Monday, March 31, 2008

Nandigram Loss of Life: Just a Political Setback for CPM


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/CPM_admits_its_plagued_by_desertion/articleshow/2915560.cms


Is it any wonder that the CPM is plagued by increasing dropouts, and problems in getting whole-timers? It is a clear sign of good sense finally prevailing in the country. It also indicates that most people dislike the negativity associated with the communists and the present lot of their leaders. In a country where the public sector has traditionally under performed, the communists are advocating the very system be strengthened.

That the party seeks to enforce stricter guidelines for whole-timers and a more stringent method of giving out memberships, is laughable, to say the least. Referring to the communists’ abominable conduct in Nandigram, CPM has admitted that the quality of members has come down lately. But the communists have failed to admit that the performance of the party cadres reflects the personality of the party’s leadership. That CPM considers the shameful murder of innocent people in Nandigram by its rabid cadres a "weapon in anti-CPM propaganda" also reflects the pedestrian mentality of the CPM leadership. Loss of innocent lives in Nandigram means little to Prakash Karat than a political setback to his party’s inflated ambitions.

The CPM attributes growing factionalism in the party to inability of cadres and senior leadership to settle grievances within established party forums. The communists have also expressed their distaste for cadres carrying their intra-party squabbling to the media. The communists are shy of the media is well known, particularly when the reports contain some negative content. The Chinese controlling foreign press in Tibet is a live example. They would prefer the muck to remain below the proverbial carpet.


When other states are leaving no stone unturned to invite investors to come and contribute in their economy and development, the communists have perversely advocated that private investors should not be loaded with too many concessions. Only complete morons will be attracted by the latest communist philosophy on investment in communists ruled states.

The communists, in their analysis of the dropout rate, have missed a major point. The dropout rate is much higher in states like Kerela and Tamil Nadu because these states have a higher literacy rate. There is another point that starkly comes across – communism thrives in states where education has still not reached desired levels.

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