IN MEMORY OF VETERAN COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS.

IN MEMORY OF VETERAN COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS.

1. Remembering Comrade Promode Sen Gupta: On November 18, the comrade breathed his last while working on manuscript he was preparing for the press.

Beginning from his student days he was active in politics, both as writer and organizer. In 1926 he was entered in a village and then deported. He had since then a colorful life , joining the Spanish civil war, and then fighting in the anti fascist guerrilla war in France under the French Communist party, and then living as a detenue in the Fascist concentration camp at Tulu. He then joined Subash Bose's INA as minister of propaganda. And after the fall of Berlin, he was first not arrested by the Red Army, but later was captured by the British Army, and placed for severe interrogation by the Indian Army officer Cariappa (who later became the Indian Army Chief). While he was in the Cariappa concentration camp, there was huge post war pro INA mass upsurge in India, and Sen Gupta was released along with others. On coming back home, he joined the Communist Party of India and subsequently the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and organised the Naxalbary Krishak Sahayak Samiti as president, but in the end of 1968 he differed with Charu Mazumdar and left the association on the issue of individual annihilation in the name of guerrilla war terming it as anti Marxist.

However, he maintained connections with the Marxist-Leninist s worked hard to bring to notice of the international working class and honest intellectuals the plight of the political prisoners in the Indian Jails through the 'Association for Protection of democratic Rights' (APDR); which was fought for release of communist Revolutionaries and democratic rights of suppressed people of India. And a fighter for Indian democratic and civil rights, Comrade Sen Gupta will ever be remembered.

2.Remembering Comrade Chandra Pulla Reddy and Comrade Satyanarayan Sing:

Comrade Chandra Pulla Reddy, General Secretary of one of the CPI(ML) groups, died of a massive heart attack at Calcutta on 9^th November, 1984, at the age of 66 years. Comrade Chandra Pulla Reddy has been in underground since 1968, in face of fierce state repression threatening his life. It is learn that he was seriously ill since over a month before his death. Yet even against medical advice, he traveled to Calcutta on party work; thus risking his life for the cause he took upon since his student days. Comrade CP is known for his hard work and determination in carrying out what ever he took upon. We pay homage to the departed leader.

Comrade CP was born in a middle peasant family on 1^st September 1918, in velugodu, a village in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. After completing his school in Kurnool, he went to Madras Loyola College where he completed intermediate course. Later he joined the Gindy Engineering College, Madras, where he came under the influence of the National movement against the British rule.

Comrade CP came to the forefront as one of the student leaders who organised a students strike, protesting against the arrest of Nehru in 1940, and also the protest movement against the imperialist war in those days. Around the same time he came under the influence of Marxism – Leninism through Mohan Kumara Mangalam who was a Communist leader in those days. Thus he become a communist.

In 1940 itself, when he was in the second year course of the Engineering College, CP was expelled from the college for his nationalist and anti-war activities. He was issued a suomoto order ( that he shall not be admitted any college, any where) when he contemptuously refused to give an apology to the college authorities.

After he was refused admission into a degree college at Madanapalle (Andhra Predesh) where he planned to work as a student organizer, CP fully devoted himself to the Communist movement in India. He became a party organizer in Kurnool district committee and a member of the State Committee of the Communist Party from 1944 to 1966.

During the period of Telangana armed struggle, he went to underground and worked to build the communist revolutionary movement in Rayalaseema region, then under Madras Province. In 1952 he was elected to the Madras assembly as communist party candidate. Beginning from from the quit India movement in 1942 he was arrested and put in prison a number of times – in 1942, 1950, 1952 and 1964-66. But neither any hardship nor the repeated imprisonment could defeat his courage and conviction.

Along with comrades Tarimela Nagi Reddy and Devulapali Venkateswara Rao, he was in the forefront of the revolutionary wing of the communist party during the decade of great debate from 1957 to 1967. With the first split in the CPI he joined the CPI(M) and was a Secretariat member of its Andhra Pradesh State Committee, during 1966 – 1968. During this period when the CPI(M) leadership exposed its neo-revisionist face, Comrade CP waged a determined struggle along with Comrades TN and DV to expose and isolate the Neo-revisionist leadership in Andhra. He effectively presented alternative draft of Andhra Communist Revolutionaries at CPI(M)'s Burdwan plenum. Subsequently along with other he was in the forefront in organizing the Communist Revolutionary ranks, and in the struggle against neo-revisionism and also Charu Mazumdar's left adventurist policies during 1968-69.

however, soon he parted company with Comrades Tarimela Nagi Reddy and Devulapalli Venkateswara Rao and organized another group; then the CPI(ML), in association with SNS in 1974. After a long pass of the time, the then UCCRI(ML) and CPI(ML)CP Reddy wing – two organisations established contact and embark on constructive relations, since 1982. Not withstanding some differences on certain important questions they have been striving to develop a common understanding through discussions and joint activities on the issues agreed upon by respective mass organisations. During these discussions Comrade CP expressed deep concern for unity.

COMRADE SATYANARAYAN SING, General Secretary of one of the CPI(ML) group, died on 21.10.84 at the age of 62 years. He died of a massive heart attack, in King George Hospital at Visakhapatanam (Andhra Pradesh). Comrade SNS has been one of the prominent leaders of the CPI(ML) groups which have been struggling to arrive at a correct understanding and practice of Indian Revolution.

Comrade SNS was in Secretariat of CPI(M)'s Bihar State committee in mid sixties. In late sixties he broke off from neo-revisionists and joined the All India Co-ordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries. When the CPI(ML) was formed under the leadership of Charu Mazumdar, Com. SNS became of its Central Committee.

Subsequently, opposing some aspects of Charu Mazumdar's left adventurism, he broke off from the CPI(ML) and organized another under the same name in 1972. Com. SNS had been the General Secretary of the then CPI(ML) which passed through various developments under his leadership.

His sudden death was a great disappointment. Not withstanding his mistakes, Comrade SNS has been hard working and energetic comrade who sacrificed his life in the Communist Revolutionary Movement.

We pay our homage to the veteran Communist leaders Comrade Promode Sen Gupta, Comrade CP Reddy and Comrade SNS. We pledge to learn from these leaders positive and negative experiences of their role in the Indian Communist movement and carry forward our struggle for a principled unity and for the cause of India Revolution.

[ This article is from 'CLASSSTRUGGLE' – Organ of the Central Committee of CPI (ML).

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FOREWORD TO CPI(ML) CONSTITUTION.

FOREWORD OF CONSTITUTION OF CPI (ML) (Finalized form).

New Democratic Revolution in India is taking place in the era of imperialism and proletarian revolution, when imperialism headed by US imperialism is striving for world hegemony. The New Democratic Revolution in India led by the Communist Party, as the vanguard of the proletariat, is an integral part of the world Proletarian Socialist Revolution. The historical task of the Communist party is to give leadership to the Indian proletariat in this momentous struggle by mobilizing all revolutionary classes, sections and masses of people for it. The CPI (ML) upholds Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tse Tung Thought, fighting against revisionism, sectarian positions and left adventurism. The CPI (ML) is committed to the task of uniting the genuine Communists in our country and paving the way for the building of the Communist Party which is capable of leading the New Democratic Revolution in the country of more than 100 Crores of people. The CPI (ML) dedicates itself to the great revolutionary cause of building the Communist Party to lead the masses of Indian people in protracted revolutionary struggle to overthrow the present system and complete the tasks of the New Democratic Revolution leading towards Socialism and Communism.

