Summary: The dichotomy of left politics regarding SEZs in India can be explicitly found from a study of their rhetoric and practices on this issue and also from a comparative of the central and state SEZ Acts. The essential basis of the Left Front rule, namely land reforms and decentralization, seems to have been reversed by the way the state government tried to implement SEZs ignoring the opinions and interests of the rural people, particularly in the process of land acquisition. Thus, the very issue of land that was once instrumental in bringing the Read more »