• Festive celebrations mark 23rd anniversary of founding of the Communist Ghadar Party of India

• Some key issues dealt with by Comrade Lal Singh in his address

• Condolence

• "Feel Good" for whom?

• Cycle of violence has to be stopped

• The Alternative is not the Congress

• Capture of Saddam Hussein and increasing attacks on the Iraqi people
  It is the Anglo American imperialists who must face trial for
  crimes against humanity

• Crisis in Pakistan

• Japan to Send forces to Irag

Festive celebrations mark 23rd anniversary of founding of the Communist Ghadar Party of India

Several hundred workers, working class youth and women participated in the celebrations. The delegations of workers, women and youth came from dozens of working class Jhuggi Jhopri clusters and resettlement colonies of the capital. They came from the factories. There were school and college youth. The joyous atmosphere was created by the overwhelmingly large contingent of working class youth, who have taken the mission of the party as their own mission.

A large and attractive banner proclaiming "Hail the 23rd anniversary of the Communist Ghadar Party of India" adorned the venue of the program. Within the auditorium, banners hailing the CGPI as well as a multitude of red flags lent a militant and revolutionary atmosphere to the gathering. The auditorium overflowed with people with hardly standing space left. As the audience waited expectantly for the program to begin, scores of young men and women members marched on to the stage from both sides of the auditorium, with fists clenched and red flags held high, militantly shouting slogans hailing the party and the cause of revolution and socialism. The entire audience burst into spontaneous and enthusiastic applause, setting the tone for the entire program. The spirit of the youth, permeated the entire function. The participants applauded each event, be it plays, songs, dances or other cultural items.

A chorus of young comrades sang the song "Raste pe tumhare . . .", ushering in the start of the program. The chairperson then called upon the secretary of the Delhi Regional Committee of the CGPI to inaugurate the program.

Welcoming everyone, the Secretary of the Delhi Regional Committee of the Party dedicated the function to the youth of the Party. He pointed out that at the beginning of the year, the General Secretary of our Party, Comrade Lal Singh held a meeting with party youth activists. Together, we planned how to develop the work amongst working class youth in different parts of the region. Since then, there has been no let up in the work of enabling the youth to organise themselves. The work has advanced from one victory to another victory. The untiring revolutionary energies of the youth have been released. This has been seen in all the work this year, this was seen in the election campaign, and this is evident today in this function.

The comrades next presented a song "Nadiya chale . . ". A play titled "leechar aur keechar" was presented. In a brilliant, hilarious as well as thought provoking manner, the play exposed the present party dominated political system and process of representative democracy. It brought out how the domination of money power and muscle power is intrinsic to the party system of governance. It revealed how the question of who selects the candidates and on what basis is at the heart of the struggle to change the system. It contrasted the process of selection of candidates by the political parties of the bourgeoisie, with the process by which people, organised in their workplaces and residential areas select their own candidates, as was actually done by the party during the recent elections. The play drew standing ovation from the audience, who had had first hand experience with the practice of elections just recently.

A hilarious skit "Sharmaji vermaji" had the audience in splits. Comrades then enacted, through a delightful and humorous skit called "saajan chale sasural", the real life drama that they experienced when they were picked up by the police for postering, on the last day of the election campaign. The song "aao uthein" was then presented. In between, other revolutionary and patriotic songs were presented, including "communist ghadar party ne".

The General Secretary of the CC of the CGPI, Comrade Lal Singh was then invited to address the gathering. A young girl comrade presented Comrade Lal Singh with a bouquet of flowers. Comrade Lal Singh expressed his joy and excitement at the lively and enthusiastic participation of the youth and reaffirmed his belief that with such a young and powerful force with us, ready to fight for change, we are bound to succeed in overthrowing this capitalist system and ushering in the rule of the workers and peasants. He dwelt on the crisis of credibility of the present political system and process, as well as of the main political parties of the bourgeoisie, the BJP and the Congress. He also scathingly exposed those who wave the red flag and claim to represent the interests of the working class and oppressed, but who want to keep the oppressed masses tied to the pallu of Sonia Gandhi and do not want the workers and peasants to fight for their own raj. Comrade Lal Singh’s speech was greeted with slogans hailing the party and its program. (See box for some issues dealt by Comrade Lal Singh in his speech)

A skit, "andhera kayam rahe" showed how the rich and powerful use the backwardness and superstitions in society to ensure that people are fooled and kept in the dark, so that they do not rise and fight to change their conditions.

