and Indrajith Guptha. The main handicap the Left parties now facing is that their national level leaders are not having vibrant relation with the people. Of course, they are more intellectual and academically qualified than their predecessors, but not having the experiences of peoples struggle in various parts of the country.

Just like a CPI(M) worker said, most of their present leaders are arm chair communists having no relations with the people. They are more mechanic and do not truly analyse the mindset of the people. Most of the struggles in recent times are more or less mechanic, having no political enthusiasm and political credibility. The secretariat blockade in Kerala is a classic example.

In this election, CPI (M) had a big failure in its strategy in Kerala which caused a humiliating defeat to M.A. Baby, a polit beaurue member at Kollam constituency. RSP, an alley in the Left Front had demanded Kollam seat for N.K. Premachandran, a vibrant leader and former minister for Water resources.

CPI(M) categorically rejected it and unilaterally announced M.A Baby as candidate for the seat. The provoked RSP had dissected all its long standing relation with the Left front and joined United Democratic Front (UDF). As a UDF candidate, Premachandran defeated Baby by a margin of roughly 33,000 votes. This is a heavy blow to the CPI(M) leadership as they never expected such a defeat at Kollam.

Just like this, in 2009 elections, Janata Dal also departed from the LDF, yet the CPI(M) leadership had not studied any lesson. It was the absence of a faction of the Janatha Dal that caused the narrow defeat in the assembly elections in 2012. The party also has no confidence to field candidates from the party rank and file, but search for independents, who have no affinity to politics and having lower credibility as a political leader.

The party lost Ernakulam constituency in this way. CPI also fielded, a doctor at Thiruvananthapuram who stands on the third spot after BJP. There were allegations that his candidature was on payment basis. Whatever may be the truth he had no credibility at all and failed to grab peoples mandate. This is the only seat in Kerala where LDF had a disappointing performance.

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Arm chair communism does not yield result

Apart from the humiliating defeat Indian National Congress (INC) had, another question now raises is the credibility of Left politics in India. The Left parties, CPI and CPI(M) now confine to just 10, with CPI tally is just one seat.

CPI (M) has saved its face in Kerala and Thripura with 5 and 2 wins respectively, but in West Bengal where it ruled consistently for 25 years, they got just two seats.

See the fall of Left politics in India In 2004, when UPA had formed its first government at the national level Left parties were on the driving seat with 67 members in the parliament. CPI (M) leaders like Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechuri and CPI leader A.B. Bardhan were the king pins in UPA-1 regime, but this election brings in a big question over the Left stream of politics in the country.

Both the Communist parties now face the threat of loosing the status of National party for the first time in the history of Communist movement in India. The Left politics is gradually loosing its sheen after the demise of leaders like EMS Namboothiripad, Harkishen Singh Surjit and Jyothi Basu.

This is the case of CPI, after leaders like C.Rajeshwar Rao and Indrajith Guptha. The main handicap the Left parties now facing is that their national level leaders are not having vibrant relation with the people. Of course, they are more intellectual and academically qualified than their predecessors, but not having the experiences of peoples struggle in various parts of the country.

Just like a CPI(M) worker said, most of their present leaders are arm chair communists having no relations with the people. They are more mechanic and do not truly analyse the mindset of the people. Most of the struggles in recent times are more or less mechanic, having no political enthusiasm and political credibility. The secretariat blockade in Kerala is a classic example.

In this election, CPI (M) had a big failure in its strategy in Kerala which caused a humiliating defeat to M.A. Baby, a polit beaurue member at Kollam constituency. RSP, an alley in the Left Front had demanded Kollam seat for N.K. Premachandran, a vibrant leader and former minister for Water resources.

CPI(M) categorically rejected it and unilaterally announced M.A Baby as candidate for the seat. The provoked RSP had dissected all its long standing relation with the Left front and joined United Democratic Front (UDF). As a UDF candidate, Premachandran defeated Baby by a margin of roughly 33,000 votes. This is a heavy blow to the CPI(M) leadership as they never expected such a defeat at Kollam.

Just like this, in 2009 elections, Janata Dal also departed from the LDF, yet the CPI(M) leadership had not studied any lesson. It was the absence of a faction of the Janatha Dal that caused the narrow defeat in the assembly elections in 2012. The party also has no confidence to field candidates from the party rank and file, but search for independents, who have no affinity to politics and having lower credibility as a political leader.

