Opinion Basus first editorial
In a tribute to Marxist legend Jyoti Basu,who passed away on January 17,CPI(M) weekly Peoples Democracy in its latest edition reproduced the first editorial written by him for the mouthpiece in 1965....
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In a tribute to Marxist legend Jyoti Basu,who passed away on January 17,CPI(M) weekly Peoples Democracy in its latest edition reproduced the first editorial written by him for the mouthpiece in 1965 a year after the birth of CPI(M) after splitting from the CPI in his capacity as its founder editor. The largely informative article which talks about the split begins by Basu explaining the reason for choosing the name Peoples Democracy for the mouthpiece. We have set ourselves the immediate task of achieving a Peoples Democratic State by replacing the present state which represents the interests of a handful of vested sections of
society, he says.
Ironically,Basu says the new state that the CPI(M) envisages will replace the present state of capitalists and landlords dominated by the big capitalists and monopolists who are collaborating with imperialist capital in pursuing the capitalist path of development. Slamming the revisionist CPI leadership,he says they hope to effect fundamental changes in the system under the leadership of a section of the Congress representing the national bourgeoisie which will oppose
monopolists and condescend to share power with the working class.
Thus it is not a question of individuals or groups of Congressmen joining the democratic front,it is their objective to work for some sort of a coalition government with a section of the Congress party and in this combine the working masses,to begin with,will be junior partners. They are afraid to visualise working class leadership lest the national bourgeoisie is frightened, he says.
NIA bias
The CPI(M) government in Kerala had been crying foul over the Union Home Ministrys decision to allow the National Investigation Agency take over the probe into some terror-related cases in the state. The states contention was that the local police was competent enough to take the investigation to a logical conclusion. Taking a cue from the state government,CPI(M) Malayalam daily Deshabhimani came out with an editorial seeking to know why the NIA has not taken over investigation of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks so far.
The NIA has taken over six cases which were investigated by the Kerala police. The Kerala police had zeroed in on the culprits also. The other two cases taken over by the NIA are in Assam and Pondicherry. It is not clear why the NIA has not taken over investigation of the Mumbai terror attack case even after Kavita Karkare (widow of Hemant Karkare) complaining that the probe by the Mumbai police was not satisfactory, it says. This is a clear case of partisan attitude. This is a political move and it should be condemned. It is not justifiable why the NIA has not taken over the extremely serious and sensitive terror-related cases and has hastily chosen to take over six cases in Left-ruled Kerala,it says.
Manmohanomics
On the occasion of Republic Day,former SC judge Krishna Iyer says socialism has been given a short shrift by the present rulers. In an article in Deshabhimani,he says the Congress,which had no loyalty to Nehru and Gandhi and their socialist ideals,ushered in globalisation and liberalisation in the early 1990s. Narasimha Rao brought in Manmohan Singh and brought to the fore Manmohanomics,which had nothing to do with socialism. Now India has become a colony of the US after the nuclear deal… Election expenditure is on the rise. Majority of the population is below the poverty line… Agriculture has vanished while industry has acquired a colonial touch. The concept of swaraj is dying, he says.
Compiled by Manoj C.G.
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