Then followed a beautiful and breath taking dance performed by girl comrades from the working class. Dressed in their lovely costumes, these comrades danced a lively folk dance to the tune of a popular song. The dance had the entire audience on its feet.

The socio-political event then came to a fitting finale with over 25 comrades gathering on the stage for the final song "dekho rang badal raha… Sathi re". With vigorous slogan shouting, the formal part of the socio-political celebration concluded. Following this, all the participants had dinner.

This year’s celebrations reflected the advances made by the party in the working class and especially amongst the working class youth. The year 2003 has been a year of major advance of the work of the party everywhere and in all fronts. It has been a year wherein the call of the CC of the party to strengthen the organisations of the party at every level, in the factories, workplaces and residential areas, and build basic organisations where they have not existed before, has been militantly implemented. The result was there for all to see, in the manner in which the comrades of the Party have released their revolutionary initiative, in carrying out the great responsibilities the party and the working class movement assigned them. The party enters the 24th year of its work with its clenched fist held high, with powerful and unbreakable unity in its ranks, with its mass organisations working vibrantly.

Long live the Communist Ghadar Party of India!
Workers, Peasants, Women and Youth, We constitute India, We are her masters!
Inquilab Zindabad!

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Some key issues dealt with by Comrade Lal Singh in his address

In his speech, Comrade Lal Singh dwelt on the question that has been turned by the bourgeoisie and its media and politicians into the "burning issue of the day", namely, corruption. The Prime Minister talks about it every day, about the "hollowness" of Indian society and linking it to corruption. The idea is being promoted amongst Indians that corruption is the root of all problems of Indian society. Comrade Lal Singh pointed out that we must question under whose rule was there no corruption. From the time of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru upto and including the present Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, corruption has been there. In the days of British colonialism, "gifts" were given by peasants to the "collectors—was that not corruption? Corruption is an integral part of the system in India, the capitalist system and is a part of the colonial legacy. As long as the capitalist system, remnants of feudalism, colonialism and imperialist domination remains, corruption can only increase. That is what 56 years of the rule of the Indian bourgeoisie since August 1947 testifies to.

It is a fact that for the past decade and more, especially since the days of the Bofors scandal when Rajiv Gandhi was in power, the issue of corruption has begun to occupy centre stage in political discourse even while the scale of corruption keeps increasing dramatically. Why has corruption become such an issue? One reason is that the working class and people have become aware that the rich and powerful capitalists and politicians and bureaucrats are at the heart of corruption. This discredit of the rich and powerful interests is not in the interest of the ruling class. They want to make a show of ending corruption at the level it is visible to the common man, so that they can declare their rule to be "clean" and restore the credibility of the system. They want that corruption should be corporate, take place only at the highest levels in a very sophisticated manner, as in the US, Britain and other advanced capitalist countries of Europe, so ordinary workers and peasants are unable to understand it. Expressing sympathy with the people who have fought and continue to fight against corruption, with their very lives, Comrade Lal Singh said the struggle to end corruption cannot be divorced from the struggle to end the capitalist system and the colonial legacy.

Comrade Lal Singh also dwelt on the issue of population growth, which is another issue that the ruling class and world imperialism blames as the source of the problem of the Indian people. Our rulers declare that India’s problems of poverty and unemployment will be solved if the country’s population stabilises. This is a big fraud to fool the people. The reality is this. Does a capitalist run a factory to give employment to workers or make maximum profits? He runs a factory or enterprise to make maximum profits. This is his only aim. When he installs new machinery, his aim is to reduce the workforce to increase the surplus value from the workers and maximise his profits. Comrade Lal Singh explained how the bourgeoisie spreads disinformation about growing population being the source of unemployment and poverty to cover up the truth that unemployment and poverty are inevitable fellow travellers of the capitalist system.