Here are the Common Points on the evolution of Party History for 1967-72:

COMMON POINTS,

1.    After Telangana, the Naxalbari uprising and Srikakulam movement provided an excellent opportunity to break free from the chains of revisionism and no-revisionism which dominated the communist movement at that time and to take steps to build a genuine party of the proletariat guided by Marxism-Leninism-Mao’s thought.

2.    The formation of AICCCR was a correct step in the direction of bringing the CR forces inside the Communist Movement on a common platform.

3.    Soon after the formation of AICCCR, the left sectarian trend gained ground which scuttled the phenomenal growth and expansion the AICCCR as a platform of CRs coming from different parts of the country.

4.    As the left sectarian line gained ground, the democratic process was scuttled and important sections of the CRs like APCCCR led by Com.TN,DV,CP and others and sections in west Bengal under the leadership of Comrades Promod Sengupta, Parimal Dasgupta, Asit Sen, Syamal Nandi and others who opposed the left sectarian line, were forced out of it.

5.    Manifestations of the left sectarian and anarchist line were as follows:

a)    Adopting the line of individual annihilation against mass line and people’s revolutionary struggle.

b)    Adopting guerrilla warfare as the only form of struggle and rejecting all class/mass organizations, other forms of struggle and squads as the only form of Organization.

c)    Adopting the concept “who ever do not dip their hands in the blood of a class enemy is not a communist.”

d)    Adopting the slogan that “China’s Chairman is our Chairman.”

e)    Rejecting the Leninist concept of the era being that of “imperialism and proletarian Revolution” and replacing with that of a new era of “the total collapse of imperialism and world -wide victory of socialism.”

f)     Adopting the concept of rural based party instead of party of the proletariat.

g)    Adopting the concept that “more you study, more foolish you become.”

h)   Pursuit of the erroneous concept of “individual authority” of Com.CM.

i)     Adopting the concept of boycott of election as strategic.

These concepts are alien to Marxism-Leninism-Mao’s thought.

6.    There was a situation favourable for the formation of a genuine Communist Party based on Marxism-Leninism-Mao’s thought uniting all the CR forces active in the country at that time and for leading the people’s struggles surging forward in different parts of the country.

7.    The CPI (ML) was formed in 1969 in haste, with a sectarian approach and method due to which valuable and influential sections of the CRs, especially of AP and WB were left out. Due to this the efforts of forming a Party of Proletariat failed to accomplish its objective.

8.    The CPI (ML) characterized the stage of revolution as NDR with agrarian revolution as its axis. This generated great enthusiasm among the struggling people throughout the country. But very soon, the enthusiasm generated by the formation of the party started waning due to the erroneous line adopted by the CPI (ML). As a result of this, the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggles could not be advanced in the correct direction.

9.    The opposition to the wrong political line grew from within the CPI (ML) and by the end of 1971 majority members of the CC, CPI (ML), outside and inside the jails, stood against the dominant left sectarian line in it.

10. The CR forces which were not a part of the CPI (ML) got organized into different organizations and were opposing the left sectarian line in different parts of the country. They characterized the stage of revolution as NDR with agrarian revolution as its axis and adopted the protracted people’s war as the path of revolution and the revolutionary mass line in theory and practice.

11. As the leadership under Com.CM did not rectify its left sectarian mistakes, the CPI (ML) split into several groups.

12. The left sectarian line of Lin Biao which came to dominate the CPC for a short while also encouraged the left trend prevailing in the communist revolutionary movement. But when the CPC representatives pointed out the left sectarian trend of CPI (ML) to the CPI (ML) delegation which visited china after its 1970 congress, the leadership of the CPI (ML) led by com. CM did not take steps for rectification based on these suggestions.

The Communist Movement in our country in different phases consisted of CPI, CPI (M), CPI (ML) along with APCCCR and other Communist Revolutionary groups. Ideological and political struggles against revisionism, right reformism, right deviation, left sectarianism and terrorism were carried out inside and outside the aforesaid Organizations in some way or the other. Our Organization – CPI (ML) is part of the process of unification of Communist Revolutionaries comprising of forces coming from CPI (ML), the forces that were never part of CPI (ML), the forces that were a part of CPI (ML) but came out from it and formed separate Organization and forces who were new. It is neither a continuation nor a reorganization of any of the aforesaid Organizations.

We commit to stand by our promise to continue struggle against both the left and right deviations as these are the twin dangers to Marxism-Leninism.

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RESULT OF ELECTION AND OUR TASK.

                       POST ELECTION SITUATION  -  OUR TASKS.
                                                           CPI(ML),  CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

The elections to the 16th Parliament have resulted in a crushing defeat to Congress led UPA and thumping victory to BJP led NDA with BJP singly winning majority.

The results expressed the anger of people at the rampant price rise, inflation, massive corruption with recurring scams which played havoc with the lives and livelihoods of our people. The results expressed the anger and wrath of people at the policies pursued by the  Congress led UPA Government, which favored the imperialists (MNCs), big comprador bourgeoisie, big landlords, big  contractors, and dalals (agents) of the ruling classes and brought disastrous consequences for the people and country. The election also expressed the people's strong urge for betterment in their living and working conditions – an urge which they have been sustaining decade after decade.

Much before the announcement of elections, RSS through its political wing BJP, sensed the mood of the people and pressed into action all their means to exploit the situation in their favor. It moved swiftly and turned the outcome of the elections in its own favor. They became successful to dupe and misled the people to reap a huge victory in the poll.  RSS compelled the BJP leadership to declare Modi, first as a chairman of the election campaign committee and the Prime Ministerial Candidate as early as in Sept'2013. This was first time where a person was focused as the future Prime Minister. During the campaign, Modi and his campaigners raised a hue and cry about the rule of Nehru family of Congress, but, in reality, Modi was brought on par with Congress in inculcating and fostering personality cult.

Media was brought months ago. Entire media, with a very few exceptions, virtually worked as a propaganda tool of Modi and provided coverage to him as never seen before in any Parliament Elections.

The Indian big Bourgeoisies and the big corporate houses projected Modi as the future PM. This got the endorsement of the USA too. They pinned hope on Modi that  he would deliver the goods for them, as they desired, by expediting the implementation of the liberal economic reforms with aggressive speed and thrust -of course, under the banner of   'development and progress'. They cited Gujarat as an example where the Corporate  houses and MNCs were  provided lots of facilities like acquisition of acres after acres of  land at throwaway prices, huge amount of tax concessions etc (all at the cost of the people) for establishing industries  under Modi's regime. The  Indian big bourgeoisie including the corporate houses made contribution to  election fund to the BJP in a massive way,of which a minimum estimate of the amount spent by the BJP in elections go to Rs. 10,000 crores. As reported in the media, it is more than what American President spent for election.

