Left in the lurch

Far from their lofty dream of giving history a helping hand, communists like Sitaram Yechury know they are one small push away from becoming history. Their numbers are down from 60-plus in the last Lok Sabha to 25-minus in the current one. Their vote share slipped from 5.66 per cent in the 2004 elections to 5.33 per cent in 2009. They have been voted out of all states, including impregnable West Bengal, except Tripura.

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