CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 25THE election results of the assemblies of Maharashtra and Haryana and bye elections in various states like Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Kerala and Assam, clearly show that the impact of communal nationalist jingoistic emotional propaganda fanned by the BJP is waning. Both the prime minister and home minister aggressively mounted a Hindutva nationalist campaign. In Maharashtra, the BJP-Shiv Sena returned to government with a reduced majority.