The election promise of the BJP and Modi was for a rapid development in the Country leading to an 'all round progress and  better future for the common people'.  Modi was projected as the icon of development and incarnation of decisiveness. Along with this, Hindutva agenda, and stories like Modi's birth in an OBC's family, his chaiwala childhood  were put into circulation and propaganda and  utilized to garner votes. Together with this, BJP entered into alliances in certain States like in Bihar with Lok Janashakti Party of Pashwan and AP with TDP to have a ruling position in different states.

The Third Front, a loose platform of Left Front and some regional parties like Mulayam led SP in UP, Nitish Kumar led JDU in Bihar etc., proved to be a non starter to participate in election as a UF of the parties. Navin Patnaik and Jayalatia distanced themselves from the third front. Mamata was quite hostile towards this front. As a result, the Third Front proved to be a totally ineffective in the election. In this context, it needs to mention that  the 16th LS election nakedly exposed the CPM in its true color particularly in Bengal – the citadel of their organizational strength. Their support based among the toiling masses has dwindled further with an ominous sign of a good many of them opting for the BJP as noticed in the voting pattern. The trend continues even after the election. It is ominous for the democratic and secular forces of the country.

These elections have exposed the hoax of democracy more nakedly. As we assessed, “whole electoral system was turned out be affront to basic tenets of democracy. With money and muscle power, communal, casteist and regional feelings playing a significant role in setting the trend of voting and its outcome, the common people found the doors of parliamentary institutions being shut for their genuine representatives.

Though some intellectuals want the people of our country to believe that Modi has 'moderated', his position on communal question, his slogan during the campaign and utterances of his ministers and other BJP leaders belie this. Though Modi posed himself as a 'messiah' of development, his hindutva agenda was always there behind the shadow. His talk about sending back the so called migrants from Bangladesh, about who benefits from the pink (beef) export,  ending article 370 from the Constitution are clear signals that he had not moderated. The election result show that out of 283 elected MP s not a single Mp is from the Muslim community. So, there is good reason to worry that Hindutva forces are raising their ugly face. RSS leaders are already demanding about the agenda for the new government as Ram temple, Article 370, Uniform Civil Code, changes in the history, text books and in the sphere of culture, etc.

In the States where the regional ruling class parties managed to have a better footing among the people(for more than one reason) like TN, Odisha, WB, so called Modi wave has fizzled out. In these states, AIADMK, BJD and TMC (in West Bengal coupled with high pitched anti Modi tirade to the extent possible)scored massive success ridings high anti Congress wave sweeping through out the country. SP in UP, JDU in Bihar could not benefit on anti Congress wave because they could not muster support among the people in these respective states.

Through their promises and populist slogans, Modi and BJP  raised high hopes among  the people. The people were lured  to believe that Modi if come to power would put a  check on  price rise, corruption, unearthing huge amount of black money,unemployment,  rising atrocities on women and various other social, economic, and political ills. But the policy declarations and the first Budget indicate that the Modi government is committed to continue the policies pursued and implemented assiduously by Manmohan Sing for the last one decade in a more through-going and ruthless manner. The first indication was sharp increase in Railway Passenger and Freight fares. Massive privatization of public sector enterprises, handing over of public sector banks, further raising the cap on FDI in Defense and allowing FDI in Railways, drastic reduction in food, fuel and fertilizer subsidies are some of the measures on the anvil.

The economic reforms as desired by the imperialist powers had spelt disaster in the life of our people and the country. Be it agricultural distress, decline in manufacturing sector, slump in the service sector, construction of air and sea ports, dams, roads, SEZs or power stations, Railway corridors etc., the burden of which are being being transferred on to the backs of workers, peasants, youth and other common people to the destruction of their lives and livelihoods. The people are resisting these moves in most of the places and the resistance is sure to grow in extent and strength in the coming days. The ruling classes want the  suppression of people with iron hand and with illusions of development. For this, they have brought Modi to power to effectively quell the people's resistance to their goal. This is being justified in the name of security of the country and fight against Left extremism and  terrorism. This is the stark message from the Loksabha election, 2014.

Our Party correctly assessed that the present election was being fought in the style of US President's election and the coming government will run like a presidential form where the President (here PM) is all powerful. We have correctly assessed “BJP – Sang Parivar clique coming to power under the grab of the NDA means all round attack on the secular fabric of the country to enhance the goal of turning India into Hindu - Rashtra aiming to divide the people on communal basis to enhance the interests of imperialists and big bourgeoisie.” “The NDA coming to power means people's rights would be suppressed in a fascistic manner to allow the big capital to grow unhindered.”

BJP led NDA, Congress led UPA and different regional ruling parties in the country resorted to divisive, sectarian slogans and propaganda to divide the people on the basis of religion, region, caste, community, ethnicity, etc. to divert the people from their real problems and create the vote bank to suit their electoral interests. It has put an additional work load and responsibility on the shoulders of the Communist Revolutionaries to wage a relentless struggle against the divisive and diversionary methods of the ruling classes and unite the people in the fight for their rights in the face of increasing onslaught of the ruling classes and their state.

Modi Govt. has inherited a crisis ridden economy. It is the part of the crisis plaguing the World Capital Economy. This crisis cannot be overcome unless and until our economy is freed from the shackles of imperialism and oriented basically and decisively in the interest of our people and the country. Whatever speed or decisiveness Modi's regime may show in pursuing the same policies that guided the economy so far can only worsen the situation further rather than changing it for the better. Similarly, neither it can console the people with its empty, high sounding and populist slogans, nor keep the people divided and diverted for ever with its Hindutva agenda, castiest, regional and chauvinistic slogans.  The realities of life are more powerful. Learning from their own experience, the people would overcome all hurdles in the path of their struggle.

In a situation,  where the parliamentary opposition parties including the CPI(M) and their left front partners have accepted imperialist globalization as faith accomplice and had been implementing policies of the imperialist globalization wherever they have been in power, the people as well as the country are faced with a future fraught with grave danger. This calls for the Communist Revolutionary Forces to come forward to take on the challenge. They should have an introspection of the role they played hitherto. In the process they must shun their inertia and work sincerely for principled and effective unity among themselves. They should close their ranks, strengthen themselves organizationally and in terms of class and mass organizations and movements. They must strive to forge unity and alliance with the democratic and patriotic forces in order to fight the dangers ahead and mobilize and organize the people for united struggles on the following demands.

Demands
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Oppose Imperialist Globalization, Privatization and Liberalization.
Stop changes in Food Security Act.
Stop changes in MNREHA.
Stop changes in Land Acquisition Act.
Roll back privatization of PSUs.
Stop privatization of Defense Production.
Stop Price Rise.
Declare Drought in the country, and Give Relief to the Peasants.
Implement Pro-People Development Policy.
                                                                                             
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WE MUST CARRY ON THE FIGHT AGAINST THE TWO HARMFUL TRENDS - REVISIONISM AND ANARCHISM.

