Operation CPI (M)

The communist Party of India (Marxist) is the ruling party in at least three States in India (Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura) and is a foremost coalition partner (support from outside) at the Centre. The party has its own organizational hierarchy (from the Branch Committee to the Politburo) and constitutional frameworks. The past certain months witnessed a strange practice of media attack towards the party, its leaders and its programmes. Even though it is not new in Kerala where the leading dailies and visual media always celebrate the skirmishes within the Communist Party, the new wave is something beyond that.
An impartial assessment of this issue leads to the following reasons for these phenomena:
1. The rotten issues within the CPI M are most widely read. The reason may be the expectation on the part of the public in the prospect of the labor-friendly party. The media in a way take advantage of the readers’ nosiness.
2. The resentment and intolerance among the said bourgeois media on the socialist and progressive views of the Communist Party. Most of the media prefer the rule by the liberal and unorganized Right parties and their partners due to several reasons.
3. The Communist Party leaders and Ministers used to take an indifferent stand towards the media men. The cadre feature of the party keeps the newsmen away from most strategic and diplomatic issues.
4. Another important factor is to be remembered that at least a few publishers are engaged in a commendable task of correcting the illness within the Communist Party. In the state of Kerala and West Bengal many such forums are working with this intention. (most of the volunteers of these corrective forums are the former activists of the Communist Party)
5. The media also disagree with the stringent character of the Communist Party activists particularly in dealing with certain social and political issues. The party has a common habit of defending their fault even after establishing the same as a proven mistake.
6. The Party has its working agenda covertly framed. The media take disclosure of the Communist Party’s secret schedules as a challenge and its circulation a big business.
This incomplete list of conclusion needs further addition. Honorable readers are kindly requested to contribute their findings.