India is a bastion for socialist parties. Almost all the parties profess welfare schemes, freebie culture etc. as a part of electoral politics. Even the ruling Bharatiya janata party, which is considered as a right wing party, gives free groceries to poor people in one of its ruling states as a tactic to fight left wing terrorism. However, some parties have stated their ideology as left oriented and most of them have formed a political block called "left front".