Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content

PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Comment in 150 words: Marginalization of the left ideology in India.

  • UPSC 2014
  • 10 marks
  • Party System

Unlock the full answer · ₹1,770 ↓

The left in India, meaning the CPI, the CPI(M) and smaller Marxist parties, stands for class politics, public ownership and egalitarian redistribution. For the first two decades after independence it was the sharpest ideological opposition to the Congress. Today it is electorally marginal, though its ideas are not.

You are reading the opening of the model answer. The full answer is part of the PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions.

What the full answer covers

  • From principal opposition to the margin
  • Why the left was marginalised
  • Marginal, not irrelevant
  • Conclusion
PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions

PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions

Unlock this answer and 1,393 more

  • 1,394 solved UPSC PSIR PYQs from 1991 to 2026, Paper-1 and Paper-2
  • Topic-wise across all 40 syllabus units
  • A full model answer for every question
  • Read online on lotusarise.com, plus PDF download
  • 500 days of access from the day you enrol

₹1,770₹5,00064% off

Get PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions @ ₹1,770 →

One-time payment · No subscription · Instant access · UPI, cards, RuPay

See every Party System question (50 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in