People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) No. 49
December 15,2002
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) |
Vol.
XXVI No. 49 December 15,2002 |
CHANTING-
“Communalism
Down,
Down”,
hundreds
of
activists
of
Communist
Party
of
India
(Marxist)
staged
a
dharna
at
Jantar
Mantar
today
to
protest
the
growing
communal
onslaught
by
the
RSS-BJP
and
other
outfits
of
the
Sangh
Parivar.
The
dharna
was
organised
on
the
eve
of
the
10th
anniversary
of
Babri-Masjid
demolition.
The
dharna
was
addressed
by
Jogendra
Sharma,
member,
central
committee
CPI(M),
Pushpinder
Grewal,
secretary
CPI(M)
Delhi
and
other
leaders
of
Delhi
state
committee.
Addressing
the
gathering,
speakers
accused
the
RSS-BJP
and
the
NDA
government
of
beingbent
upon
destroying
the
secular
fabric
of
the
country.
The
Gujarat
genocide
perpetrated
by
the
RSS-BJP
state
government
is
an
example
of
the
extent
to
which
the
RSS-BJP
is
willing
to
go
in
pursuit
of
its
agenda
for
creating
a
Hindu
Rastra.
The
dangers
inherent
in
the
communal
doctoring
the
NCERT
text
books,
communalisation
of
the
administration
and
police
forces
and
heinous
attacks
by
upholders
of
Hindutva
ideology
on
dalits
as
witnessed
recently
in
Jhajjar
were
laid
bare
by
the
speakers.
These
attempts
at
communal
mobilisation
are
accompanied
by
vicious
attacks
on
people’s
livelihood
and
undermining
of
the
economic
sovereignty
of
the
country
through
the
aegis
of
economic
policies
pursued
by
the
BJP
led
central
government.
The
discontent
arising
against
these
polices
is
sought
to
be
diverted
into
communal
channels
to
prevent
the
emergence
of
any
viable
challenge
to
them.
The
fight
against
communalism
is
thus
intrinsically
linked
to
the
fight
for
people’s
livelihood,
the
speakers
asserted.
The
dharna
ended
with
a
call
to
carry
forward
the
anti-national
communal
forces
with
greater
vigour.
On
December
6,
a
series
of
rallies,
meetings
dharnas
and
other
functions
marked
the
tenth
anniversary
of
the
demolition
in
the
capital
tomorrow.
