Some history - It was the first time in the world (as far I know) that a communist government was democratically elected and came to power without a violent rev

Some history - It was the first time in the world (as far I know) that a communist government was democratically elected and came to power without a violent revolution. (Funnily, other communist parties around the world criticised the indian communists for this!). This really rattled the United States of America, and they applied tremendous pressure on the indian government to deal with the "communist threat" in India. Nehru was reluctant, but knew that India couldn't ignore the demands of a world power it needed help from, as India was still struggling to sustain itself as an independent nation. He invoked a federal power that allowed the Government of India to dismiss any local government in a state and take direct control of the region under the pretext of the deteriorating law and order situation in the state (huge anti-communist protests had started in the state by religious organisations, the opposition political party and some claim even the CIA - https://indiatogether.org/kerala50-government https://indiatogether.org/kerala50-government). To Nehru's credit though, he held steadfast to Gandhian ideology and refused to give in to US demands to ban the communist parties in India as long as they swore to abide by the indian constitution and didn't advocate violent politics.