Paper by C . P . I . ( M-L ) – ND
Comrades ,
We thank the Central Committee of CPI ( ML ) -Class Struggle , organizers of this Seminar , to invite us and present our views . The topic of the Seminar is “ Challenges Faced by the Forces Struggling to Change the Present System in India ” and the objective formulated by the organizers is “ to find a common ground in the present situation and thus having long term sustaining united action among us against the ruling classes and their policies ”.
Communist Revolutionaries struggling to change the present system i . e . revolutionary transformation of society are facing a complex situation . Imperialist system is going through an unprecedented and protracted crisis and the policies of rulers of imperialist powers are increasing the hardships and the miseries of the people the world over . Resentment and anger is growing among the people in different countries and the situation for the development of revolutionary movement and people ’ s struggles is improving . All the major contradictions of the imperialist system are intensifying and new hotspots of conflict and war are emerging in different parts of the world . US imperialism is trying to stop decline in its share of world production by launching trade war targeting its rivals and even traditional allies . Globalization has received a setback with the growth of protectionism .
contd from page 9 serve interests of the bourgeois and other exploiting classes many of these rights are often misrepresented , distorted and even violated by the authorities of the state . Even with these limitations the existence of these rights in the constitution can be made platform and instrument for the struggle of the peoples as is often done for defending their democratic and civil rights .
At the moment , defending secularism , democracy , constitution with all their limitations is the need of the hour . The core values of the democracy should be defended . The RSS controlled BJP should be removed from power to defend them . Secular , democratic left forces , civil society , intellectuals , mass organizations , have to join together to defeat the communal BJP from power in India . CPI Program Emphasizes :
The party will strive to utilize parliamentary democracy to bring about the required changes in order to carry forward and complete the tasks of the
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Com . Yatinder Kumar , General Secretary
In our country too , economic crisis is deepening . Value of rupee has declined sharply while NPAs of nationalized banks are growing continuously . Fudging the data cannot hide the stark reality of growing difficulties of the overwhelming majority of the people . Condition of working class and peasantry is worsening while unemployment is growing . People are rising in struggle for their rights . The ruling classes are not able to rule in the old way . RSS-BJP having a majority of their own for the first time , have unleashed an offensive to impose fascist dictatorship over the country . In semi feudal , semi colonial India , ruling classes generally resort to fascist repression on the revolutionary movement and people ’ s struggles , but the challenge posed by RSS-BJP offensive is much more serious because they want to even formally abolish the constitutional rights of the people . Though some sections of the state are still to fall in line , but this offensive has already achieved ominous form .
There is a broad agreement among the communist revolutionary organizations that India is a semi feudal , semi colonial country which is being oppressed by imperialism , feudalism and comprador bureaucrat capitalism . Hence the task before the revolutionaries is to overthrow the rule of big bourgeois big landlord classes subservient to imperialism . CR organizations also agree that Indian revolution is a New Democratic Revolution i . e . democratic revolution
Democratic Revolution . And move forward for its revolutionary transformation to the next stage . By developing a powerful mass movement and broadening left unity and democratic forces , and by winning stable majority in parliament backed by such mass movements , the working class its allies will strive their utmost to overcome the resistance of forces of reaction and transform the parliament into a genuine instrument of the people ’ s will for effecting fundamental transformations in society .
CPI will strive for a peaceful path of revolutionary transformation . It will explore all the possibilities of such path . This also depends on the ruling bourgeois circles which increasingly tend to use more and more repressive measures . Therefore it is necessary for the revolutionary forces to so orient themselves and their work that they can face up to all contingencies to any twists and turns in the political life of the country .
Presented in the Seminar by Com . V . Ramanarasimha Rao on behalf of Com . S . Sudhakar Reddy
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