That view may derive from a genuine belief in socialism and the party's potential for good.

ECONOMIST: China

The central pillar of the policy was import substitution, the belief that India needed to rely on internal markets for development, not international trade - a belief generated by a mixture of socialism and the experience of colonial exploitation.

BBC: India: the economy

So long as they do, people's belief in an admittedly diminished form of socialism remains.

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