There are so many organizations with the same name, albeit with a few differences. Some have “socialism”, “communism”, “labor” and “people” in their names, but don’t respect the ideology in their title. Some of them have been banned as extremist organizations.
My assumption is that most of the surviving parties that haven’t been banned believe in the multi-party system, and are home to intellectuals, as opposed to revolutionaries. The fate of original communist is also hard to understand, like for example the All-India Forward Bloc and Hindustan Socialist Republic Association.
I would really like to support CPI (Marxist), but I can’t help thinking about Jyoti Basu’s blunder. Also, Jyoti destroyed West Bengal - as someone who is a academic puritan, he was loyal to his ideals and was bad as a leader.
My parents are strong Gandhi loyalists and support INC, who have the most number of seats in the I.N.D.I.A coalition. If only the CPI and CPI(M) could merge to become a bigger party.