CPI-M in its draft political resolution states that the Modi Government cannot be labelled as a fascist regime.
In a draft note ahead of its party congress in April, the CPM has explained that while the Modi government exhibits "neo-fascist characteristics", it does not qualify as a "fascist or a neo-fascist regime".
This stance has triggered sharp criticism from its national allies, the CPI and the Congress.
The new political approach confirms accusation that the CPI-M has a soft approach towards the BJP and Modi
Meanwhile, CPI Kerala secretary Binoy Viswam said that the Modi government led by the RSS is a fascist government.
“The Modi government led by the RSS is a fascist government. The RSS is a complete fascist organization. The BJP government led by the RSS is also a fascist government. The CPI-M will have to change its stand,” Binoy Viswam said.
The CPI-M explanation is part of the party's draft note on political resolutions sent to its state units ahead of the 24th Party Congress meeting in April. The stance seems to be a departure from the party's previous stand on the BJP and RSS "carrying out fascist agendas".
Former CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury had earlier drawn parallels between the Modi government and fascism.
While the CPM has defended its stance, the CPI, from which it split in 1964, has demanded a correction. Their senior national ally, the Congress, has dismissed it as a "survival" tactic.
Elections are due in Kerala in early 2026 along with Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
Though the three parties are allies at the national level, in Kerala, the CPI-M and CPI are part of the ruling LDF.
But the Congress leads the Opposition UDF which also has Indian Union of Muslim League (IUML).
Reacting to the change in the CPIM's stance, author Tushar Gandhi wrote on X, "CPM Kerala refuses to brand the Modi Government as being Fascist. Is CPM rolling out its Red Flag as a red carpet to welcome RSS to Kerala? Is Lal becoming Bhagva?"
The CPI-M and the BJP have cooperated earlier in the eighties especially during the 1989 Lok Sabha polls and Bofors gun bribery scandal that hit the then Rajiv Gandhi government.
"We are not saying that the Modi government is a fascist or neo-fascist government. Nor are we characterising the Indian State as a neo-fascist State.
What we are pinpointing is that after 10 years of continuous rule by the BJP, which is the political wing of the RSS, there has been a consolidation of political power in the hands of the BJP-RSS, resulting in the manifestation of 'neo-fascist characteristics'," the CPI-M's draft resolution notes.
CPI-M's Central Committee member AK Balan has defended the party's stance.
"Never in our assessment, has the party termed the BJP government a fascist regime. We have never said that fascism has arrived. Once fascism reaches our country, the political structure will change," Balan was quoted by The New Indian Express as saying.
He drew a contrast with the other Left parties by saying, "The CPI and the CPI(ML) are of the view that fascism has arrived."
Balan, according to a report in Malayalam news portal Madhyamam, also sought proof of Fascism if it had really "arrived in India".
The CPI-M said it distinguished between classical fascism, which emerged during the inter-imperialist era, and neo-fascism, which is a product of the crisis within neoliberalism.
Neo-fascism, according to the CPI-M, involves authoritarian tendencies within democratic frameworks, unlike classical fascism, which rejected electoral systems altogether.
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