A case of ideological bankruptcy

It is fitting that former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee refused to attend the 20th congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), at Kozhikode. Mr Bhattacharjee cited ill health for staying away; but as one of the few – if not the only – leaders of India’s largest communist party imbued with some understanding of the modern world, he would have been at odds with the proceedings as much as he is with the leadership that, showing little self-awareness, accused him of “arrogance”.

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