People's Democracy

DYFI To Send Youth Solidarity Groups To Andhra

The central executive committee of the Democratic Youth Federation of India issued the following statement on September 30, 2007

THE central executive committee of DYFI met on September 26, 2007 and reviewed the progress of the month long nation wide campaign against UPA government’s anti-youth, anti-people policies and the year long Bhagat Singh’s birth centenary celebrations. The committee noted that the struggles against the policies of UPA government in 24 states were a big success. Rallies and campaigns were carried out during the month long campaign.

The CEC also decided to hold anti-imperialist conventions in various parts of the country against the Indo-US nuclear deal. This campaign will begin from October 9, 2007 - the martyrdom day of Che Guevara and it will end on November 3, 2007, foundation day of DYFI. The programme will consist of remembrances of Che Guevara, solidarity with the five Cuban Heroes who are illegally held by the American regime and the exposure of imperialist agenda behind the nuclear deal.

The membership campaign of 2007 would be completed by October 15 and it was also decided to increase the membership to 1.75 crores so that DYFI would become the second largest youth movement in the world. The committee also chalked out plans to spread the activities of the movement to more parts of the country giving utmost importance to Hindi speaking states. As part of this, regional organisational camps will be held in December in different regions of the country. The camp for the activists of the North Indian states will be held in Maharashtra. North-east and eastern regional camp will be held in West Bengal and the camp for the south Indian states will be held in Kerala. 300 youth leaders will participate in each of these three- day camps.

The CEC also decided to send youth solidarity groups from 10 states to express solidarity to the ongoing land struggle (Bhooporattam) in Andhra Pradesh. These solidarity groups will stay with the villagers and will participate in the third stage of the land struggle and will gain useful experience from this struggle and will also contribute to the struggle.

A campaign will also be started against the Sangh Parivar’ agenda of creating communal tension in the name of Ram Sethu issue. As part of this campaign four youth marches will travel along Tamilnadu with slogans against communalisation of Sethu Samudram project and for the immediate development of ports and the completion of Sethu Samudram project.

Marches will start from four corners of the state namely Madurai, Virudunagar, Tuticorin and Sivaganga. These four marches will conclude with a mass youth rally in Rameswaram on October 10, 2007.

As part of the Bhagat Singh’s birth centenary celebrations, the CEC reviewed the progress made regarding the installation of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s statue in the parliament house complex. The central government had approved our proposal. It has decided to build an 18 feet bronze statue of Bhagat Singh. The CEC has decided to raise funds from the youth of India to meet the expenditure.

The committee expressed solidarity with the proposed all India strike of central and state government employees and teachers and state undertakings on October 30, 2007 to protest against the anti-employee and anti-people policies of the central government.