  WE MUST CARRY ON THE FIGHT AGAINST THE TWO HARMFUL TRENDS.
                                                        CPI (ML).

In the sphere of revolutionary strategy and tactical line, various revolutionary groups have adopted in their documents basically  the path of struggle against imperialism, comprador bourgeoisie and feudal classes. They agree that the armed struggle is the only way to overthrow the present system. At the same time, they have differences on the question of translating it into practice. Not only this. All had gone into practice in their own way and are continuing their practice. They have to review their respective practices on the basis of ideology, historical experiences, their own experiences and an accordance with the dialectical method and evaluate what is the correctness and what is the incorrectness in their practices.

Our Party has begun this process. We had evaluated the history for 1969-1972 period. We may have to evaluate the later period as a continuation of this. Importantly, the question we encountered is, how the revolutionary movement should have applied the path of armed struggle to the objective and subjective conditions of that stage and time. Once the path of armed struggle was adopted, the question it faced was how to make the preparations for it. With this, the revolutionary forces stood divided into various groups and sections.

The question of adopting the path of armed struggle and its application were distorted. The theories distorting Marxism-Leninism-Mao's thought were brought to the  fore along with such comments as 'supporters and 'opponent's of armed struggle. As a consequence, the revolutionaries were affected by deviations on many questions. Rather than debating the issues ideologically, the organizations, mainly the individuals, were sought to be branded and with this, the atmosphere was charged with emotions. The forces which considered the left deviations as a thing that must be worshiped and above criticism had gained an upper hand. Pointing out left deviation and even making criticism against it were turned into a matter to be afraid and a sensitive issue. The argument of holding the weapon and falling victim to enemy's atrocity had swallowed the question of deviation from Marxism-Leninism-Mao's thought. In place of ideological debate, it was brought to the fore as a sensitive issue.

The differences persisted in an acute form on the questions like the struggle against imperialism internationally, the struggle against the capitalist system and its reactionary political, economic and cultural policies, the struggle against the reactionary, exploiting systems of various countries and in formulating the necessary guidelines for the same.

Imperialism is the main enemy of oppressed people all over the world. The differences and deviations also arose on the questions, how the struggle be carried on and is being carried on against it in the semi-colonial countries, capitalist countries and in the countries ruled by the imperialist puppet regimes.

Various kinds of confusion created by the  international revisionist theories about the danger of imperialism are yet to be fully overcome.

The revisionists are concealing the fact that capitalism had reached to the level of imperialism in Soviet Union or had fully became a capitalist system. Would the Indian revisionists agree that capitalism was restored instead of carrying the socialist revolution forward in Soviet Union? Or are they in a state of agony and directionless, considering it as a bad dream? We the Communist Revolutionaries, must make a deep analysis of this problem. We can not remain satisfied just with the view that they are revisionist parties.

The struggle against revisionism and capitalist roaders went on in the Chinese Communist Party at one level or other for the three decades. Finally, the capitalist roader gained the hegemony. There is need for the Communist Revolutionaries to make a deep analysis of this.

There is a need to give an analytical explanation to the question, how the reactionary or retrogressive forces have gained an upper hand over the progressive forces in the course of  social transformation concerning the peoples democratic system – socialist system – communist system and in the course of struggle between the opposing forces. We must not be complacent towards this question.
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CPI(ML) CALLS UPON PEOPLE OF INDIA.

 “Protest Against the Budget of Betrayals Presented by Narendra Modi Led NDA Government”

Dear friends,

The Narendra Modi led NDA Government has backed out totally from the promises made during election campaign and his first speech in parliament after the election results. His election promises were summed up in his famous slogan “Achche Din Aane Wale Hain” (Good Days are going to Come). He promised to end price rise, to end corruption by good, clean, and transparent governance; generate large number of jobs by taking suitable measures in the economy; take effective steps for accelerating economic development; bring prosperity for rural populace; and bring all out prosperity for all, especially for the poor and the disadvantaged sections of society like STs, SCs, and OBCs.

But the first budget presented by the Finance Minister, and the Railway budget presented by the Railway Minister show that the budget is good for the rich people, and bad for the common people of our country. Before even the budget was presented, the government hiked the railway passenger fares by 14.5% from 25^th June, 2014. The railway freight charges for the goods were also increased. Diesel and petrol prices have also been increased. The prices of LPG and Kerosene oil have also been increased. The government has announced that there will be massive increase in diesel, petrol, LPG, and Kerosene oil prices after September. All the subsidies on them would be withdrawn, and domestic oil produced would also be priced at international level to attract Foreign Capital and Indian Corporate houses in the petroleum sector.

This would give massive increase in the profit of Mukesh Ambani’s Company in Godavari Basin oil exploration business. The price of natural gas is going to be hiked from $4 for one BTU to $8 and then to $12 in the next year. As is being demanded by the Reliance industries. If the prices of natural gas were rised by one dollar per BTU, the price of urea would increase by Rs.1350 per tonne Ambanis have been pressurizing the government to give international prices for the domestic oil, and produced 12% gas from KG6 in 2013-14 of what they were duty bound to produce. Instead of cancelling their license, it imposed a fine of Rs 14,000 crore which in all likelyhood would go for litigation, the government is going to reward them by increasing the price of natural. The increase in the price of diesel and gas increases the transportation and production costs of all the products leading to further price rise. But Ambani and other Corporate bigwigs were the main providers of the huge election fund (to the tune of nearly 10 thousand crores) to Narendra Modi in the election. The budget and pre-budget steps of the government have led to steep rise in prices generating frustration and anger among the people. On the other hand budget and policy of the government has created great enthusiasm among the Corporate houses, MNCs, business classes, and the rich people in general.

Adding insult to injury the government has announced to start Bullet train in the country at a cost of 60,000 crores of rupees to run from Mumbai to Ahmedabad,the passenger fare of which will only be met by the richer sections of the society, but has made provision of only Rs.1000 crore additional money to agricultural sector and completely ignored the necessity to allocate funds to fight massive drought like situation in country. What a mockery of taking care of 60% people living in the rural areas! And this is the act of a government whose Prime Minister started his speech in Parliament with the words that his government is a government for the poor.

This government continues to follow the neoliberal policies of imperialist globalization and privatization of the previous government, but has declared its intent in the budget to reduce and ultimately end the welfare measures of the previous government like Food Security Act, MNREGA, Land Acquisition Act, etc. On the other hand lakhs of crores of concessions and tax relief has been given / continued to the big industry and business. Food Security Act, MNREGA, and Land Acquisition Act were enacted after prolonged struggle of the people to provide food security, employment, and protecting land rights of the peasants and tribals. Though these measures like Food security Act, MNREGA etc only partially met peoples’ needs, they provided some relief to the poor people in the rural areas. The tribals were facing large scale eviction and displacement due to the construction of big dams, mining projects, industries, etc. Instead of addressing these issues the government has announced its decision to raise the height of Narmada dam which is bound to displace large number of tribals in Madhya Pradesh and other affected states. Lakhs of peasants committed suicides during last two decades of Globalisation policies. Millions of tribals and other peasants lost for SEZs, Industries, dams, mines, roads, urban housing, etc. Peoples’ protests and movements like in Nandigram and Singur broke out in different parts of the country. Then British Land Acquisition Act was replaced by a new Act, which says that at least 80% of land owners should agree to give land, only then land can be acquired. This government is trying to do away with this provision, or to scrap the Act altogether. The Corporate Houses and MNCs have been demanding this. These policies of the government announced in the budget are great betrayal to the poll promises to the people in the interest of handful of super rich.

