One must remember that VS is one of the last living founder member and leader of CPM. Most of the leaders who are from Kerala are his one time proteges. The party has evolved over the years due to the inevitable changes happening all over Kerala. Today there are hardly any agriculture in kerala one of its solid support base. Blue collar workers are also on decline. Today the state has only govt servants who are considered a solid support base for CPM.
To maintain its cadre base intact party has developed instituitions to create employment opportunities. over the years the corporatisation of the party has taken deep roots. Today the party has infiltrated so many organisations and affiliations such that the power of the offical party position is quite considerable.
Today the party is populated by not by the idealistic and is attracting only practical, materilialistic people who would like to know what they get for what they give. In that sense party loyalties are not cast in stone or based in strong ideology.
Today VS stands for that ideological romantism which no longer exist in that party. Sadly he is no intellectual ideologue to fight this natural change or offer a ideological base to his political positions. The party members are more bound by the practical considerations than the sacred organisational values or strict discipline.
All his life he remained a fighter for issues without a real ideologue basis and was instrumental in changing the party and developing many of its today's leaders. Today the party is controlled by political managers who have no ideological purity or intellectual clarity to run an organisation which can decide the agenda or political discourse. May be after EMS no one could fill that role. This degeneration of the party could not have happened without blaming the past leadership. In reality if one look at the past leadership only two individuals have influenced the party so much after AKG. That is the redoubtable EMS and VS himself. So today VS has only himself to blame for the position he is in or the party is in.
True, that he may be a good communist but was never a visionary. He was a reactive political leader than one who sets the agenda. Today CPM has more thinkers outside the party than inside. Its idealists are silent and are powerless. Today musclemen and capitalists influence its policies and political positions. The party has no pretence left in the close scrutiny of media glare. Its current leadership can survive with their personal agendas and business interests only for the time being, but has no vision for the future. It cannot inspire the youth or future generation to join the party. Today it is not even able to mobilise masses for its agitations because of the credibility of the leaders is suspect.
Over the years the party has shed lot of dissenting voices in its disciplinary zeal resulting in a situation today where the society has more credible leftist thinkers or ideologues or political leaders than inside the party. Today VS is facing the same situation as these rebels had faced some time back and eventually the party leadership shall prevail even on such a tall crusader's fate.
It is an irony that these rebels want VS to come out and join forces with them. Even though VS has a lot to answer for the party's current plight today he remains inspirational for the outside commoner. He remain the last rebel whose fight against injustice is not a popularity gimmick or political posturing and one who has real credibility in the minds of people.
Party thinks that image has come at its expense and cost. The corporate culture in the party has taken such deep roots that party think that they can cut him to size after removing from CC or Opposition leader post. This may be the case considering the age of VS but the question lingers, then what?
The faceless, nameless people of this kerala need a proper governance and not lobby management by the UDF and mafia running of the LDF. One cannot expect to fool the people all the time.
To maintain its cadre base intact party has developed instituitions to create employment opportunities. over the years the corporatisation of the party has taken deep roots. Today the party has infiltrated so many organisations and affiliations such that the power of the offical party position is quite considerable.
Today the party is populated by not by the idealistic and is attracting only practical, materilialistic people who would like to know what they get for what they give. In that sense party loyalties are not cast in stone or based in strong ideology.
Today VS stands for that ideological romantism which no longer exist in that party. Sadly he is no intellectual ideologue to fight this natural change or offer a ideological base to his political positions. The party members are more bound by the practical considerations than the sacred organisational values or strict discipline.
All his life he remained a fighter for issues without a real ideologue basis and was instrumental in changing the party and developing many of its today's leaders. Today the party is controlled by political managers who have no ideological purity or intellectual clarity to run an organisation which can decide the agenda or political discourse. May be after EMS no one could fill that role. This degeneration of the party could not have happened without blaming the past leadership. In reality if one look at the past leadership only two individuals have influenced the party so much after AKG. That is the redoubtable EMS and VS himself. So today VS has only himself to blame for the position he is in or the party is in.
True, that he may be a good communist but was never a visionary. He was a reactive political leader than one who sets the agenda. Today CPM has more thinkers outside the party than inside. Its idealists are silent and are powerless. Today musclemen and capitalists influence its policies and political positions. The party has no pretence left in the close scrutiny of media glare. Its current leadership can survive with their personal agendas and business interests only for the time being, but has no vision for the future. It cannot inspire the youth or future generation to join the party. Today it is not even able to mobilise masses for its agitations because of the credibility of the leaders is suspect.
Over the years the party has shed lot of dissenting voices in its disciplinary zeal resulting in a situation today where the society has more credible leftist thinkers or ideologues or political leaders than inside the party. Today VS is facing the same situation as these rebels had faced some time back and eventually the party leadership shall prevail even on such a tall crusader's fate.
It is an irony that these rebels want VS to come out and join forces with them. Even though VS has a lot to answer for the party's current plight today he remains inspirational for the outside commoner. He remain the last rebel whose fight against injustice is not a popularity gimmick or political posturing and one who has real credibility in the minds of people.
Party thinks that image has come at its expense and cost. The corporate culture in the party has taken such deep roots that party think that they can cut him to size after removing from CC or Opposition leader post. This may be the case considering the age of VS but the question lingers, then what?
The faceless, nameless people of this kerala need a proper governance and not lobby management by the UDF and mafia running of the LDF. One cannot expect to fool the people all the time.
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