CPI (M)-Feint in the East, Attack in the West

March 6, 1982 CPI (M) Feint in the East, Attack in the West Sumanta Banerjee THE 11th Congress of the CPI(M) at Vijayawada seems to have been spurred by conditioned reflexes. The stimulus is the US-Soviet rivalry in the international arena. In response, the party It as decided to be guided by the traditional unwritten premise which has inspired Communist strategy in India since the birth of the party in the 1920s, namely that defence of the Soviet Union only can bring India nearer a socialist revolution.