In the conditions when the feudal kings were
ruling; when the society was rotting and was faced
with ever intensifying social contradictions, when the
foreigners were resorting to invasions and wars
against the tribal and feudal kingdoms with an aim of
imposing their oppressive political domination over
them; they rampaged and got themselves entrenched
in vast areas of the country. The feudal kings, heads
of some tribes stood by the imperialist powers and
became their social base while the Portuguese,
French and British imperialists were subjugating the
feudal kings in various corners of the country using
the might of their finance capital and armed force.
The imperialist forces stood in support of feudalism.
This was part of a history. Accordingly, the imperialists
had done nothing to cure the diseases such as caste,
tribe, culture, etc. in the light of modern and democratic
ideas, but sustained them as they were.
5. Exactly, here comes the question, what will be
the nature of revolution that must be consummated
in India? What is the ideology which helps to
completely change India’s social, economic, political
and cultural system? What is the solution? The
questions which have already cropped up are: Is it
Marxism, Idealism or Reformism? We respect the
genuineness and sacrificing work done by them within
the limits of their understandings and take inspiration
from them. At the same time, we must say that it
remains a fact that there are differences in the
Communist Movement on the question of Indian
people establishing the state power of toilers
overthrowing the rule of feudalism, imperialism and
comprador bourgeoisie on the basis of proletarian
ideology-Marxism Leninism Mao tse Tung Thought.
Likewise, there are differences between the
progressive forces, reformers, the forces of m ovement
and the forces of Communist Movement. Though they
are fraternal in nature, when the movements reached
higher level and they became hurdles to the
movements they had acquired an antagonistic
character. We have had such experiences.
Here the question is: Cannot we see the
ideological and political differences objectively and
as they are; make an earnest attempt to debate them
in a healthy and democratic atmosphere basing on
the facts and experiences and strive to overcome them
instead of allowing the differences to reduce into
mutual slandering and brandings thereby harming the
interests of working class and other toiling people?
Where the communists stand in relation the
Manifesto of the Communist Party – which is the
fundamental programmatic document for the
revolutions in the world?
The Communist Party (Bolshevik) in Russia led
by Lenin concluded that the Bourgeois which led
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Bourgeois Democratic Revolutions in Europe cannot
henceforth provide the leadership to the democratic
revolution and the Proletariat alone can lead the
Democratic Revolutionary Front. Adopting suitable
tactics, it had established the Soviet Republic under
the leadership of Working Class. Prior to this, it had
the experience of Paris Commune where the
Bourgeois could not stand to the end.
Learning from this, the CPC had arrived at the
conclusion that the Democratic Revolution in China
will be carried on with the help of peasants and other
small propertied classes under the leadership of
working class. In place of old European Bourgeois
Democratic Revolution, they carried as a New
Democratic Revolution under the leadership of
Working Class. This experience is the basis for
understanding that it is applicable to all the Asian
countries which are waging national liberation
struggles and had agriculture as the main means of
production.
So, an understanding had come to the fore that
imperialism is using the neo colonial methods of
exploitation through comprador bourgeoisie and by
making India’s feudal system as its social basis for its
capitalist exploitation. We think this was the beginning
for the differences in the Indian Communist Movement.
There are differences between those forces who think
that the Indian revolution is yet to be carried on as
the democratic revolution and those forces who think
that democratic revolution was already completed and
it is the Socialist revolution that must be carried on.
The tasks of democratic revolution and the tasks of
socialist revolution are not one and the same.
Therefore, there are serious differences between the
orientation of those who think that we must pass over
to socialism by completing the tasks of democratic
revolution and the orientation of those who think that
they are working for socialist revolution.
To day, India had more nakedly opened the
floodgates for the imperialist exploitation. We think,
all the programmes carried out in the name of India’s
welfare; all the moves in the name of development
are tied to the interests of imperialism; Modern methods
are combined with the methods of feudal exploitation;
we think old feudal forces are carrying on the
exploitation by combining the feudal economic
exploitation, capitalist methods of exploitation through
capital, state treasury and bureaucracy.
This economic might is helping to capture the
political power and to shoot up political power into a
colossal economic power. Along with this, the
differences based on caste, religion, social, culture
and tradition are being sustained and are being used
as a means of their economic exploitation, political
authority and social arrogance. Therefore with added
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