The party lost Ernakulam constituency in this way. CPI also fielded, a doctor at Thiruvananthapuram who stands on the third spot after BJP. There were allegations that his candidature was on payment basis. Whatever may be the truth he had no credibility at all and failed to grab peoples mandate. This is the only seat in Kerala where LDF had a disappointing performance.

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Aarm chair communism does not yield result

Communism VS Evil Part 2 001
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Does this year's Budget represent 'communism by stealth' as some on the political right would have it, or is it a 'Cabinet Club' Budget for the rich as some on the left allege? Neither actually. Although Bill English and John Key have taken National on a slight detour to the left, it's far from radical or socialist. And allegations from Labour and the Greens that this is a 'Cabinet Club Budget' are woefully out of sync with how it will be received. In the end, National has smartly managed to cleave a middle line that suggests they are both fiscally responsible and socially concerned.

Bizarre 'Cabinet Club' claims Labour and the Greens seem determined to stay on message and portray this Budget as a step to the right by the Government, regardless of the reality. They are attempting to connect it with recent National Party controversies about fundraising from wealthy donors and the corporate sector - see TV3'sOpposition slams 'Cabinet Club Budget'. Bizarrely, Green Co-leader Russel Norman referred to it as the 'Cabinet Club' Budget 29 times in his Budget speech, as if he hadn't taken any notice of what was actually in the Budget. Similarly, Winston Peters' main line was that the Budget amounted to 'cake for cronies, crumbs for New Zealanders'.

Claire Trevett reflects on Labour's difficulty in responding to the Budget: 'Mr Cunliffe then sought to have his cake and eat it too. He first of all claimed credit for much of the Budget, saying policies such as paid parental leave, bowel cancer screening and tackling kauri dieback disease were stolen in a blatant raid on Labour.

Having done so, he proceeded to give the Budget a big thumbs-down' - see:No lollies but lots of 'fudge'.

As Barry Soper says, 'Labour's bitterly complaining though. The complaint that The Tories are looking after their rich mates is a little difficult to fathom and so is their chant that it's a 'Cabinet Club annual report'. It's doubtful the donors to the Tories will be popping the champagne corks over this one' - see:Cunliffe fudged his Budget reaction.

The best leftwing critique of the Budget has come, not from Opposition politicians, but from political journalist Gordon Campbell. He accuses National of political cynicism and cheap vote-buying - see:On yesterday's 'let them eat crumbs' Budget. While Campbell agrees National have gone for a Labour-lite approach, he notes they've done so on a tight budget: 'For this performance, National is receiving a round of applause for its tactical brilliance, and its skill in triangulating Labour's social policy programme, for a relative pittance. National seems to have perfected the art of lowering the ceiling of expectations, and then painting a few pretty pictures on it to divert the paying customer'.

Predictable responses from the right The criticisms from the right have mostly been muted. But it's certainly possible to detect some unhappiness on National's right. In the Twittersphere, for example, Cameron Slater (@Whaleoil) responded to the Budget with: 'So Bill English delivers yet another breeders budget'. Matthew Hooton (@MatthewHootonNZ) questioned why the 'govt is promoting a more left-wing PPL policy than @lailaharre in 2002'. And National Party activist Jordan McCluskey (@JordanMcCluskey) tweeted, 'Congratulations to the Muldoon government on their 15th budget'.

One of the strongest critiques has come from the 'radical right' Cathy Odgers who bemoans that Bill 'English has morphed into a less witty Michael Cullen'. She thinks National's budget was the result of market research by the likes of David Farrar: 'This offering is the "Pollsters Budget", smelling as if National pollster Curia conned a committee of confirmed Labour voters to meet for pizza and $50, then appointed a moderator and banged together Billy's Budget. Election budgets should lob lollies to potential voters, not Opposition true believers. Again Bill English acted like the quintessential smug Kiwi farmer content with increasing wealth on unrealised tax-free capital gains. He bottled it' - see:If this Budget is centre-right, what would the left hatch?.

Mike Hosking generally approves of the Budget, although disagrees strongly with the universal extension of free doctor visits to children under 13: 'Why on earth that's not means tested is beyond me, unless it's too complex to do so.

Subsidising families that don't need it so they can take their kid to the doctor every time they get a sniffle is a waste of money' - see:Budget a document built on confidence. Hosking takes aim at those criticising the Government for not doing more for first home buyers: 'just what was it they were wanting? Did they want the Government to buy them a house?'

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APWH 27.6 - The fall of global communism.

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