many of these states and their governments are openly hostile to communist elements, but a communist party actively opposing their government would risk destabilising it and then playing themselves directly into the hands of the imperialist states. an indefinite “united front” would be desirable, especially in countries like iran, but it seems all leftist organisations in these states have either decided to fully support the government in everything, becoming controlled opposition (KPRF in Russia) or western puppets like (MEK) or whatever the fuck the “leftist opposition” in russia, belarus is.
i havent heard of India being considered imperialist, it is just more neutral towards the west (than Russia) + has fascist tendencies. so it wouldnt be fair to call it imperialist nor anti imperialist imho.
I agree with your assessment completely, but it really doesn’t seem to be shared by other people
if i see anyone call India imperialist I will definitely call them out