accepted the terms obediently and sincerely, remains a highly controversial matter.
Today the farmers are mobilising. They are opposing the bilateral agreement concluded in February and are preparing to wage a serious struggle against it.
In this critical situation, the responsibility resting on all of us has grown enormously. Over fifty years, the mortgaged India has become a sold-out India. When we say“ sold-out,” we mean the entire country— all of us have been sold. The lives of every section of the people have become entangled in a deep and complex crisis. The entire wealth of the nation has been handed over to monopoly capital and the imperialists.
I believe all of us already possess a clear understanding and consciousness of these realities. Our responsibility, therefore, is to conscientise the youth.
For the past twelve years the government has, in the name of neo-liberal policies, taken determined steps to strengthen monopoly capital and to consolidate the dominance of imperialist forces. This is within the lived experience of all of us. In addition, it has entered into bilateral agreements with America. Our governments are effectively saying: let us plunge ourselves still deeper into crisis in order to help an imperialist power recover from its own crisis, and let us extend full cooperation to it. If this course continues, what kind of complex and dangerous situation will emerge?
I have always put one question to the youth: W ill you remain content to live in a declining India? In which direction will you move to pull the country out of decline? What are your thoughts? What will you do? How will you build the struggle?
A small but significant answer has now appeared, and with it a new belief. In a situation where 6
Jan Abhiyan Demands Hostel Accommodation for All Delhi University Students
Around 700,000 students come to study at Delhi University. Most of them come from other states. By a rough estimate, hostel accommodation should be available for around 500,000 students, but arrangements have been made for only about 10,000 students. Even these facilities are highly inadequate. Several college hostels do not even have basic amenities.
Under such circumstances, more than 90 percent of students coming from other states are forced to seek accommodation in private PG hostels. Each student has to pay around Rs. 10,000 per month to PG hostel owners. These PG hostels are generally constructed in an irregular manner by bribing MCD and police officials, leading to incidents such as the Satya Niketan PG hostel tragedy, in which students have lost their lives. There was also a fire incident in Malviya Nagar earlier, but its inquiry report has still not been released.
The Delhi government and the High Court have recommended an inquiry into the Satya Niketan hostel tragedy. However, the report is likely to be delayed, and there is also a possibility that efforts will be made to protect the guilty government and municipal officials. It is worth noting that the owner of the Satya Niketan hostel had made all students sign an agreement stating that they themselves would be responsible in the event of any accident and that the owner would bear no responsibility.
In view of such mismanagement and negligence towards students, Jan Abhiyan, Delhi, demands that the university or college administration provide hostel accommodation for all students. It also demands that all injured students in the Satya Niketan PG hostel tragedy be provided proper treatment at government expense and that the families of all deceased students be given compensation of Rs. 50 lakh each.
Jan Abhiyan, Delhi, further demands that the owner of the Satya Niketan PG hostel, along with all responsible government and municipal officials, be given strict punishment.
The statement was issued jointly by Inquilabi Mazdoor Kendra, Krantikari Mazdoor Morcha, AIFTU( New), CPI( ML) Mass Line, Bhagat Singh Student & Youth Front( BSYF), Agragami Chhatra Naujawan Sabha, Lokpaksh, CSTU and Siddhant( Political Activist) �
many of us thought the youth associated with the Cockroach Janata Party were being heavily misled and were confused, the recent dharna at Jantar Mantar and the Chalo Parliament programme showed clearly that they can organise and fight unitedly— beyond caste, religion, region and gender.
Keeping in view the deepening crisis of India’ s economic system, the living conditions of the majority of the people, and the reality that our country continues to be strengthened as a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society, revolutionary forces must further conscientise the youth and intensify their work from the perspective of class struggle.
The Tarimela Nagi Reddy Memorial Trust accepts this responsibility. Let all of us therefore begin our journey in the direction of raising consciousness, and let us continue that journey together.
I express my gratitude to the Tarimela Nagi Reddy Memorial Trust for giving me this opportunity. I regard it as a valuable chance to share these thoughts with all of you, and with these words I conclude. �
Class Struggle