between the state leadership and a section of district leadership . The left and opportunist trend at all India level was responsible for this gap .
Srikakulam adivasi movement developed as a militant anti-feudal struggle . It gained revolutionary character as the politics of peoples war came to it with the efforts of communist revolutionaries . The conditions were getting ripened to take the movement to higher level – the level of peoples ’ armed struggle . Yet there were weaknesses in the movement that were to be overcome . The leadership should have had adopted – under the then prevailing situation of the movement- the possible and necessary steps to protect the achievements of the movement , while adopting the tactics to hoodwink the enemy , extend the movement , to mobilise solidarity for the agrarian revolution and armed struggle and thus gaining more time for preparations . The leadership should have utilised both legal and illegal forms of struggle and organisation .
The impact of left opportunist trend was so strong that a section of leadership of APCCCR had got attracted or tilted towards it . This largely weakened the strength of the leadership which was determined to fight the politics and practice of left opportunist leadership .
Debra-Gopiballabhpur was another important struggle of that time . It showed the potential to developing into a peoples armed struggle . By 1969 , it passed through various forms of struggle to reach a higher stage . Thousands of peasants came out to harvest the standing crops . The left opportunist leadership of CPI ( ML ) condemned the taking possession of crops as outright revisionism . Then the agrarian revolutionary task was abandoned and annihilation line was put into practice . On Reasons for Errors committed in the Process of Failures :
When Comrade Souren Bose met the leaders of Chinese Communist Party in 1970 for the second time , Comrade Kang Sheng said to Bose :
“ In 1968 , when I met comrade Bose talked about this question with him emphatically . I said during the talk , if we engage in armed struggle in an isolated way , ie . Without the broadest masses of people this kind of struggle would not be successful . Disregarding the vital interests of peasants and disregarding agrarian struggle of the peasantry the armed struggle would have no base . Hence it will not be successful . I have said that the level of consciousness of the masses has always been raised from lower stage to higher , and only when we proceed from
30 the vital interests , the economic interests of masses of people and raise their level of consciousness , can we mobilise them to armed struggle . We should not mobilise the masses of people for armed struggle in a way isolating ourselves from the masses .” ( Comrade Chou En Lai talk with Souren Bose )
In October 1970 , comrades Chou en Lai and Kang Sheng had detailed discussion with Comrade Souren Bose and categorically said the following : 1 . In the world there was no party that had authority or superiority over other parties . Every party was independent . It had to apply Marxism-Leninism and Mao ’ s thought to the concrete conditions of their countries . It had to take itself the responsibility for itsd achievements and failures . It is not to correct to copy or mechanically apply Mao ’ s teachings and experiences of China . 2 . It is not correct to proclaim “ China ’ s chairman is our chairman ”.
3 . It is wrong to say that struggle of peasants is not for land but for political power . These two are interrelated and indivisible .
4 . It is wrong to say that mass organisations and peoples movements are an obstacle to organise guerrilla struggle . On the contrary , their absence will be an obstacle on the way of organising guerrilla struggle .
5 . Annihilation line is wrong . It is proved in Chinese revolution that such actions are unfortunate .
6 . It is wrong to form guerrilla squads secretly and conspiratorially without relations to the people . It only leads to defeat by separating the party and guerrilla squads from the people .
7 . It is wrong to form Red Guards in cities . It is wrong to abandon trade union activities .
8 . CPI ( ML ) has no programme of agrarian revolution . It is a serious weakness and failure . It is not possible to prepare the people for armed struggle without an agrarian revolutionary movement based on agrarian revolutionary programme and without linking it with armed struggle revolution will not be successful .
9 . It is wrong to say that united front should be formed after gaining political power . The idea and practice of united front should be the guide for the work of communist revolutionaries throughout the revolutionary movement .
10 . It is wrong to say “ whoever does not dip their hands in the blood of class enemy is not a communist ”.
11 . The general orientation of CPI ( ML ) is correct , Its policies are wrong . They have to be corrected .
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