Over the past three decades, the Communist parties in Uttar Pradesh have experienced a gradual decline, akin to political exile, as the landscape of the state has shifted towards saffron dominance.
Once boasting strongholds in revered religious cities like Ayodhya and Kashi, which provided a
Saffron flag or BJP is now controlling most of the "Lal Salaam" strongholds. After the 1991 election, no one from CPI or CPI(M) could become an MP in Uttar Pradesh. In 1991, they won just the Ghazipur seat.
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