the congress-led UPA government which favoured imperialists, big bourgeoisie, big landlords, big contractors and dalals of the ruling classes and brought disastrous consequences for the people and the country. The elections also expressed the strong urge of the people for the betterment in their living and working conditions – an urge which they have b een sustaining decade after decade. Kashmir Situation
Kashmir problem has been haunting both the people of India and Pakistan since 1947. It was created by the British colonial power as a bone of contention between the newly formed India & Pakistan so that their domination on the Indian subcontinent continues. The people of Kashmir had never been allowed to decide their fate by themselves by the ruling classes of India and Pakistan desp ite suggestion by the accession treaty and UN resolution to hold plebiscite in Kashmir. Unless suppression of national and democratic aspiration of people of Kashmir is stopped, peace could not be restored in Kashmir.
Kashmir is burning today. The mass upsurge that erupted in Kashmir after the brutal killing of Burhan Wani by the Indian security forces is continuing since 9th 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 w ere 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
14 raise their voice ag ainst 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. 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 f ear and decide their political future. Congress Party
Congress party has the long history among the ruling class parties and has earned the expertise of ruling at the centre and in various states. Now it is in the opposition at the Centre and in many states and was decimated in some states. It has the expertise of serving the big bourgeoisie, big landlords and imperialists, while at the same time could be able to rally other class from agricultural labourers to small capitalists with welfare slogans. It is the party that follows the footsteps of imperialism from Nehru to Indira, to Rajiv to PV Narasimha Rao and to Manmohan Singh. This is the party that sowed the seeds economic policies dictated by imperialist financial institutions in 1981 and again implemented them in the name of new economic policies in 1991. Even though it donned the garb of secularism, it is utilizing the communal forces in every religion employing disguised methods. Now it is using the Parliament to placate itself as the party of AamAadmi by opposing the very policies that it has partially implemented and now being implemented by the BJP government. B. J. P
As far as the class nature is concerned, it is not at all different from the Congress party. It came to the power at the centre riding on the crest of people’ s anger against the decade long rule by the UPA. It is now implementing with full thrust the policies dictated by the imperialist financial institutions. The Modi government had stepped into the shoes of the UPA government. Modi agreed to the US condition on nuclear power plants relieving the US companies from any liability in the case of an accident. He is firmly committed to carry forward the strategic alliance with the US imperialism and re-signed it after ten years as it was lapsed. Thus it made India a bonded partner to the US hegemonic plans in the Asian region. There is no doubt that it is a p arty that caters religious fanaticism and fascist trends. It used, using and will use every issue to polarize the people on communal lines. For many decades its fore runner, Jan Sangh, could not make a dent on the political arena. But its rise with the implementation of New economic policies and destruction of Dabri Masjid is not accidental or coincidental, but a well-planned design by the ruling classes to divide the people so that they can easily implement these policies without much resistance. It was brought to power as a part of this strategy by the ruling classes and it proved itself as their trusted servant with its policies in one year of its existence.
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