Dasvidaniya... Phew!

The Left has been in terminal decline all over the globe for decades now. Naturally, therefore, it had become somewhat of an anachronism in India too, though the 2004-08 period marked the high-watermark of its importance in national politics. The writing was on the wall and once UPA-I survived the trust vote in 2008, the CPI(M)’s unravelling began and it’s been unstoppable thereafter. The Left’s critics didn’t have to plot a grand strategy to assist their demise: all that was needed was to demolish its edifice in Bengal, the last showpiece of Soviet-style authoritarianism.

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