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The Left is still hero-worshipping Fidel Castro. No wonder it has zero states

The CPI(M) gushing over Fidel Castro on his centenary is hypocrisy, especially when it accuses the current ruling government of crushing democracy.

Comes the topic of Fidel Castro, and Indian Left liberals forget all about the revolutionary vs dictator debate. Their hero worship of the former Cuban President has survived generations, and the dubious fan following shows no signs of fading.

On 13 August, Castro would have turned 100 had he been alive. For his Indian acolytes more than 13,000 kilometres away, the centenary of the ‘Red fellow Comrade’ meant mourning and tributes to his ‘struggles’ during the Cuban revolution and his subsequent five-decade one-party reign.

The CPI(M) on Thursday saluted him, gushing over him as the “people’s leader” and an “anti-imperialist” icon.

“Fidel and the Cuban people taught the world that revolution is possible, that the people can make it, and that in the contemporary world there are no forces capable of halting the liberation movement of the peoples,” the party posted on X.

Remembering the people’s leader, anti-imperialist icon and Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, on his 100th birth anniversary. Fidel and the Cuban people taught the world that revolution is possible, that the people can make it, and that in the…........

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