Ok, We know that there are two main communist parties in India — CPI and CPI(M) (I am aware of a CPI(ML) as well.. but I know of no one from it!) . Now, since I am a novice in political matters, CPI(M) appears to be a bit more “known” than CPI, largely because of its two illustrious leaders Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechuri. They even sport their own wiki pages, albeit with limited content:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakash_Karat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitaram_Yechury
Of course, they are far more colourful than their wiki articles suggest and this post cannot hope to wield a paintbrush wide enough to paint their personae in their true (24-bit) colours.
What this post humbly confines itself to are some basic questions about the “leaders” from the other communist part, CPI– A.B.Bardhan and D.Raja.
In short, I mean to ask –Who are these buffoons??
I understand that Bardhan (full name: Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan) is a Bengali and D.Raja is from Tamil Nadu. But nothing more is known about them. While this Bardhan guy has atleast a wiki stub to cover his body (I wonder where will he put that stub…), Raja has none at all (Talk about the King’s clothes!). Still they keep appearing on TV while my anxiety and curiosity levels keep rising towards that mild-schizophrenia barrier. What amazes me is, no one watching the TV seems to even want to know who they are and what their (at least apparent) credentials are, just like that 37-years young Principe Raul was touted to be M.Phil something. Nope! None at all!
So who the hell are these people?
Why do they keep appearing on TV if they are not important at all?
Why do they get to attend the meetings where the Country’s future is decided?