On the employment and corruption fronts also this government’s budget has a negative approach. More than 50% employment is still provided by agriculture employing large number of small, middle, and poor peasants. There is only bad news for them in the budget. The government has refused to declare drought and provide relief to the rural masses. In the non-agricultural sector, 90% employment is provided by the informal sector including small and micro enterprises. There is nothing worth mentioning for this sector in the budget except promising to constitute yet another committee to suggest ways of providing financial assistance to them. All big talks are for formal organized sector which includes big capitalists, Corporate houses, and MNCs but they provides only 10% employment in the non-agricultural sector, and 15% of total consumption. But to promote the interest and income of this sector massive selling of shares of Public Sector Undertakings including banks to the tune of 63,000 crores to the MNCs and private sector has been announced.

To please the imperialist governments like US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, etc. and foreign Institutional Investor, MNCs and other foreign Capitalists, our Defence production, Insurance, etc. have been opened for them upto 49% shares. Last UPA government had already opened many other sectors for these foreign players. All this is being done in the name of development and creating employment opportunities. But facts speak otherwise. The formal sector including all the industries, IT sector, banks, etc. provide jobs to only 1 crore 40 lakh people, Whereas the informal sector including SME, provide jobs to nearly 10 crores and 80 lakh people, and agriculture provides employment to nearly 32 crore people. What a tragedy! Nothing for agriculture, nothing for SMEs, and all for handful of Corporates, Industrials and big traders. All these measures will bring “Achcha din” (good days) for the rich, and misery for common people i.e. workers, peasants, tribals, students, youths, small business and enterprises, etc.

The government has not done anything to curb massive corruption witnessed in the Central government which rocked the nation. BJP at that time supported Anna Hazare led movement for a powerful Lokpal and Lokayukta. But the present government under Narendra Modi is silent on this vital demand of large section of people. Modi’s government appointed a committee to unearth black money, at the same time it revived the Kisan Vikas Patra scheme which was withdrawn by the UPA government in the face severe criticism that it became an instrument for black money laundering. This exposes the hypocrisy of the present government.

In such situation people have no other way except to oppose the anti-people intent and actions of the government. So, we appeal to you all, to protest this massive betrayal of poll promises to you, the common people of India, and start movement to build a real New India which takes care of 95% of the people not 5% rich, and a handful of super rich.

Oppose imperialist globalization, privatization and liberalization.

Stop tinkering with Food Security Act

Implement MNREGA on full scale after removing corruption.

Stop anti-people changes in Land Acquisition Act

Roll back privatisation of PSUs and public sector banks.

Stop privatisation of Defence production

Stop price rise

Declare drought in the country, and immediately take up relief measures.

Implement pro-people development policy

With Revolutionary Greetings

Communist Party of India (Marxist – Leninist)

Central Committee

18-7-2014

DECLARATION OF THE ALL INDIA PEOPLES LITERARY FORUM.

    All India Peoples' Literary Forum  -   Declaration.
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Art and literature reflect our joys, sorrows, hardships, anger, feelings and opinions. They are not the creations of a few talented individuals as some people assume, but a product of toil, creative work and struggle waged by crores of human beings for life. They are most effective tools to mirror social realities, influence the consciousness of people, sharpen their thinking and move them into action.

Since ages, the art and literature had been either breathing life into dying social forces or lending support and strength to the new and progressive social forces. The art and literature taking the side of dying social forces enjoyed all the patronage from the then rulers. Yet, they gradually lost ground and ultimately rejected by the people owing to their reactionary nature. On the other side, the progressive art and literature encountered many odds. But they had grown in strength as they stood by the new progressive social forces and enjoyed the affection, admiration and support of the people.

Today, imperialism dominates the world through its policies of so called liberalisation, globalisation and domination. The imperialists in general and US imperialism in particular are engaged in loot, plunder and control of economic, natural and human resources in an all out manner and on a global scale. They are blatantly violating the rights of nations, interfering in their affairs, resorting to threats, armed invasions to impose their domination over the world and in the name of fighting terrorism, restoring democracies and protecting peace and security in the world. They are grooming and spreading most retrogressive and reactionary ideologies, racist, chauvinist, communal, anarchist and criminal forces and tendencies and activities in their attempt to divide, divert, and suppress the people struggling for liberation, democracy, peace and socialism.

The end of colonial rule did not open up the conditions for an all round development of progressive literature and art in our country. The semi- colonial, semi- feudal social conditions continued to persist and distort every aspect of life. These conditions offered a fertile soil for the imperialists to transplant the poisonous weeds of their decadent ideas and culture in the minds of people and thus perpetuate their plunder and oppression in India. On their part, the forces representing semi- feudal economic and social relations found a powerful prop in this imperialist culture to keep themselves alive and hold back the development of democratic forces and culture.

Imperialism has reduced all human activity pursuit of marginal utility. It commercialised and dehumanised the noblest human values and intimate human relations. Most of the life is commodified. The peoples minds are being moulded and controlled to suit the needs of imperialist loot and oppression. Today the education, research, media, literature, art and culture are under the attack of imperialist culture. The tendencies like slavishly eulogizing and imitating western culture; infatuation for English, denigration of ones own  Mother tongue, addiction to consumerism, atomic individualism; fancy for the degenerated cultural mode of US, selfish, casual, irresponsible attitudes towards problem of life and society; drug addiction, pub and porno culture, treating women as objects of gratification, vulgarisation in advertising, cinema and media; hedonism, spreading religious hatred, particularly against Muslims in the name of war between religions and civilisation are being nurtured and spread in India. All there are nothing but a part of imperialist culture. In this process. The minds of our people are being polluted and poisoned with a view to culturally disarm the people and social forces. The imperialists are funding countless agencies (NGOs included) using thousand and one methods and ideologies like Post Modernism to wage open and hidden attacks to confuse, shatter confidence, fragmentize and dismantle progressive ideals, scientific ideologies, democratic and national aspirations,the peoples movements and their leaderships. The Indian rulers who are committed to serve imperialism are extending all their services to them.

