However, the ban was lifted in September 1940 as the French Communist Party had called for support to the Allied war effort.
[7] Communists were persecuted in French India, partly due to the rivalry between Edouard Goubert (the leading pro-French politician in the colony) and V. Subbiah.
The houses of Communist Party of French India leaders Clemenceau and Annousamy were also torched by goondas.
In a public statement he called for the formation of a united front compromising the Communist Party and other pro-independence groups.
The Tamil language weekly newspaper Sutantiram, published in India, became an important organ of the movement led by V.
[10] In early 1954 V. Subbiah addressed a mass meeting in the peripheries of Pondicherry, appealing on the population of the colony to leave past differences behind and unite in the struggle for independence.
[13] On 7 April 1954 the Communist Party mobilized protests, as the colonial government called out military forces on the streets of Pondicherry.
On 29 April 1954 the Communist Party, Central Merger Congress and other leftist groups launched a joint front to coordinate struggles.