[Marxistindia] Draft Political Resolution for 23rd Congress

[news from the cpi(m)]

04 February 2022

 

Press Release

 

Extracts from the Draft Political Resolution for 23rd Congress

The period since the 22nd Congress has seen the further consolidation of the
BJP, which being in government is aggressively pursuing the Hindutva agenda
of the fascistic RSS. It has mounted a multi-pronged attack through the
pursuit of rabid neo-liberal reforms strengthening the communal-corporate
nexus, looting of national assets, promoting crony capitalism, legalising
political corruption and imposing full-fledged authoritarianism. 

 

Post-2019 elections saw BJP return to form the government with more seats
and higher percentage of votes by scripting a communal nationalist
jingoistic narrative. Since then, sharpening rabid communal polarisation and
undermining the foundations of our secular democratic Constitution it
embarked on dissolving the state of Jammu & Kashmir and abrogating Articles
370 and 35A of the Constitution; legislated the anti-Constitutional
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA); began the construction of the temple at
Ayodhya and mercilessly attacked people's democratic rights and civil
liberties through the gross misuse of the draconian preventive detention
laws. There are constant efforts to change the character of the Indian
Constitutional Republic.

 

This period also saw growing resistance to the policies of the Modi
government from different sections of the working people. The working class
protested against the new labour codes and the privatisation drive through
general and sectoral strikes. The anti-CAA movement developed as a mass
protest against the subversion of the Constitution and citizenship. The
biggest and most prolonged struggle of the farmers ended in a historic
victory with the repeal of the three farm laws.

 

During these four years, the BJP government has completely surrendered to US
strategic, political and security designs, emerging as a steadfast
subordinate ally of US imperialism. This is having serious consequences for
relations with our neighbours and India's international standing. This is
taking place in the background of important global developments that have a
direct bearing on the Indian situation today.

 

Political Line

 

1) The nearly eight years of the BJP government have seen the consolidation
of the communal corporate nexus mounting authoritarian attacks. Since
returning to government in 2019 it has been aggressively furthering the
Hindu Rashtra agenda of the fascistic RSS. This is accompanied by an equally
aggressive pursuit of neo-liberal policies and growing authoritarian
governance. The RSS driven Hindutva Rashtra agenda is perniciously eroding
the Constitutional framework and destroying the secular democratic character
of the Indian Republic.

 

2) Thus, the main task is to isolate and defeat the BJP. This requires the
growth of the independent strength of the CPI(M) and the Left forces to
mobilise the people in class and mass struggles in a powerful militant
manner. 

 

3) Strengthening the Party and the Left forces is also required to lead the
fight against the Hindutva agenda and the activities of communal forces. The
Party must work for a broad mobilisation of all secular forces against
Hindutva communalism.

 

4) The Party must be in the forefront to mobilise the widest sections of
people against the aggressive pursuit of neo-liberal polices; the outright
loot of our national assets; large scale privatisation of the public sector,
public utilities and mineral resources. It is by intensifying class and mass
struggles, like the recent Kisan struggle, that the broadest mobilisation of
people and rallying of secular opposition forces against the
corporate-communal regime can be accomplished.  

 

5) The success of the fight against the Hindutva-corporate regime requires
the simultaneous struggle against the Hindutva communal forces and the
struggle against the neo-liberal policies.

 

6) The Party will cooperate with secular opposition parties in Parliament on
agreed issues. Outside Parliament the Party will work for the broadest
mobilisation of all secular forces against the communal agenda. The Party
and the Left will independently and unitedly with other democratic forces,
on an issue to issue basis, fight the assaults of neo-liberalism,
authoritarian onslaughts against democracy, democratic rights, suppression
of dissent by the use of draconian laws. 

 

7) The Party will support joint platforms for united actions of the class
and mass organisations. The Party will support all measures that strengthen
the Worker-Peasant-Agricultural labour united actions.

 

8) Developing the independent strength of the Party along with efforts to
strengthen Left unity shall be prioritised. United Left campaigns and
struggles must highlight the alternative policies to the bourgeoisie
landlord ruling class policies. 

 

9) The Party must work in a sustained manner to rally all left and
democratic forces including mass organisations and social movements. The
Left and democratic platform should conduct joint struggles and movements
highlighting the Left and Democratic programme as alternative policies.

 

10) As and when elections take place appropriate electoral tactics to
maximise the pooling of anti-BJP votes will be adopted based on the above
political line.

 

Tasks in Present Situation

 

i) Party must prioritise the strengthening of its independent role,
expanding its influence and political intervention capacities through
sustained class and mass struggles. Special attention must be paid to
strengthen local struggles on people's problems with proper follow-up.

 

ii) All sections of people subjected to intensified economic exploitation by
the neo-liberal policies must be rallied together in the struggles on
livelihood issues. Party must actively intervene and join all spontaneous
struggles that develop in order to strengthen them.

 

iii) Party must be in the forefront of the fight against Hindutva
communalism. This struggle has to be conducted in a sustained manner at
multiple levels. Broadest possible unity of the secular democratic forces
including concerned citizens, organisations and social movements should be
forged to counter the activities of the Hindutva forces.

 

iv) Party should take the lead to oppose authoritarian measures and seek the
cooperation of all democratic forces to forge joint struggles in defence of
human rights, democratic rights, civil liberties, artistic freedom and
academic autonomy, against activities of Hindutva communalism and
destruction of the democratic and secular content of the Constitutional
order.

 

v) Party must strengthen efforts to advance the struggles for social justice
and champion the issues against social oppression of women, dalits and
adivasis. 

 

vi) Protecting the rights and security of minorities against the aggressive
onslaughts of Hindutva communalism must be strengthened.

 

vii) Party must strengthen the ideological/social struggles against the
growth of obscurantism, superstition, irrationality and blind faith. Party
must be in the forefront in the campaigns to develop scientific temper and
to strengthen public discourse for rationality and reason against
irrationality and unreason. Broadest mobilisation in defence of scientific
temper and against revivalism must be forged.

 

viii) The Party must rouse the anti-imperialist consciousness amongst the
Indian people in defence of our national and economic sovereignty. Campaigns
highlighting Socialism as the only real alternative to capitalism must be
strengthened.  

 

ix) Party must mobilise popular opinion against Modi government's surrender
to US imperialism. Struggles for restoration of India's independent foreign
policy must be undertaken.

 

x) The Party must take up the defence of the LDF government in Kerala and
against the fascistic attacks being mounted against the party especially in
West Bengal and Tripura.     

 

 

Conclusion

 

Building a strong Communist Party throughout the country is essential in
order to accomplish these tasks. Based on Marxism and Leninism a strong
Party with a mass base throughout the country can be built only by sincerely
implementing the decisions taken by the Kolkata plenum on organisation. This
must, particularly, concentrate on:

 

1)    Strengthening the revolutionary Party with a mass line to establish
strong bonds with the people.

2)    Widening the Party's reach and influence among the people and rallying
the Left and democratic forces.

3)    Strengthening the Party organisation with quality membership as
directed by the Kolkata Plenum.

4)    Focus efforts to attract youth as well as women to the Party.

5)    Strengthening ideological struggles against all alien ideologies.

 

Let us redouble our resolve to strengthen the building of a strong Communist
Party!

 

Forward towards a revolutionary Party with a mass line!

 

Forward towards a stronger CPI(M) with an all India mass base!

 

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