In a broadcast from Delhi on 1 January 1965, the union home minister Gulzarilal Nanda said "There is a reason to believe that the new party CPI (M) was formed under Peking%u2019s inspiration. It was to serve as Peking%u2019s instrument in creating conditions of instability in the country and to facilitate the promotion of Chinese designs against India in furtherance of her grand strategy of establishing hegemony over Asia and her declared aim of world revolution. There is reason to believe that the Left Communist Party has close links with the Chinese from whom it draws ideological inspiration and receives support in other forms." Sinha, The Red Rebel in India, pp 186-9.
