Amidst loud trumpeting of political principles, Marxist-led LDF comes crashing down in Kerala

Amidst loud trumpeting of political principles and subdued whispers of blatant horse-trading, Kerala's Marxist-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) - the 11th ministry in 25 years - came crashing down last fortnight. The LDF, which came to power in 1980, was but an experiment for the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to form a battleline to keep Mrs Gandhi's Congress (I) from gaining control of the state. An experiment that obviously failed.  An in-depth report on the turmoil.