Maharashtra loss

The CPI(M) had contested in two Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra and in both, the party’s vote share has dipped. A report by the state leadership reviewing the election results appeared in the edition. It says that some of the developments in West Bengal and Kerala negatively impacted the party in Maharashtra.

As far as the nuclear deal is concerned, it says, “we tried to take the issue of the deal and related anti-imperialist aspects to the people to some extent, but it could not reach the common people effectively. In the USA itself, the end of the George Bush regime and the ascension of Barak Obama blunted the anti-imperialist edge in the minds of large sections of the people.

Compiled by Manoj C.G.