[lbo-talk] India's Hindu Party Reflects on Election Drubbing

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon May 18 11:06:05 PDT 2009


On May 18, 2009, at 1:47 PM, ravi wrote:


> There are some parallels with the GOP's status in the USA. Sujeet,
> any thoughts on what this represents for India's left given that the
> massive Congress win removes their dependence on the Communists?

I'm really curious to hear more about the Indian election results. I'm seeing analyses that suggest that Congress became social dem enough to win broad working class support. And the BJP got crushed, right? Why?

Doug



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