Left on revitalisation path: Yechury lists 5 issues the party is flagging

The plan is to hold a nationwide convention to highlight the failures of the Modi government

Last week, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told The Hindu that “for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Left is its principal enemy.” He said the BJP was scared of the Left. This comes when the Left is in power in only Tripura and Kerala, and currently in the throes of a decline in its legislative strength, both at the Centre and in states. Since the Communist Party of India (Marxist) elected Sitaram Yechury as its head (general secretary), in April 2015, the party has kept itself in the background, while its unseen hand has been a catalyst to forge