The Left parties, suffered a loss of 37 seats in India’s parliament and may be left with just 23 positions. The older Communist Party of India, CPI, (which used to be aligned to the Soviet Communist Party) won just two seats and risks losing its national party status after being marginalized over the years. But more important is the loss in position for the Communist Party of India Marxist, CPM, which has controlled the eastern state of West Bengal since 1978 and has been in power at times in the southern state of Kerala. Historically it was said that the CPM was more aligned the Chinese Communists, so I was keen read the word from Beijing about this, click here to read the view from Xinhua.
CPM stalwarts such as Kurup, lost in Kottayam Kerala and even in industrial strongholds such as Hooghly, near Kolkata (Calcutta), Rupchand Pal was a loser.
