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The title seems to attribute the higher HDI solely to the communist government which is misleading. In fact, Kerala has strong anti incumbency and hence the com
by mathews_puthran 5y ago
The title seems to attribute the higher HDI solely to the communist government which is misleading. In fact, Kerala has strong anti incumbency and hence the communist government is usually elected every other election cycle. Indian state of West Bengal had an elected communist government for 25+ years but the state didn't fare too well during that time.
- webmobdev 5y agoThey don't deserve complete credit, but do deserve equal credit for advocating and pushing through reforms that the Congress couldn't have done so easily. And there are differences in the communist politics in Kerala and West Bengal. In Kerala, Marxist philosophies dominated. Moreover, the anti-caste movement of the south, allowed the lower caste to thrive politically in Kerala, where as in Bengal it was still dominated by the upper caste (and some say that is why it lost political relevance there).