to the big industrialists in the form
of tax concessions etc, the
government is not paying attention
to the debt problem of peasants.
Our conference demands that all
kind of debts of all peasants should
be written off.
5. The population percentage
of aboriginal population of
Jharkhand, specially the ST
population is decreasing in
comparison of total population of
Jharkhand due to the migration
from other states because of
industries. So the constituencies
reserved for STs in the state
assembly reduced to 28 from 32.
Now it is recommended again to
further reduce them to 22 from 28.
But till now it is suspended because
of political pressure. Now the
identity and existence of adivasis
is in crisis. In this situation it is
difficult to unify peasants and
workers to fight against the plunder
of MNCs and big business and for
the land reform. Conference feels
that unity of the people of
Jharkhand is urgent and
necessary.
6. Jharkhand Govt is trying to
destroy the social unity of
Jharkhand which is based on the
culture of Jharkhand. The Sangh
Privar is raking up the chauvinism
in the name of Hindu religion. In the
name of protecting cow, the
number of mob lynching is highest
in Jharkhand. There are
continuous social m ovement
against the land acquisition and
amendment of CNT & SPT Acts. To
break this social unity, the
Jharkhand Govt came with a bill on
the religion conversion. HJKD
conference opposes this bill and
demands
to
withdraw
it
immediately.
7. Jharkhand Govt unlawfully
formed a land bank without
consulting the concerned peoples.
It is against the 5th schedule of
Indian Constitution and PESA Act.
July - 2018
This bank is not for the landless or
poor peasants but for the MNCs
and corporate houses. HJKD
conference opposes this bill and
demanded to roll back this anti
peasants policy.
8. Basing on the Report of
Bhuria Commission, Gram Sabhas
in Scheduled areas were provided
with powers in the PESA Act. Since
then a social movement with the
help of Dr B D Sharma was going
on. Now B D Sharma is no more
but movement still going on. It is a
sign board of stone with the details
of PESA rules. Govt is now fearing
with this self rule movement which
is against of land bank, land
acquisition and any interference of
bureaucracy in any development
affairs of villages. So Govt declare
this Pathal Gadhi movement as a
anti National movement. Some
activist are arrested and sent them
to jail. But this movement is
spreading day by day to the tribal
areas of Odisa & Chhattisgarh
also. Our conference supports this
movement of self rule. We also
demand that Govt should release
the all activist of this movement and
implement the Gram Sabha Act for
the self rule of 5th scheduled areas.
9. The slogan of PM is save
daughter - educate daughter. But
reality came from the mouth of
RSS head Mohan Bhagwat.
Bhagwat uttered that women are
the only a consumer item for men.
HJKD conference condemns this
statement. Because of this
understanding, the atrocities on
women are increasing day by day.
Even girl child are not spared. It is
first time in history that a ruling party
march on street to protect the
rapist. HJKD conference sharply
condemns this heinous act of sangh
pariwar.
Homage to Ashok Mitra
Ashok Mitra, former finance minister of West Bengal, passed
away in Kolkata due ill health. Born in pre-Independent East Bengal,
Mitra first studied at Dhaka University, then Banaras Hindu University,
and completed a doctorate in The Netherlands. On returning to India
in 1954, he worked in government as well as other research institutions.
In the 1960s he was Chairman of the Agricultural Prices Commission
and then Chief Economic Adviser in the Finance Ministry. After leaving
the government in 1972 because of dissatisfaction with the direction
of official policy, he wrote the book Terms of trade and class
relations that highlighted how government price policies affected
distributional tensions between large farmers and other classes in the
country.
In 1977, he became Finance Minister in the newly elected Left
Front government in West Bengal led by Jyoti Basu, serving for nearly
a decade with distinction and commitment. He emphasised inequalities
in centre-state fiscal relations and strongly advocated greater
federalism. He resigned in 1986 because of differences on education
policy, and threw himself into writing that brought out injustice, identified
contradictions, demanded accountability and pointed to progressive
possibilities.
The CPI(ML) pays revolutionary homage to progressive intellectual
Ashok Mitra.
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