[Marxism] Fw: Re: The 2009 Indian Elections

[Anon Anon]

 Winning candidates here:
 http://eciresults.nic.in/ListofWinningCandidated.pdf
 
 It is clear INC has a resounding victory.  For me one
 the most profound issues is not the failure of CPM (which is
 completely understandable and expected), but that once again
 (as in 2004), the total and utter inability of mainstream
 media in India to detect the outcome (or, perhaps better to
 note, the mainstream media's complete capture by corporate
 interests).  Outside of Gujarat and Karnataka, secular
 politics dominates (Orissa is one further complication
 though).  Moreover, the role of rural workers who see
 more to be gained from Congress than the "Left" parties is
 instructive.  The results in Rajastan emphasise
 this.  The results in West Bengal (where the CPM state
 govt effectively opposes the public works rural employment
 programme of the Congress govt) demonstrate this even
 further.  Ironically, my interpretation would be that
 the result shows Congress strengthening its support amongst
 working and marginal classes, the problem being that the
  "left" parties are not seen as successful class parties,
 whereas Congress has deepened its capacity to offer policies
 akin to social democratic parties in Europe.  Given the
 fall in strength of the left parties between 2004 and today,
 the "left" parliamentary parties are confronted with their
 most serious setbacks in a generation...they have no one to
 blame but themselves.
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