SALUTE THE LEFT AND COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY FORCES FOR ILLUMINATING THE BANNER OF LIBERATION AGAINST FASCISM IN KASHMIR

SALUTE THE LEFT AND COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY FORCES FOR ILLUMINATING THE BANNER OF LIBERATION AGAINST FASCISM IN KASHMIR. FOUR CONFERENCES WERE SUCCESSFULLY STAGED OF GREAT QUALITATIVE SIGNIFICANCE IN PATIALA, AMRITSAR, MOGA AND JALANDHAR MOBILISING ALL SECTIONS OF THE PEOPLE.SPEAKERS. VOCIFEROUSLY CONDEMNED SCRAPPING OF ACTS 370 AND 35 A AND SUPPRESSING RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION OF KASHMIRI PEOPLE.

By Harsh Thakor 

Front Against Fascist Attacks on Kashmiri People held four conferences in Moga,Patiala, Amritasr and Jalandhar. demanding withdrawal of all armed forces and para military forces from Kashmir, withdrawal of recent enactments repealing Art 370 and 35-A of the Indian Constitution and restoring communication and democratic rights of the people of Kashmir and withdrawal of all oppressive measures adopted by the Govt against Kashmiri people, release of all political prisoners and to re-establish the Provincial status of J&K.

Front Against the Fascist Attacks on the Kashmiri People has been launched in Punjab. Almost all the left and democratic and revolutionary forces and individuals constitute this front.

On behalf of this, front four regional conferences were organized in Punjab in in solidarity with the kashmiri people. The second conference was held on 14th of October at Patiala district headquarter. The first conference and protest march was held at Moga on 12th of October. The 3rd conference was held in Amritsar on October 15th and the fourth and final one at Jalandhar on October 16th.

The leaders of the various democratic and revolutionary organisations will be addressed these conferences. This front was constituted by Communist Party of India, Punjab Revolutionary Marxist Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (New Democracy) Revolutionary Peoples Front (Inqlabi Lok Morcha), Punjab, Revolutionary Centre (Inqlabi Kendra), Punjab, Revolutionary Democratic Front (Inqlabi Jamhuri Morcha) Punjab, Communist Party of India (Liberation), Lok Sangram Manch, Punjab and MCPI(Marxist Communist Party of India (United)

Marxist Communist Party of India)

 (United) MCPI(United).

The conferences had considerable qualitative impact in raising the consciousness of the broad masses on the fascist assault on the Kashmiri people by the Indian govt. with around 2000 peope gathering representing all the sections of people be it industrial working class,peasantry, students,youth, women and govt .employees. The unity of so many democratic organizations was of great significance not only in opposing the tyranny unleashed on the people of Kashmir but on confronting fascism as a whole.

However there was a political weakness in the stand of the left parties like Communist Party of India and MCPI who did not uphold the aspect of the right of self-determination of the Kashmiri people in their stand and merely condemned the repealing of laws 370 and 35, In my view thus it was flaw of the Communist revolutionary forces to unite forces of the Orthodox left parties in such a front. Significant that Lok Morcha Punjab was not part of this event as a clear demarcation line was not made on issue of self determination.

Neverthless it proved the striking capacity of the people of Punjab to challenge the opression in Kashmir.