Feudalism is historically an outdated social system in the world. However in the absence of thorough going democratic reforms in India, our people continue to suffer from feudal exploitation and oppression. They continue to be enshackled by the feudal culture in old and new forms. The caste system continues in India with all its ugly features like untouchability, caste discrimination and oppression. Atrocities continue unabatedly against dalits, adivasis and women. The ruling classes, with their upper caste chauvinism are perpetuating caste divisions among the people. Patriarchal system continue to condemn the women folk to inequality, discrimination and oppression. Refusing to see the productive labour as the real source of knowledge, creativity and skills all blind beliefs are being spread in the name of spiritualism. Unscientific and irrational ideas, beliefs, customs, traditions and practices are sustained through religious, educational and cultural activities and in the name of respecting ancient culture and heritage. The ruling classes are competing to use the individual beliefs to enhance innocence, backwardness and feelings of insecurity among the people, build a divine industry and keep the people perpetually diverted from their problems. All these are only a part of the feudal culture.

Thus the decadent imperialist culture and retrogressive feudal culture separately as well as in collusion continue to distort and hold back the progress of democratic, national, and progressive forces and culture in our country.

Our people have a rich heritage of resisting the imperialist and feudal culture. Since 1936, the progressive forces in our country have been carrying on organized efforts to develop a progressive literary movement. These efforts had created an immense and valuable wealth of literature. They provided a proper orientation to understand that the real and inexhaustible source and roots for the literary and artistic creations lie nowhere but in the society, life struggles of workers. other oppressed and toiling people. They also taught the writers and artists how to study and analyse the social life, contradictions and struggles between the dying and new social forces and develop literary and artistic creations which can be most effective in giving impetus and strength to the new social forces. In its long journey, the progressive literary movement had touched highest peaks, faced ups and downs and also suffered various deviations. On the whole, it made glorious contributions and added rich experiences to the treasure house of literary movement which are most valuable for the present movement.
Today the Peoples Literary Movement represents the aspirations, urges and struggles of workers, peasants, middle classes and other oppressed people for social and cultural changes in our society. It is faced with the challenge of liberating our people from the shackles of decadent imperialist culture and retrogressive feudal culture and paving the way for a democratic, independent, secular and prosperous India. Experience shows that a new democratic society alone can guarantee such conditions and clear the road for our people to advance towards a society free from inequality, exploitation, oppression and war. Hence :
1. We commit ourselves to develop the literary and cultural movement in our country guided by the social objective of ending the imperialist and feudal exploitation and oppression in our country.
2. We declare ourselves as the inheritors of all humanist and progressive literature, art and culture developed by the oppressed and toiling masses of people in India as well as the world in he course of their struggle for democracy, liberation, socialism and peace.
3. We own the democratic and patriotic values that are reflected in the Indian culture, art and literature in the past taking inspiration from the First War of Independence in 1857 and even earlier, various struggles and uprising including Telangana, Naxalbari and all the struggles of peasants, workers, adivasis, women, students, youth, dalits, minorities and middle classes all through the history of our great country.
4. We own the contribution various nationalities of our country to the wealth of progressive, democratic culture, art and literature. We respect their distinctive features and forms and strive to enrich further their anti-feudal and anti-imperialist content.
5. We oppose religious fanaticism, fundamentalism, inequality and discrimination, secular and scientific culture, and use the literary and art forms to strengthen the unity of oppressed and ethnicities.
6. We are of the view that any given language is a wonderful product of collective and productive labour of entire people inhabiting a common geographical area. It is breath and soul of people and every nationality. It embodies the saga of their lives, their struggles, their victories and failures, hopes and sorrows. It is a vehicle of their culture, history and intellectual attainment.  

Mother tongue is the best and effective means of communication and medium of acquiring knowledge and skills. Imposing English disregarding the spoken dialects of people is a cultural crime against the broad masses of people. We demand the mother tongue be made the medium of instruction at all levels of education and in the conduct of administration so that common people can have the access to knowledge and affairs of the country.

We recognise equality of all languages. We are opposed to littling other languages. We are recognise one's right learn any language of his/ her choice including English, but not at the expense of mother tongue.

With hundreds of rich and varied languages and dialects India look like a beautiful garden of flowers.. The ruling classes are doing everything to erect hurdles on the way of an all round development of Indian languages. They are using the presence of many languages in India to weaken unity, rouse the feelings of inequality and antagonisms among the toiling and oppressed people of different nationalities.We help all languages to blossom freely and in an allround manner and strengthen unity and bondage among the oppressed   and toiling people of all nationalities on the basis of equality of all languages and in the course of their common struggle against feudalism and imperialism in the country.

7.  We have great literature both ancient and modern in all languages of our vast country which has creatively reflected and recorded the life and struggles of our people. We consider it as our task to feed on their great traditions and use them to serve the needs of progressive social changes in our country today. Other creative art forms of expression, namely dance, music, theatre, graphic arts, etc also need to be equally cultivated and enriched. Innumerable rich and varied folk art forms developed by the peoples artistes are a great source to develop new art forms to serve the needs of present day peoples' struggles. These popular art forms have great potential to motivate the vast illiterate and exploited masses to achieve fundamental changes in the present society. We are committed to develop and widely use them.
8.   We avail the experiences of life and struggles of the oppressed and toiling people. We stand by them in their sufferings, joys and struggles. We utilise every opportunity to integrate ourselves with them, study closely, feel and analyse their sufferings, aspirations and struggles and use the same as the content of our literary and artistic creations. We believe that ultimately it is the people who are the builders of their own life and future.
9.   We reach out to the people with our artistic and literary creations and integrate with them totally to add strength and momentum to the struggle of people to end the present opressive system.
10.   We declare to make serious efforts with renewed vigour to rally and unite wider sections of writers and artistes into an All India Peoples' Literary and Cultural Movement.
11.    We extend our solidarity to the struggles of toiling and oppressed people in various countries of the world for democracy, independence and for a society free from exploitation, oppression and war. We oppose the acts of intervention, bullying, armed invasions and war indulged in by the imperialists in general and US imperialists in particular to impose their plunderous and oppressive control and domination over the economic, natural and human resources of other countries across the world.
This we declare, will be the befitting response to the ever intensifying cultural onslaughts of imperialism and the frenzied attempts of other forces of reaction to hold back the progressive march of Indian people.

               Artists and Writers for the Peoples Culture Unite! Unite!!
              Long live Peoples' Culture!
                Glory to Peoples' Movements!
                 LONG LIVE THE PEOPLES' LITERARY AND CULTURAL  MOVEMENT.

{Improved and finalised in the light of discussions held on the basis of a draft in the All India Meet of Peoples Literary Forum held in Kolkata, West Bengal.}
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UNITY OF COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARIES.

UNITY OF COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARIES.
Written by Comrade Viswam.{ The General Secretary – CPI(ML) }

[ This article published in “Class Struggle” , the Organ of CC, CPI(ML), on the eve of Unity Conference in 2005, is relevant even today. So to draw the attention of our all Comrades, Communist Revolutionary groups and the struggling masses on the issue of our responsibilities and tasks, we are publishing the same article.]

After the fall of Soviet Social Imperialism and its East European bloc, the balance of forces in the international arena underwent a radical change and tilted completely towards the imperialist forces specially towards US imperialism. The world had entered the threshold of 21st century with all dangerous uncertainty, instability and irreconcilable contradictions in the functioning of imperialism, particularly the US imperialism and thus thrown out a challenge to the very existence of humanity and human civil society.

