The CPI(M) is undoubtedly concerned about the plight of refugees seeking shelter in India. It is the Communists and the Left who played a glorious role to secure the rights of more than ten million hapless victims of British driven partition who crossed the new border. The battle for ensuring proper rehabilitation of these dispossessed has been an enduring feature of the communist and Left movement in West Bengal. The RSS remained conspicuously absent during that difficult phase faced by Bengal refugees.