On this historical day of the United Rally of the workers-adivasis-minorites
THE LEFT AND DEMOCRATIC FORCES DECLARE THEIR RESOLVE
TO
UNITE ALL THE EXPLOITED AND OPPRESSED CLASSES!
EXPOSE THE CONSPIRACY OF THE RULING CLASSES!
SMASH THE SYSTEM OF OPRESSION!!
The Last two decades have been the most treacherous and confusing period for the exploited and oppressed classes of Gujarat. They have been listlessly tossing around in the waves of propaganda carried out by the ruling classes and their representative political parties.
In their competition to establish which one is the better representative of the ruling classes, BJP and Congress have been luring and conning the oppressed and exploited classes with various deceptive and misleading slogans in order to create their respective vote banks. The last decade has been perhaps the worst period of night mare for the exploited classes. Divided into communal lines, they have been totally disarmed, allowing a free run for the exploiting classes!
Two sharply conflicting propagandas had been carried to mislead the people of Gujarat. Firstly, the highly political propaganda that started with the Godhra incident on 27thFeb. 2002 painting the Muslim community as “terrorist supporters” resulting in the genocidal attack on the minorities “to teach them a lesson”. This tactics was adopted to establish that BJP was the only party that could protect the majority community! The second propaganda is that “massive” investments that have allegedly started pouring into Gujarat due to the “Global investors summit” that has led to the economic development of Gujarat in leaps and bounds since 2005!
The Judgment of the Gujarat High Court holding that there was no terrorist conspiracy in the Godhra incident and that POTA was wrongly applied to the case, establishes the lie that Government of Gujarat had adopted to communally divide the people. The involvement of Mayaben Kodnanai, the present Minister as well as Jaideep Patel in the Naroda Gam and Naroda Patiya killing also proves that the State machinery was fully involved in the post Godhra killings.
So far as the so called economic development of Gujarat is concerned, the pathetic conditions of lacs of Diamond workers who have lost their jobs in the past one year, the hundreds of suicide cases both amongst hapless farmers and urban poor, the non-payment of even minimum wages to millions of workers, prove only one point- the so called development claimed by the present Government is destroying the millions of poor people in Gujarat. May be Tata would be happy since he was not only given the land but also 30,000 crores of loan to make Nano! May be Anil and Mukesh Ambani and Adanis would be happy as they have got their SEZs, where they can make billions without paying any tax or follow any labor law. They also grab the land at the cheapest rates, May be some foreign investors may also be happy since in Gujarat they can exploit the cheap labor and grab hectares of land from poor peasants, adivasis etc. In this era of Globalization, the present BJP Government has become a direct agent for the rich and the Congress is equally their partner.
When the entire Government machinery, the ruling and the opposition parties have all surrendered to the interest of the big capitalists of both India and abroad, it will be the duty of the left and democratic forces to form an alternative political force to advance the cause of the workers, adivasis, farmers and small business. All anti-globalization, secular forces must therefore come together to uphold the interest of the vast majority of the population who are suffering from the total betrayal by the existing parties.
Today, in this vast rally of workers, adivasis, minorities, farmers and other affected classes, we declare our resolve to forge out a new alliance of the suffering people, by the suffering people and for the suffering people! This alliance is not just for any electoral purpose but for a sustained struggle of the oppressed.
Jointly released by New Socialist Movement, Lok Sangharsh Morcha, CPI, SUCI, Movement for Secular Democracy, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, ……
