By
Harsh Thakor
I do
not neccessarily endorse this post below as precursor or practice of mass line
and firmly feel subjective factors were not conducive for launching armed
struggle. May errors of Charu Mazumdar period and line were repeated with
weakness of building agrarian revolution or United Front. However still a
landmark even in crystallizing or defining Indian revolutionary movement. Later
setback in Telengana testified errors of mass line. One of the most significant
turning points in the shaping of Indian revolutionary movement even if not
vitiated completely from past left sectarian errors and major precursor to
current movement in Dandakarnya. Even after 25 years major flaws in mass line
whatever immortal sacrifices or developments. Inadequate development of United
front and agrarian revolutionary movement and still far away from forming base
area.
REPORT
FROM 'THE VANGUARD' (JAN-FEB1996)
The
Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) (People's War), which has been
successfully leading people's war in Andhra Pradesh and Dandakaranya in India
since 1980, is reported to have held its All India Special Conference, as
successor to the 8th Congress of the united CPI (M-L) held in 1970, in a grand
manner and with great success on November 15-30, 1995. Delegates drawn from the
state units of AP, North Telengana, Dandakaranya, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,
Maharashtra,
(i)
On
expulsions;
(ii)
(ii)
Hailing national liberation struggles and workers struggles throughout the
world;
(iii)
(iii)
Condemning imperialist propaganda against Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tse-tung
Thought;
(iv)
(iv)
Hailing revolutionary struggles of other countries;
(v)
(v)
Supporting nationality struggles in
(vi)
(vi)
Demanding Com. Gonzalo's release; and
(vii)
(vii)
Calling for united struggle against Indian expansionism. With a vote of thanks
by the presidium, the deliberations of the Conference were successfully
concluded. The political line followed by the Party since 1980 is explained in
the important document "Strategy and Tactics", the essential features
of which are: * The political strategy to be pursued in the present stage of
New Democratic Revolution in India is one of forming a broad united front of
all the anti-feudal, anti-imperialist forces - the working class the peasantry,
the petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie - under the leadership of
the working class to overthrow the common enemies - feudalism, imperialism and
comprador bureaucratic capital.
(viii)
*
The military strategy or the path of the Indian Revolution is the path of
protracted people's war, i.e. liberating the countryside first through area wise
seizure of power, establishing guerrilla zones and base areas, and then
encircling the cities and finally capturing power throughout the country. * The
unevenness in the economic, social and political development of Indian society
calls for different tactics, I. e. forms of struggle and organization to be
pursued in different regions of the country, while the political line
throughout the country remains the same. In urban areas the political and mass
work should be carried out observing utmost precaution and the organizational
work should proceed keeping in view the long range perspective.
(ix)
*
Caste is a peculiar problem in
(x)
*
The tactics of boycott of elections have to be pursued for a long time in the
prevailing conditions in
(xi)
But with the first round of suppression
between 1987 and 89 these developed into squads having 5 to 7 members. At
present the squads have 9 to 11 members. In DK, the forest squads started with
5 members, now they have 11 members. Now steps are being taken to form platoon
size squads – where in one squad area (50 to 60 villages) there will be a CGS
(Central Guerilla Squad) under which will function two to three LGS (Local
Guerilla Squads) of roughly seven members each. Each of these LGS will be given
responsibility for 20 villages. In the beginning the squads comprised of
chiefly party members. But as the squads grew, non-party members also entered.
Since 1992 in each squad there is a Squad Area Committee (SAC) of three members
which is now the chief party unit within the squad-responsible for the
political and organisational tasks in their areas of operation. Each SAC member
would have a responsibility of roughly 20 villages. Village party cells began
to develop since 1983, but the bulk of them were smashed during the first
suppression campaign in 1985-87. Since then, they have been steadily growing
and today, a wide network of village party cells exist under each SAC. With
these party cells have also grown the village defence squads-both function
under directions from the SAC.
First the entire movement was under the AP PC (which
functioned under the CC). Under the APPC was the
(i) The AP State Committee under which function three
regional committees – Coastal-Rayalaseema Joint Regional Committee, South
Telangana Regional Committee and East Zone Regional Committee.
(ii) Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee- under which
function the four divisional committees of Gadchiroli, Bhandara/Balaghat, South
Bastar and
(iii) the Party Programme and Constitution, (ii) Strategy
and Tactics, (iii) Political Resolution and (iv) the Political and
Organisational Review. Earlier, these four draft documents had been thoroughly
discussed throughout the party and passed (with amendments, if necessary) at
the various regional and state conferences before being presented before the
All India Conference for adoption. These state conferences had also reviewed
the work in their own respective states and had taken decisions on
rectification and development of the movements in the states of Tamilnadu,
Karnataka and
The Conference was held deep in the forests, guarded by
armed guerillas and went on for about 20 days. After detailed discussions the
draft documents were adopted with some amendments. The Conference also approved
the financial report. In the process of election of a new Central Committee,
the out-going COC members first put forward their individual self-criticisms,
on which delegates made their comments….then a new CC was elected. The
Conference finally adopted seven special resolutions :
(i)
On
expulsions,
(ii)
Hailing
the National liberation struggles and workers’ struggles throughout the world,
(iii)
Condemning
imperialist propaganda against Marxism-Leninism-Mao Ze Dong Thought
(iv)
(iv)
Hailing the revolutionary struggles of other countries
(v)
(v)
Supporting the Nationality struggles in
(vi)
(vi)
Demanding Com. Gonzalo’s release and
(vii)
(vii)
Calling for united struggle against Indian expansionism. This Conference was
the true successor to the 1970 founding Congress of the CPI (ML) as it upheld
the spirit of Naxalbari and reaffirmed the basic political positions taken at
the Eighth Congress. The Programme and Constitution passed in 1970 was updated
and refined at this Conference, the Tactical Line (now called Strategy and
Tactics) adopted in 1980 was further refined with the experience of the past
fifteen years which was summed up in the Political and Organisational Review.
The Political Resolution analysed the present national and international
conditions taking cognizance of the important political and economic changes
that have occurred in the last decade. This Conference gave a new hope to the
revolutionaries of the country; a hope that the three magic weapons needed for
the success of the Indian revolution – an all India Party, a Peoples’ Army and a
Revolutionary United Front – would soon become a reality.
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