M N Roy, a Marxist revolutionary from India, who helped to establish the communist Party in Mexico was invited by Lenin to attend a conference of the Communist International in 1920. Later, Roy became a member of the Presidium of the Communist International 's Political Secretariat. Roy had close association with Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin. He was known for his sympathy for Trotsky, which he changed later. (Roy was also expelled from the Commintern, he thought he was a victim of a conflict in the CI.) Roy was present at the meeting that expelled Trotsky from the CI in 1927. The following excerpt from Roy's obituary when Trotsky died shows graphically why Roy changed his position on Trotsky: ""Having agreed that it is not possible to build Socialism in the Soviet Union in the midst of a capitalist world there are two alternatives – either we should continue doing whatever is possible by way of advancing towards the ultimate goal of Socialism, pending the success of revolution in other countries; or we should lay down power in the Soviet Union and go back to emigration to wait for the time when there will be a revolution simultaneously throughout the world. I asked whether Trotsky would choose the latter alternative.
He shouted "No". Then I would vote for his expulsion, because he had been advocating a policy without understanding its implications or without meaning to put it into practice if he had the opportunity to do so.
Trotsky looked crestfallen. All through the night, he had heckled the speakers with challenging questions. He kept quiet while I spoke and hung his head in answer to my question. The historic vote was cast against him – unanimously. The Revolution went over the head of one of its most brilliant products".
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