CPI(ML) Liberation’s Polit Bureau member and a Central Committee member for more than two decades Kavita Krishnan has been relieved from the posts and responsibilities in the party over some basic differences regarding socialist regimes. Commenting on the Ukraine-Russia conflict, she had tweeted recently that socialist regimes were autocratic regimes far worse than parliamentary democracies.
Talking to The Hindu, Ms. Krishnan said she would continue as a primary party member, but added that she had requested the Central Committee to relieve her from all elected posts. She said she felt a need to recognise urgency and prime importance of defending parliamentary democracies with all their flaws not just in India but in the world. Ms. Krishnan said there was a need to recognise that really existing or past socialist regimes were and had been terrible totalitarianisms, far worse than existing capitalist democracies with all their flaws.
She said she needed to pursue certain troubling political questions and it was not possible for her to explore and express in her responsibilities as a CPI(ML) leader.
