By contrast, China drew the opposite political conclusion from the collapse of the Soviet Union: political reform in a Marxist-Leninist system imperils the party's survival.
Some political parties such as the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam are still against the bill, though the government could get it easily passed with support from the BJP.
His party, the United Marxist-Leninists, occupies the same political ground as the Maoists: pro-peasant, anti-big business, committed to land reform and ending poverty.