MAHARASHTRA-Behind the Communal Fury

the CPI(M) remains the principal organised force of the parliamentary Left in India. For the Indian ruling classes, particularly the industrialists. its virtue lies in the fact that in .states where it had come to office, it had been able to confine popular discontent to electoral channels and keep the class struggle within nonns permitted by the present .system. The CPI (M)'s ability to keep its apple cart rolling will of course depend on the course of events, on the pressure from its ranks and on the balance of social forces.