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representation in parliament. We
have the lowest representation in
state assemblies. At least five states
where we had a good position around
10 years ago, we are not there anymore now. In terms of our mass organisation and party membership
there has not been as much increase
as we had hoped for. So the situation
Yes, both our youth and student organisations have a large number of
programmes on the basis of the issues
confronting them. The issue of privatisation of education is a very big concern. Today, nearly two-thirds of the
youth have no option but to go to the
private institutions to pursue higher
studies where the entire democratic
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were born. Also, we need to understand that communism does not exist
only in India and China 11 out of 14
Latin American countries have Left
governments. There is a Left government in Greece. You have the Left and
the social democratic forces rising in
Europe as well as the Right. Each of
the governments is focusing on its respective needs and addressing its own
set of challenges. The issue is how effectively you are positioned in your
country using the domestic situation
to advance. That is where we have to
Let us see how we shape up. Remember that the Left used to be in a very
dominant position in the state. That
dominance of electorates was based
on the Lefts internal strength. That
got weakened and therefore we are
not as strong in the state as earlier.
With the elections close on the heels a
lot of churning is happening. Nothing
The urge for a change for better is already there. Objectively it is now in
favour of us. However, it depends on
us how effectively we capitalise it.
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