The Left’s vote share has declined drastically in West Bengal and it needs a ‘critical mass’ to get back into the Assembly, says the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation general secretary; he calls the SIR exercise ‘the beginning of disempowerment’, says the Communist movement must pay attention to rural Bengal and address the issues of the new generation, such as the Noida protests
Published - April 23, 2026 09:01 pm IST
Dipankar Bhattacharya.
| Photo Credit: Shrabana Chatterjee
There is only one kind of Left in Bengal -- the oppositional Left; there, is no Left in power and that is why broader Left unity is crucial to find our way back to the West Bengal Assembly, says Dipankar Bhattacharya, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation general secretary, speaking on the party’s first-ever electoral alliance with the Left Front in Bengal. Edited excerpts.
Published - April 23, 2026 09:01 pm IST
