Left outflanked

Overview

Political headlines in the past year have been dominated by Communist threats to bring down the Indian National Congress-led coalition if the latter proceeds with the US-India nuclear deal. It might therefore appear that this is an odd time to argue for the policy irrelevance of the Left, but the reality is that, at least in the realm of economic policymaking, the Left’s influence on the government tends to be greatly overstated.

The government is gradually implementing fundamental...

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