Whatever that Indian communists have done before and after the confidence vote has no doubt been a very carefully thought out process. Indian communists are neither less intelligent nor less introspective than their Chinese counterparts. Both have the same objective of establishing and sustaining the dictatorship of the communist party. All changes that China has adopted is to tighten the grip of the communist party over government. Nothing else can explain the ruthless suppression of the democratic movements in China. Whatever the Indian communist parties are doing is a well thought out strategy to convert Indian democracy in to a communist dictatorship