FOREWORD TO THE CONSTITUTION OF CPI(ML).

                        THE CONSTITUTION OF CPI(ML). 
                                                 



( The All India Special Conference held in December 2009 decided to add the introduction to the Constitution adopted by the All India Plenum held in June 2007 as the foreword to the Constitution. Hence the foreword is now added accordingly. CC.)

                                     FOREWORD
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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 historic 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 a country of more than 100 crore 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 of Agreement we arrived on the evaluation of Party History for 1967-72 :
COMMON POINTS OF AGREEMENT. 

1. After Telangana, the Naxalbari uprising and Srikakulam movement provided an excellent opportunity to break free from the chains of revisionism and Neo-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 Das Gupta, 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 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 and other forms of struggles, and squads as the only form of organization.
       c. Adopting the concept “who ever does 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, Chinese communist party is our Party”
        e. Rejecting the Leninist concept of the era being that of imperialism and proletarian revolution and replacing it with that of a new era of “ total collapse of imperialism and world wide victory of Socialism.”
         f. Adopting the concept of rural based party instead of a party of the proletariat.
          g. Adopting the concept that “ the more you study, the more foolish you become.”
           h. Pursuit of the erroneous concept of “individual authority” of Com.CM.
            I. Adopting the concept of boycott of elections as strategic.

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

6. There was a situation favorable for the formation of a genuine Communist Party based on Marxism-Leninism-Mao’s Thought by 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 through out 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 peoples 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) 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 out side the aforesaid organizations in some way or the other. Our Organization, CPI(ML) is the part of the process of unification of communist revolutionaries comprising of forces coming from CPI(ML), forces never part of CPI(ML), forces who were a part of CPI(ML) but came out of it and formed separate organizations and the 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.

CENTRAL COMMITTEE
COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA
(MARXIST – LENINIST).

DISCARD 12 HOUR WORKING DAY PROPOSAL.

                                     Memorandum
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11th April 2020.

To

The Union Labor Minister
Government of India
New Delhi.

Sir,

Sub: Proposal to make 12 Hour working day by the Government.

A news item appeared in the Hindustan Times today stating that the Government of India is considering changes in the factory act 1948, that will alter the 8 hour working day to 12 hour. This would mean the normal 48 hours work in a week would be hiked to 72 hours. It is also being suggested that since there will be fewer hands to work in these days of Corona Virus as a result of retrenchments, the proposed change in working hours has became necessary. The statement further makes it clear that as there are exceptional circumstance prevailing in the country, exceptional provision have to be made.

We, the undersigned representatives of various Trade Union Organizations strongly oppose this move to increase the number of working hours from eight to twelve as it will put further burden on the workers. In the first place given the present Corona Virus scenario in the country, giving upon the the government to take measures that protect and create employment and not reduce the work force. Allowing employers to resort retrenchments on the one hand and suggesting production on the other are anarchistic and not acceptable. It is true, there are exceptional conditional conditions prevailing in the country and in the world also, but the measures being contemplated by the government run counter to the interest of whole mass of working people and at the same time serve the interests of employers. At this time it is imperative for the government to revive the economy, create jobs and increase wages.

We would also like to remind government that the 8 hour working day is protected by the ILO convention No.1 defining a cardinal labor right.

We, therefore urge government to ensure that the proposed increase of working hours is not consider any further and set aside.

Thanking you.
 Yours sincerely,

G. Vijaya kumar            Gautam Modi
     President                   General Secretary
      AIFTU (NEW)                NTUI.

 B. Pradeep                     S. Venkateswar Rao
     General Secretary            President
       IFTU                               IFTU.                                       
                                             
 Kanhai Aldebaran            Sudipta Pal
  General Secretary           Advisor
    IFTU (Sarvahara)           ECLTSAV.                                             
                                                 
 Kailash
 President                             Somanath
 IMK                                      Secretary
                                                 JSM.

Thanka Raj                        Sanjay Singvi
General secretary                General Secretary
NDLF.                                  TUCI.
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CPI (ML) Central Committee STATEMENT ON COVID 19.

     COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST - LENINIST) central Committee

Statement:

Covid-19 Pandemic and Crisis of Capitalism As Covid-19 is spreading rapidly across the globe, it constitutes the most urgent and serious challenge to both the health of humanity and world peace and development.

The CPI (ML) pays its tributes to all the people, health workers in particular, who devote themselves to saving lives and protecting people's health. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to those who are suffering from Covid-19 infection as well as the bereaved families of those deceased. We also express our deep mourning for the loss of lives in the pandemic.

If the Covid-19 outbreak is not effectively and promptly contained, it will cause greater harm to the lives and health of people, and exert a severe damage on the economic and social development of most countries. The CPI(ML) call on the Government of India to put lives and health of the people above everything else and take resolute measures to put an end to the spread of Covid-19. We call on the people to comply with prevention and mitigation measures as advised by the scientists with a due sense of social responsibility.

CPI (ML) stands firmly against all discriminatory comments and practices against any country, region or ethnic group. There are heinous attempts in India to tamish one community and one country as the cause of COVID-19 outbreak and calls upon the people not to fall prey to these machinations. CPI (ML) call upon government of India to take proactive measures to protect the health, safety and legitimate interests of foreign nationals and students it hosts.

The COVID-19 outbreak exposed the destructive irrationality of capitalist system. It has wasted the natural resources, polluted the environment and created harsh conditions on the earth for the living organisms to exist. Thus mutations in the lower forms of life became imperative. The humans became victims of SARS, MERS and their variants in the recent past. For nearly two decades, it is known to the scientific researchers that there are hundreds of strains of corona virus. Thus the functioning of capitalist system not only led to the creation of COVID-19 but also failed to rational use of available technology in preventing the pandemic.

The joint study and its report by the WHO and China was made available by the last week of February this year. It contained suggestions that are to be followed by all the countries. Yet, the Indian government did not respond as it had to. A crucial one month delay caused wide spread of COVID-19 along the length and breadth of India.

The well-established practice at the time of an endemic or pandemic is the compulsory testing for infection of all suspects and then isolation of confirmed cases. Contrary to this, the government used isolation and selective testing. This is not effective in containing a pandemic of COVID-19 proportion. The lock-down method is useful to gain time for preparation to contain the pandemic. It can be used to blame the people for not observing the lock-down has spread the infection.

The imposition of lock-down by the government is not associated with well-planned strategy. The measures to contain Covid-19, including those of public health, are themselves creating new burdens to the toiling masses. They are left without job and pay. They have nothing to fall back upon.

Millions of migrant workers, separated from their families and livelihoods, have to bear untold miseries. They came to metro cites in search of jobs and leading a wretched life. All of a sudden they find themselves as unwanted entities. These workers are prepared to go back to their far flung villages waling all the way along with their families. They had to face barricades at every inter-district and inter-state border. They were made to wait for days here without food and shelter. When these unbearable conditions made them to proceed forward, they had faced brutal repression, frequent resort by the failed ruler.

The government has no plan to extend a helping hand to them not to mention the promises made by the Prime Minister and Finance Minister. Even after two weeks of lock-down, the government has not yet made arrangements to provide them with financial and other help. The higher ups in the power incessantly talked about the Direct Benefit Transfer. The fact of the matter is that more than half of jan dhan accounts are non-functional. The toiling masses are left to fend themselves, while the Modi gave calls for showing solidarity by clapping and lighting candles,that are nothing but show pieces.

The pandemic also brought to the fore the failure of the privatization of public health and medical services taken up as a part of Neo-liberal dictates. The government run hospitals have to suspend all the medical services to other ailments of people except COVID patients. They are overburdened and in case of any surge in the COVID cases, the fragile system collapses.

CPI (ML) once again calls upon the people to comply with prevention and mitigation measures as advised by the scientists with a due sense of social responsibility.

Viswam

General Secretary C.P.I. (M-L)

Vijayawada

5th April 2020.
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