Taking full advantage of disappearance of one super power,the G-8 countries, specially the US, foisted Globalization, Liberalization, and Structural Reforms on the poor, backward and underdeveloped countries in the name of so called peace, progress and development. Throughout the decade of nineties the imperialists harped on the on-going process of Globalization in order to justify the imposition and acceptance of the New World Order. In this process they inducted the services of World Bank, IMF and created a new weapon of exploitation, WTO, to plunder the people and countries of the world.

Despite the much vaunted benefits of Globalization, enormous wealth is getting accumulated with the small number of imperialist countries at the expense of vast majority of people of the underdeveloped world. During the ongoing globalization, the US imperialism wanted to enhance and speed up its hegemonic power over the world. Hitherto,  not in distant past, the US imperialism practiced its subversive activities  to topple the independent and sovereign countries clandestinely with or without the support of docile UNO. The 9/11 incident became 'god sent' handle for the US imperialists designs and it raised the slogan of war against global terrorism. The US imperialism declared that those who will support it are friends and those will oppose it are enemies. It annexed Afghanistan, unleashed aggression on Iraq and is constantly threatening Iran, North Korea, Cuba etc.

The US imperialism is trying hard to stabilize its dominance over Iraq but meeting with the bloody resistance from the heroic people of Iraq. This shows that the attempt to impose uni-polar and hegemony is increasingly facing resistance from the people on the one hand and beset with inter-imperialist contradictions and rivalries on the other.  This overall situation has sharpened the contradiction between the people and imperialism on one hand and contradictions among the imperialist countries. The moot question is the people of the world have to intensify and carry on the struggle against imperialism, particularly against US imperialism.

The radical changes in the international balance of power can not overwhelm our country also. The ruling classes led by the Congress government signed the GATT and agreed to trail the process of globalization. After the change in the government at the Center  the NDA led by BJP energized the whole process of new economic policy. Recently returned to power, the Congress is continuing the same policies. All the plans and policies are being dictated by the imperialists. Despite changes of various governments, no basic change was brought.

After 1947, the four decades of Congress rule, the several UF governments and the NDA government have totally abandoned the aspirations of freedom movement. The support of Left Parties to the Common Minimum Programme could not hide the demonic face of reforms. Despite the disillusionment of the people, the ruling classes and their parties are being able to play the role of alternative in the absence of real alternative. By inciting religious fanaticism and turning it as a national chauvinism, the ruling classes are thriving. By fanning hatred among various religious,regions,castes and languages, they intend to run their rule with ease. The ruling classes are making relentless efforts to divert, sentimentalize and emotionalize the peoples movements and struggles of nationalities and turn them into chauvinistic ones. At the same time they are suppressing these struggles ruthlessly.

In the form of falsifying the socialist ideas and communist theories and in the form of rejecting and heckling the communist and socialist theories, certain tendencies in the name of subaltern studies are busy in diverting the people from the real socialist ideas.

Yet the people of our country are aspiring to change this system. They are taking up agitations and movements. In certain circumstances they are following the path of struggle with whatever means that are available for them. They are looking for the political force that can provide leadership to them. Various classes and sections of people are ready to build a real alternative to the present socio-economic and political system.

Exactly this situation is placing concrete tasks before the Communist Revolutionaries. Organizing the people into anti-feudal and anti-imperialist struggles, and advancing these struggles to the stage of new democratic revolution, overthrowing the rule of exploitative classes and establishing new democratic state that has worker-peasant alliance as its basis under the leadership of proletariat, building a single united communist party – such are the tasks that the situation demands today from the communist revolutionaries.

Our great leader Com:Lenin said”in the struggle for power, the proletariat has no other weapon but organization. Disunited by the rule of anarchic competition in the bourgeois world, ground down by the forced labor for capital, constantly thrust back to the 'lower depths' of utter destitution, savagery and degeneration, the proletariat can become, and inevitably will become, an invincible force only when its ideological unification by the principles of Marxism is consolidated by the material unity of an organization which will weld millions of toilers into an army of working class. Neither the decrepit rule of Russian Tsardom, nor the senile rule of international capital will be able to withstand this army.”(One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, P.340)

It means that we should build well-trained revolutionary ranks of the proletariat and ideological unity should be weld with material organizational unity.

The single and the only one weapon for the Indian people to overthrow the out-dated feudalism and comprador capitalism and imperialist domination is the real communist party. To build such a party, we should review the experiences of communist movement.

The communists could have been the real alternative before our countrymen because they only possess a scientific philosophy, a political economy and a clear goal of a new society i.e. socialism. They have the experience of class struggle for more than hundred years. They have the revolutionary experience of leading the great revolutions that shook the world. But the communist movement in India faced many lapses and errors.

1. The leadership consciously failed to grasp the essence of Marxism-Leninism, to asses the communist movement and to apply it to the concrete conditions prevailing in India. At every turning point in the freedom struggle and liberation movement the leadership either betrayed the people or compromised with the ruling class for fear of revolution. In spite of building such struggles as Telangana peasant armed struggle with a nearly correct leadership that acted as a beacon light to the Indian revolution, the main leadership tailed behind the ruling classes. As a continuation of this, as was well known, the leadership of the then  period led the entire party to the blind alley of parliamentarism for two decades.
2. In 1967, the uprising of peasants and plantation workers in Naxalbari vigorously put forward the real alternative path of agrarian revolution before our people. It shook the party and stirred the slumber of parliamentarism. In the process of Naxalbari struggle, NKSSS and AICCCR were formed and some positive steps were taken in this direction. The AICCCR correctly gave the call that the path of Naxalbari is our path. But subsequently at the last stage of AICCCR the CPI(ML) was formed in 1969, it denied to accept the lessons of Naxalbari struggle specifically the mass line. In its political resolution, the CPI(ML) advocated that the guerrilla warfare is the only way to mobilize and to release the initiative of the masses. The CPI(ML) was formed by expelling mass liners and those who opposed the line of annihilation of class enemies. Terrorism and anarchism was practiced instead of Marxism-Leninism and Mao's Thought.

Thus the formation of CPI(ML) failed to unify the communist revolutionaries and again lost the opportunity to build up a communist party of a new type. The aftermath is already known to all. After this debacle, the CR forces tried to re-unite in different periods and some sort of unity was also achieved in the process. But the unity process could not be wide spread and strengthened and newer and newer splits took place because it could not lead to the formation of correct party. The causes for these splits related to political and ideological issues and then they reflected on to the organizational arena. The movement could be able to represent the aspirations of people.

After evaluating the whole situation and the process of split and unity, we have to find ways to resolve the situation. We adopted the dialectical method to resolve  the political and ideological difference that stood in the way of unity. We adopted the Leninist method of demarcating both the areas of agreements and disagreements. We decided to unite with differences and preparing to resolve those differences in the united organization through inner party struggle.

We even decided to allow to air the differing views outside the organization without jeopardizing the cause of unity. Thus the joint note of January 17, 2003 became the main basis of unity between COI(ML) and CPI(ML) Unity Initiative, Here it should be remembered that to cement the unity process we should go to the practice and learn from the real life.

