concepts of Hindutva and nationalism-have widely let loose the bands of lumpen and antisocial elements under the cap of gaurakshaks to commit all sorts of crimes against the Dalits and religious minorities. Spreading rumours, fabricated stories like, the beef is stored or eaten or sold, cow is killed or threat from terrorism, they sought to slander, humiliate, attack or kill Dalits and religious minorities. Massacre in Muzaffarpur, the attacks on Dalits in Shantipura of karnataka in July, 2016; the f orced suicide of RohitVemula in Hyderabad; the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri( UP) on Sept 28 th, 2015; the stripping, flogging and parading of four Dalit youth in Una town of Gujarat on July 11 th, 2016 are only a fraction of countless instances. While these attacks are an all India phenomenon, the states like Gujarat, UP, Rajastan, Maharashtra, Bihar, Haryana and AP had the main toll.
As reported in the press, nearly 200 so called gauraksha organisations have sprung up just in Gujarat. Creating a feeling of terror and insecurity through their propaganda and actions and creating a mindset among the Dalits and religious minorities that they can live only by bowing themselves down before the might of the landlords, rich and the Hindutva forces. These attacks or threats are also aimed at warning the workers and other toiling poor to abandon the road of struggle for their rights and just causes. The attackers are also using them to force the people to flee from certain areas to change the 6 demography in favour of one or other ruling class party.
Commendably, the protest on the part of Dalits and minorities is on the increase. The people are more clearly seeing today the diversionist and divisive politics being played by the exploiting ruling classes through these attacks. The demands for land, economic and political conditions that guarantee livelihood and a dignified human life are gaining strength, The solidarity and support to these demands also are growing. The All India Conference of CPI( ML) expresses its whole hearted solidarity and support to the struggle of Dalits and religious minorities against inequality, discrimination and oppression. It pledges to unite the workers, peasants, women, dalits, minorities and other exploited and oppressed people in the struggle to end the present system that engenders all evils and for a New Democratic social system.
Repression in Kashmir
Kashmir is burning today. The mass upsurge that erupted in Kashmir after the brutal killing of BurhanWani by the Indian security forces is continuing since 9 th July, 2016. It is two months by now. Yet, the anger of Kashmir people has not subsided. In this period, more than seventy people have been killed and thousands were wounded by the Indian security forces. Hit by the pellet guns, several people have lost their eye sights, totally or partially. The Central security forces, acting on the direction of the Indian State and the Central Govt., are behaving with the protesting Kashmiri people as though they are enemies. It is a grave situation.
It is the duty of every democratic citizen of India to raise their voice against the repression let loose by the security forces in Kashmir. The present protest has brought the Kashmir problem to the fore powerfully once again. The mass protests repeatedly erupting in Kashmir showing increasing defiance and determination among the people point out that the methods of manipulation, division, diversion, suppression and pacification used by the Indian rulers to tide over each crisis are failing in solving the Kashmir problem. Need, therefore, is to go deeper into the real causes and find a just and lasting solution to the Kashmir problem.
The all India Conference of CPI( ML) whole heartedly supports the genuine aspirations of Kashmir people. It strongly demands that both Indian and Pakistani governments must take the necessary steps, including the withdrawal of security forces from both parts, create a congenial and democratic atmosphere and conditions to enable the Kashmir people to express their aspirations freely and with no fear and decide their political future.
On Adivasi Struggles
It is the adivasis of this country that are being displaced and their livelihoods and lives are being destroyed in the name of development, which is being designed to serve the exploitation of natural resources by the imperialists and the big bourgeoisie.
Class Struggle