The Reasons Behind - INDIA'S Uncertain Future - C Wayne Cole & Raymond F McNair - March 1969

C Wayne Cole & Raymond F McNair

Many thinking Indians fear the future. They see India's age–old problems of illiteracy, poverty, overpopulation, food shortage worsening, not getting better! Their experiment in democracy hasn't been a big success. Some are beginning to ask, "Can communism solve our problems better than democracy?" This in-depth report tells where and how India will go from here! Calcutta, India. Parliamentary democracy in India has been jarred by a sudden shock! The Communist Party is "now in control of two of India's 17 state governments. The Marxist-led United Front Party made a sweeping election victory in the state of West Bengal in February. This communist victory dealt a devastating setback to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Congress Party, The United Front coalition, led by a resurgent pro-Peking party, won 214 of the 280 seats in the West Bengal legislature – over 40 more than it needs to run the state. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library