CPI ML) New Democracy stand
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- Com. Chandranna, General Secretary
Comrades!
You have sent a Key-Note document for
discussions to our Central Committee under signed
by Com.Viswam, General Secretary of CPI(ML) citing
that you are going to organize a national seminar on
9th & 10th September 2018 about “The Challenges
faced by the forces struggling to change the present
system in India”. In this regard few days back you have
sent a letter to our General Secretary comrade
Chandram. As you have not clearly cited the issues
of discussions, we have been awaiting so. The issues
which are to be dealt with are somewhat clear with
this “Key-Note document”, we will try to deliver our
opinions in brief in the seminar and will provide needful
material to be participating delegates.
The CPI(ML) Central Committee in its “Key-Note
document” dealt with many issues in connection with
strategic issues and practices to change the present
system in India. The Key document quoted: “we took
the initiative to organise this seminar with humbleness
and concern towards The Indian Communist movement
and as an attempt to locate the challenges and
problems faced by it”. We feel that it is somewhat
confusing because the Indian communist movement
is about to complete hundred years. For the last 100
years since 1920 to 1964 the CPI had faced many
problems. The central committee leaders had faced
Peshawar, Kanpur etc. conspiracy cases.
The CPI held its conference since 26th to 28th
December, 1925 in Kanpur and elected a central
committee. By 1925 the Communist party of China in
its very beginning though suffered some ambiguities,
based on the teachings of great teacher Lenin, it has
broadly adopted “the strategy and tactics/programme
and path or new democratic revolution”. But the CPI
which was formed prior to the CPC could not adopt
such a clear programme. M.N.Roy etc. refused Lenin’s
teachings. The Comintern formulated many helpful
guidelines. But the CPI could not utilize them. Not only
that, some of the founders surrendered and acted as
coverts to the government. Despite that, the people
believed the party in the back ground of the Soviet
revolution and continued heroic struggles. Did make
innumerable sacrifices.
During the Second World War 1936-42 the party
was banned. After the arrests of the then elected
General Secretary Adhikari, Mirajkar etc., Somnath
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Lahari he himself proclaimed to be the General
Sevretary. In 1936 the central committee convened a
meeting and elected P.CJoshi as its General Secretary.
Till 1948 he continued as the General Secretary.
During all these days with his leadership the party
dealt compatibly with the British and the Congress
party. One section of the party surrendered to the
government. In 1947, under the leadership of Joshi,
the CPI had supported the resolution-”Mount Batten
Agreement-After that”: and supported the congress.
The Central Committee convened in December 1947,
removed Joshi and elected B.T.Ranadive as the party
General Secretary.
The Second Congress held in February 1948
adopted “Prog ramme, path: political resolutions”
tabled by Ranadive. They concluded the congress
without referring about the then ongoing “Glorious
Telangana Peasants Armed Struggle”. The path
followed by Ranadive was close to that of Li Li san
and wang Ming. Due to the policies, tactics and
organizational practices of Ranadive, the party
suffered a deep crisis during 1947-50. Dange who
surrendered to the government many years back:
practicised groupist methods and utilsed Joshi and
Ranadive one against the other. He joined his hands
with Chandra Rajeswara Rao to make him as the
General Secretary replacing Ranadive.
The central committee leaders started negative
propaganda against Teangana armed struggle and
organized groups. In 1948 the Andhra secretariat
drafted a thesis and submitted it the Central
committee. Differences within the party were
intensified. In 1950 the Central Committee held its
meeting and elected Chandra Rajeswara Rao as
General secretary removing Ranadive. It decided to
withdraw the Telengana armed struggle in May 1951.
A Special Conference was held in October 1951 to
finalise the documents after the deligation returned
having held discussions with great teacher comrade
Stalin. Ajay Ghosh had become the General Secretary
after the resignation of Chandra Rajeswara Rao. He
continued as the General Secretary till 1964. The
Central Committee announced its readiness to hold
talks with the Union Government without consulting
the Andhra committee. As the Central Committee
announced this, Nehru announced that no question
of talks with the party and the squads should be
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