Key aspects of this Unity:
Following this Leninist method, CPI(ML)UI and COI(ML) merged together through formation of COC CPI(ML) on March 2003. This unity process created an atmosphere of unity and CPIU(ML) also merged in the CPI(ML). During this on going process of unity, CPI(ML) Red Flag came in touch and a co-ordination committee between CPI(ML) and CPI(ML) Red Flag was also formed.  Here again we carried on debate for one and half year and demarcated the points of agreements and disagreements between the two organizations. In the course of debate, we could finally agree to formulate four documents and decided to hold an unity conference and thus merge into one organization, CPI(ML).

We could also decide that the difference on the question of character of Indian society and state, principal contradiction and the path of Indian Revolution will be resolved through a special conference within two years from the date of unity. It was also decided to resolve the difference relating to the history within one year from the date of unity conference. It was also decided that under the leadership of the new central committee inner party debate will be organized on the above points. During this period, the CCR held unity talks with the West Bengal state committee of CPI(ML) and decided to merge with CPI(ML).

As it stands now, our experiences shows that the decision of 17th January 2003 led us to this stage. This resolution has two important aspects and demands to grasp it and carry forward the tasks ahead. The first one relates to ideological, political and organizational positions contained in the note. The second point is to implement it through practice.

To elaborate, the question is whether we should base ourselves on Marxism-Leninism and Mao's thought or anarchism and terrorism. This is the cardinal issue. The history of communist movement teaches us that these are twin enemies which develop from within the communist movement. Revisionism, Reformism and Right Deviation always cripple the communist movement and put an hindrance in the path of our revolution. So also Anarchism, Terrorism and Left Deviation led our movement towards total demolition and finally destruction of the cause of the revolution. It shows that the both, left and right, opportunism have the same philosophical position based on subjectivism which relates to metaphysics. It should be remembered that they are twins. At certain stage they raise their heads separately and at another time one overlaps the other. So it is our bounden duty to fight subjectivism, fight its political reflections and fight its organizational reflections. As such we are to fight ideologically, politically and organizationally against these menaces. We have decided to base ourselves on it.

There are two understandings regarding unity. One is the rebuilding of a Communist Party in its real sense and the other is reorganization of the Party. In January 17th note, we decided to fight against twin dangers. It means concrete fight against terrorism of CPI(ML) for the present. We agreed to retain the name of CPI(ML) as it raised the slogan – the Path of Telangana and Naxalbari is our Path. So it shows that the form remained but the content is changed. This is not the continuation of CPI(ML) of 1969, but the CPI(ML) of a new type in its real sense. But the slogan of reorganization of CPI(ML) Party means continuation of the same ideological basis of 1969 in content. So we should firmly adhere to the above understanding of January 17 note.

The second point is, repudiation of terrorism does not mean giving up the cause of agrarian revolution through armed means. There is a tendency to interpret mass line as formation of mass organizations and mass movement as a matter of process within legal frame work. From this emanates the idea that left opportunism is better than right opportunism and thus blunts the struggle against wrong trends.

Here a question arises: where do knowledge comes from? How to apply Marxist understanding in practice? We all know that knowledge develops through three phases. Knowledge from books is indirect knowledge. To earn rational knowledge we must know the relation between theory and practice. We must know how society changes. We all know that society transforms to new through three phases i.e. contradiction between productive forces and production relations; class struggle and scientific experiments. We always preach that heroes do not create history, only the people and people alone create history. Marx and Engels taught us about working class in itself and working class for itself. If we could synthesize the whole and assimilate, then the approach to mass line would be crystal clear.

We all know that the people as a whole are learning from their real life experience about the falseness of legality, democracy etc. It is the bounden duty of the communists to take the Marxist knowledge to the people. Only then we will be able to apply the real life experience of the people, the experience of class struggles and the practical experiences of the communist movement, able to demarcate left and right deviations and able to follow the revolutionary mass line. Hence, the mass line means that line which involves all the people in the revolutionary practice.

The process of linking the theory with practice also applies to the process of unity. The unity with differences does not mean to give priority to quantity disregarding the politics and unite with all. It means unity with all those who can be united and go to practice with the unity achieved. And thus again consolidating the unity with practical experience. This is our unity approach and we firmly adhere to it.

Comrades,
The Indian revolution is already late and it demands immediate practice. It does not mean that we can overcome all our weaknesses because we have achieved the unity. There are no short cuts. We can overcome them through relentless struggle and practice. We cannot blame any individual for all these weaknesses. Our main emphasis should be on the ideological and political positions of the organization. The source of individualism and group mentality emanated in metaphysics. The imprint of  terrorism and left adventurism are prevailing among us. This has always reflected directly on the organization. In totally, these ailments are reflecting on the individuals. Yes comrades we can not forget our martyrs. But emotions and sentiments should not come in the way of implementing these tasks.

The Unity demands the fulfillment of the following tasks in order to end the exploitation and to achieve the equality:
1. To build united front of people, democratic revolutionaries, patriots, progressive forces and democratic intellectuals.
2.  To organize the masses of people, proletarian forces and various sections of toiling masses and prepare them for militant struggles.
3.   To build a single united Communist Revolutionary Party consisting of revolutionary classes.

Our Unity Resolution clearly Stated:
1. this situation calls for the building up of the broadest possible platform of the working class, the peasantry, the women, the youth, students and all other oppressed classes and sections against the Congress led UPA government at the Center, the BJP led NDA and various state governments including the 'Left Front' governments. The historic task of communist revolutionary forces is to unite all these classes and sections and launch a powerful revolutionary movements against ruling system.
2.  To carry forward this task, we, the communist revolutionaries, are to unite the working class, peasantry and all other toiling classes including all the patriotic democratic and genuine left forces. In this context we are to take every step to consolidate and strengthen our party CPI(ML) politically and organizationally and expand our Class -  Mass Organizations.
3.  We therefore, appeal to all communist revolutionary forces to close their ranks  to unite into a single Party of the Indian Proletariat, guided by Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tse Tung's Thought, waging relentless struggles of all shades to carry forward this historic task.
The unity resolution placed these three tasks before us. Let us implement these tasks, build the revolutionary movement, consolidate the Party and strive to build a single united Party.

The documents formulated during the process of unity are giving us for the present, sufficient understanding that needed to build real Communist Party, to advance the agrarian revolution  - the axis of New Democratic Revolution -  to intensify the anti- imperialist struggles and to unite the revolutionary classes in a United Front. Let us go to the people and practice basing ourselves on these documents. Let us build in wide areas the class struggles, the peasant movements and movements of toiling masses. Let us strengthen the peoples organizations. Let us take steps that advance the United Front of Revolutionary Classes. Let us advance the united peoples movements. Naturally, the question of building base areas and peoples army comes forward and demands answers. Our dedicated practice in the mass line with revolutionary orientation, our struggle against right and left opportunism and the experiences we gained in this process will create the necessary conditions for the resolution of these questions. Let us march forward with this firm conviction.
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