to combat economism and to orientate these struggles
towards agrarian revolution; 3) To wage an
uncompromising ideological struggle against
revisionism and neo-revisionism and to popularize the
Thought of Mao Tse Tung, which is Marxism – Leninism
of the present era, and to unite on this basis all
revolutionary elements within and outside the party;
4) To undertake preparations of a revolutionary
programme and tactical line based on the concrete
analysis of the Indian situation in the light of Com.
Mao Tsetung Thought.”
Historically, this was a most significant,
revolutionary and correct call. It had a very positive
impact on the struggle of CRs for revolutionary politics
and the revolutionary work being carried by them in
various states. It had greatly helped the efforts to
develop the revolutionary movements.
Exploiting Classes need not be Jubiliant
True; Naxalbari and other revolutionary
movements which had come up in that period had
temporarily suffered serious setbacks. These
movements have not yet recovered from the setbacks.
But can the exploiting ruling classes say that they had
solved even a single problem of the Indian people?
Don’t they know that all the promises and sops they
are throwing at the people are only masks for the
deception, loot and atrocities carried on by them
against the people? Should we believe that they do
not know and they are not a party to the colossal
growth of corruption, farce, deception, conspiracy,
repression and violence carried on against the people
under the pet words like development, democracy and
parliamentary rule? Are not disgust, revulsion and
protest strong and widespread among the people
towards the way the exploiting ruling classes are
waging a dog fight and gamble for power? Don’t they
know what they are doing in the name of economic
development and reforms is nothing but shamelessly
and treacherously mortgaging and selling away our
Country to foreign imperialists? Why they are building
up the repressive machinery into such a colossal body
when they really believe that they had completely
suppressed the CRs and set the people on the road
of peace and progress? Why they are taking so
much trouble to sow illusions, divisions, hostilities and
mutual clashes among the people and divert them in
thousand and one ways? Because, whether they
accept it openly or not, the exploiting ruling classes
are definitely aware of one bitter truth. The society
they are sitting on and seeking to protect by all means
is based on exploitation and oppression. It is a society
that squeezes the blood and robs the overwhelming
majority of people to fatten a miniscule minority of
landlords, comprador bourgeois and imperialists. It
is a truth of life that no masks, no bluffings, no
May- 2017
brandishing of repressive weapons can conceal or
suppress. Therefore, ups and downs, setbacks and
temporary defeats will not deter the people from their
efforts and struggle. They would definitely learn from
their experiences, find ways and means to overcome
the problems and march toward final victory. So the
exploiting ruling classes need not be overtaken by
the jubilation because it is an illusion.
A Symbal of Revolutionary Mass Line
The Naxalbari is a product of revolutionary mass
line. It gave an inspiration and impetus to some similar
movements. It cannot be denied that by the time these
movements had come up, they had some weaknesses
to be overcome. The CRs at the time took the view
that the weaknesses that were to be or that could be
overcome must be attempted, not by keeping aside
the then ongoing struggles, but in the course of
providing suitable leadership to them.
The CPI (M) leadership at the time argued that
the revolution was unimaginable without a strong and
wide base of party organization, mass base and
democratic movement. When the revolutionary
movements had faced setbacks and the CRs were
struggling to overcome the divisions, wrong trends
and other difficulties, some sought to heckle the CRs
saying that they were reaping the fruits of their petty
bourgeois impetuasity. It was indeed pathetic for
anyone who claims to be adhering to Marxism
Leninism to heckle or laugh at the setbacks, losses,
temporary defeats and difficulties encountered by the
revolutionary movements. With all modesty we would
like to know what efforts they have done in the last 50
years to overcome the kind of weaknesses they
warned about and put the class struggle on the rails
of revolution?; What efforts they have done to apply
the teachings of Marx, Engels and Lenin (Here we
are not mentioning the names of Stalin and Mao), the
experiences of victorious revolutions to the concrete
conditions of India and formulate a revolution line
applicable for India? We agree that they are having a
mass base many times greater than that of CRs. But
what politics they had imparted to the masses of
people? Are their steps, however slow they might be,
taking them towards revolution or in the opposite
direction? Here we do not draw any conclusions. The
facts speak for themselves.
The left adventurist politics that had emerged right
in the early phase of CR movement and came to
dominate had played havoc with the CR and
revolutionary movement. It made the task of
overcoming the weaknesses in the movement more
difficult. The left as well as right trends and series of
splits had badly affected the CR and revolutionary
movement. The CRs are carrying on consistent and
relentless efforts to overcome them, unify the CRs on
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