"Lalit" means "struggle" in Mauritian Creole. The party, which started as a tendency inside the Mauritian Militant Movement, split from it in 1981, when the MMM announced that it was embarking on a policy of "New Social Consensus", seen by Lalit as a policy of collaboration with the capital.
"Lalit" is a term that means "struggle" in Mauritian Creole. The party, initially part of the Mauritian Militant Movement, split in 1981 when the MMM adopted a policy of "New Social Consensus", which Lalit saw as an alliance with the government.