Congress(I), Communist Parties and Communalism

Congress(I), Communist Parties and Communalism A R Desai THE recent developments in Assam, the Bhiwandi-Bombay complex in Maharashtra, Kashmir and Punjab and the astute use of teligion by the Congress(l) in the mass media, including reshaping the content of the educational and other socialising processes, have revealed the limitations of the Communist Parties of India in analysing the use of religion made by the Congress Party to subserve the interest of the bourgeoisie in India. The brief note "Congress (1) and Communalism" (EPW, July 7) has very rightly raised the crucial issue.