As part of this study, Dr. Vidyasagar had mainly examined three dimensions of the Communist poltics and how it has affected the progress of Communism in India. These include the agitational activities, electoral politics and governmental performance of the two major Communist parties i.e., the CPI and CPM in the country. Whereas, the third stream of Indian Communists, popularly described as ‘Naxalites’, or otherwise known as the CPI-ML have either split into ...