Communist parties and Child labour in India [May 16, 2015]

Maxxramblings: Just read a news report where CPM honcho Brinda Karat chided the PM for posing for selfies with Chinese children whereas at the same time legitimizing children above 14 to work and earn. This she implies would wreak havoc to the lives of millions of children who are already under forced labour mostly employed in the trade of Beedi making. All hunky-dory and feel good, but i have couple of points against it...

1. What happened all this while when it was illegal to employ children below 18, why couldn't it be effectively enforced.. Isn't the accountability in question here rather than skewering a policy change.Also what about the communist ruled states, are they to be considered the beacons for labour law enforcing? No under aged workers in WB, Tripura and Kerala? Might be true for WB, since the labour itself have become redundant with all the opportunities drying up because of the left rule...

2. So then it means that just enforcing will not help in such a large and corruption ridden nation, so why not partially legitimize it and ensure that the children get proper labour benefits..

3. If she is so touched and moved by the plight of the children and have spoken out in the public, it only implies that she speaks for the party, in that case why would such a social evil be so rampantly prevalent in WB, a state that her party ruled for over 3 decades.

This also holds true for most other evils like, labour militancy, unequal distribution of wealth, hoarding and creation of artificial scarcity by unscrupulous traders,money laundering by politicians, poor infrastructure, appalling health situation, over politicizing of educational establishments etc.
If they couldn't change any of these in 3 decades I guess dissing others for policy changes wouldn't make them any more popular either... Credibility doesn't return just by opposing everything, but by demonstrating it wherever you can.. WB now stands out as an example for the entire nation what can happen to one of the most progressive state and community when in wrong hands.. Most other states steer clear of all communist parties nowadays..