govt. at the Centre with a view to
avoid problems from it and get
more central funds and foreign
capital. The TRS has done all this
only to entrench itself in the
political map as party of ruling
classes.
It remains a fact that those
Communists and revolutionaries
who plunged in the agitation for
separate Telangana acted as if
they forget their political existence.
Some, ofcourse, talked about
“democratic” or “social” Telangana
and released their Manifestos they
wanted to implement. But, in their
practice, they remained within the
frame of Separate Telangana set
and led by TRS. Some artistes,
writers and singers used their
creative talents to propagate the
Separate Telangana Slogan.
Some intellectuals sought to
analyse the history, economic and
social conditions from regional
and casteist angles and with an
aim of adding strength to the
slogan of separate Telangana.
One can do nothing more than this
once they keep aside the
proletarian politics and class
outlook. How to solve the basic
problems of people is the main
question for the communists. It is
possible that the initiative and
leadership of the people, at times,
may go into the hands of sections
of ruling classes. Even in such a
situation, it is not the job of
Communists to flow along with the
stream. Our job is to remain with
the people, work among them in
the light of our policies and uphold
the basic interests of our people.
This will, doubtlessly bring good
results. It is crystal clear that the
TRS is a ruling class party in
Telangana. When we have this
clarity, the brutal policies of
suppression, killings in the name
of encounters; the dance of
reactionary ideas; begging for the
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foreign capital and Hindu religious
activities carried on by the TRS
govt must not surprise anyone.
How to organise the people who
are deeply enmeshed in the
problems of life against them
alone will be the question before
us.
Chandra Babu had been, on
one side, accepting the division of
AP state, on the other side, he
was trying to create an impression
that he was opposed to the
division. TDP has joined the NDA
govt.
There was scope for the new
AP State to use Hyderabad as
common capital for ten years. But
Chandra Babu refused to avail this
and set himself on hastily and with
much fanfare preparing plans and
designs for a ‘marvellous’ new
state capital. He went on in a big
way (more than 30,000 acres)
pooling or acquiring land
destroying the most fertile and
three crop lands of the peasants.
For some days, he was asking for
special status for the state as
promised
in
the
state
Reorganisation Act. Later, he
began to say that a ‘special
package’ is enough. Again, now, he
is asking for nothing but a special
status for the state. Thus he was
shifting his positions. TDP’s
Central Ministers have resigned
protesting that the Centre has not
kept its promises and made the
state to suffer by not releasing the
funds for various projects. Now all
the parties - ruling as well as
opposition seem to view the
special status as almost the sole
solution for the problems of the AP
state.
It must be noted that the
special status will push the state
into a total economic dependence
on the Centre. How many
companies and how much capital
the special status of state will
attract and how many jobs it will
generate are questionable. But, for
the parties of ruling classes, the
demands and controversies such
as these are only a means to
divert the people’s attention from
their real problems; conceal the
inability of rulers to solve these
problems and keep the people
entangled in the vicious circle of
illusions.
The TDP govt has trampled
the rights and struggles of people
during this period. It engaged itself
with promises to resolve the water
disputes and link the rivers. It has
displaced thousands of people
from their lands. Thousands of
adivasis and peasants displaced
from their lands and homes in the
name of projects including
Polavaram are pushed into a most
helpless and pathetic life devoid of
reliefs, rehabilitation and securities
for lives. The govt is making
rounds to other countries and
holding meetings of the Heads of
foreign and Indian corporate
houses for investments and
propagating the same as a great
effort to develop the State.
The CPI and CPI(M) view the
defeat of BJP in 2019 elections as
their main aim. CPI thinks that this
aim cannot be achieved without
entering into an electoral alliance
with the Congress party. Whether
an alliance can be had with the
Congress at an all India Level or
not is said to be a point of
difference in the CPI(M). But, as
we know, differentiating the parties
of ruling classes as ‘greater’ or
‘lesser’ dangerous; enter into an
electoral alliance; supporting a
govt. formed by a ruling class
party or its alliance govt had been
a policy of CPI(M) for a long-time.
The difference or problem that
appears now is only arising out of
the politics of seeking to be closer
to one or other ruling class party
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