The commies have won again… their seventh consecutive victory. This is definitely going to be etched in the pages of history. So what has led to this modern day autocracy. We are living in a democratic nation where people have the right to choose the form of government that they prefer. When the government does not live up to our expectations we naturally go in for other options. But the condition is the reverse in West Bengal. coercion. Of course, most people would deny that. Force, they will say is probably the only reason why they win each time. They are the government, they are the mafia, they have the police under them, they have local heads under them and what’s most important is that they have the moolah, by which they can easily purchase what they don’t have and easily kill what they can’t have.

Communism is well against the principals of democracy. Firstly, communism and democracy can’t go hand in hand. Communism embodies different principles altogether. It embodies tenets of socialism which states that everything must belong to the state because the state is the best decision maker and the state will always look for the benefit of society as a whole. It also advocates that society will be free from inequality of every kind. Every person will be given equal access to the public resources. And every individual must obey the diktats of the state.

These principles are completely against the principles of democracy which embodies free will and freedom of speech and expression… the freedom to choose their representatives, the freedom to form their own government. So the question is, how has a party who advocates the dying principles of Communism survived in one of the worlds largest democracies?

The most probable explanation for their survival is their political infrastructure. Their party has comprehensively conquered every strata of society right from the grassroots. How they’ve done that is besides the point. The fact is that they have penetrated the barriers class, caste and religion. They have secured loyal vote banks among the lower echelons of society. The middle class vote bank was still weak. But it looks like they have started infiltrating this section too. In fact, the middle class votes saw a major shift in favour of the left front. The major reason for this shift is the pro-industrialisation stance taken by our chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. So these people know exactly what they are doing. And though people might feel hesitant about expressing their views for or against them, the truth is that we have no other option. There is no other party in West Bengal that can compete with them today. And if there are some who will in tome emerge from the shadows, they will have a difficult time competing against the left which is years ahead. The future of our state stands clear. For this time, even mystics aren’t needed to predict the future assembly results. They say it’s a choice between the devil and the deep sea. But I say it’s a choice between a ship and a paper boat. And as of now, I would obviously choose the ship. As the paper boats swim relentlessly against the tidal waves, the war wages on. Some boats sink some forge ahead, their spirits bruised but not dead. The ship moves on bringing in more and more passengers on board. This ship has reached a position of power so insurmountable that the only way it can be curbed is by itself. So for the ones who want to witness change, they have to simply wait till the autocrat resorts to self destruction which judging the present conditions is not likely to happen in the near future. I guess, we will see it someday through the pearly gates.
The commies have won again… their seventh consecutive victory. This is definitely going to be etched in the pages of history. So what has led to this modern day autocracy. We are living in a democratic nation where people have the right to choose the form of government that they prefer. When the government does not live up to our expectations we naturally go in for other options. But the condition is the reverse in West Bengal. coercion. Of course, most people would deny that. Force, they will say is probably the only reason why they win each time. They are the government, they are the mafia, they have the police under them, they have local heads under them and what’s most important is that they have the moolah, by which they can easily purchase what they don’t have and easily kill what they can’t have.

Communism is well against the principals of democracy. Firstly, communism and democracy can’t go hand in hand. Communism embodies different principles altogether. It embodies tenets of socialism which states that everything must belong to the state because the state is the best decision maker and the state will always look for the benefit of society as a whole. It also advocates that society will be free from inequality of every kind. Every person will be given equal access to the public resources. And every individual must obey the diktats of the state.

These principles are completely against the principles of democracy which embodies free will and freedom of speech and expression… the freedom to choose their representatives, the freedom to form their own government. So the question is, how has a party who advocates the dying principles of Communism survived in one of the worlds largest democracies?

The most probable explanation for their survival is their political infrastructure. Their party has comprehensively conquered every strata of society right from the grassroots. How they’ve done that is besides the point. The fact is that they have penetrated the barriers class, caste and religion. They have secured loyal vote banks among the lower echelons of society. The middle class vote bank was still weak. But it looks like they have started infiltrating this section too. In fact, the middle class votes saw a major shift in favour of the left front. The major reason for this shift is the pro-industrialisation stance taken by our chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. So these people know exactly what they are doing. And though people might feel hesitant about expressing their views for or against them, the truth is that we have no other option. There is no other party in West Bengal that can compete with them today. And if there are some who will in tome emerge from the shadows, they will have a difficult time competing against the left which is years ahead. The future of our state stands clear. For this time, even mystics aren’t needed to predict the future assembly results. They say it’s a choice between the devil and the deep sea. But I say it’s a choice between a ship and a paper boat. And as of now, I would obviously choose the ship. As the paper boats swim relentlessly against the tidal waves, the war wages on. Some boats sink some forge ahead, their spirits bruised but not dead. The ship moves on bringing in more and more passengers on board. This ship has reached a position of power so insurmountable that the only way it can be curbed is by itself. So for the ones who want to witness change, they have to simply wait till the autocrat resorts to self destruction which judging the present conditions is not likely to happen in the near future. I guess, we will see it someday through the pearly gates.