Comrade Lal Singh dwelt with the burning question of terrorism. He raised the question—what is terrorism, and who is the terrorist, ordinary people or the state. He explained vividly how terrorism was an integral weapon of the arsenal of the capitalist and imperialist states to disorient and terrorise the fighting people, to justify fascisation of the apparatus of the state.

Further on, Comrade Lal Singh sharply exposed the non-class notions of "democracy" that are promoted by the bourgeoisie and the conciliators with social-democracy in the communist movement. With powerful arguments, he explained that in the present epoch, there can be only two kinds of democracies. Either bourgeois democracy or proletarian democracy. Bourgeois democracy is what exists in India, US, Britain and other capitalist countries of the world. In bourgeois democracy the workers and toiling people have no rights, and only the duty to slave for the capitalists. Elections serve only to decide who amongst the exploiters will have the chance to lord over the toiling people. The rulers openly violate the will of the people and crush their aspirations. For instance, in India, masses of workers and peasants have expressed their opposition to privatisation and liberalisation. However, whichever party comes to power, they carry on the same agenda of privatisation and liberalisation, attacking the livelihood of the people.

There is another kind of democracy, proletarian democracy, which was established in the Soviet Union and some other countries. In the proletarian democracy, the workers and working people had real rights, they controlled state power. They deprived the capitalists of the right to exploit workers. This is why the capitalists and imperialists of the whole world began howling and screaming, saying there is "no democracy" in the Soviet Union. They plotted to overthrow proletarian democracy and succeeded. As long as the socialist Soviet Union existed, the workers of the whole world had a mighty bulwark against capitalism and imperialism. The struggle in India is to establish proletarian democracy in place of the existing bourgeois democracy. There is not and cannot be some other "democracy" that is neither bourgeois democracy nor proletarian democracy. Those in the communist and workers movement who prettify bourgeois democracy or create illusions about a middle path between bourgeois democracy and proletarian democracy are guilty of treachery to the working class.

Comrade Lal Singh dwelt on the political process in place in India. He explained how the present political system and process is intended to disempower the workers and working people. The play "leechad aur Keechad" performed by the youth gives a live and real picture of this political process. The workers and peasants of India will have to put in place an alternate political process through which actually workers and peasants will select candidates from amongst their midst and elect one of them. There should be no illusion that workers and peasants can establish their rule within the present system, without overthrowing the rule of the capitalists and imperialists. By putting forth the alternative political process in front of the broad masses of people, we are able even better to expose what is wrong with the present process and bring out what is absent in it, and what it should be in order that people can be empowered. The way the party conducted the election campaign during the recent elections, right from the process of selection of candidates in full view of the masses, through every stage, brought out the new. It is this that we have to take forward, publicise and propagate amongst the broad masses.

Comrade Lal Singh dwelt on the important question of "What Kind of Party". He pointed out that political parties of the bourgeoisie and the conciliators with social democracy look at their cadres as electoral machines and the toiling masses as vote banks. They never allow, even within their own parties, the real workers and activists to come forward. When this is the way they deal with their own cadres, how can they be expected to fight for empowerment of the workers and peasants? Our Party, the Communist Ghadar Party of India is committed to bringing the workers and peasants, the women and youth of India to power. "Our party has not and will not fight for power for itself. The role of our party, the role of a genuine communist party, is to organise and make the working class conscious of its mission. I can say with pride, that we are doing this, and doing it well. The future belongs to the working class! The future belongs to the youth of our land! Workers, peasants, women and youth, we constitute India, we are her masters! Inquilab Zindabad!"

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Condolence

Gurusamy Thevar joined the communist movement as a member of the Communist Party in the 1940s while militating in the ranks of textile workers in Tamil Nadu. He played a pivotal role in the building of the Loyal Mills and Lakshmi Mills textile workers union in Kovilpatty, in south Tamil Nadu, and led several struggles to establish the rights of textile workers. His militant work helped the communist party firmly establish its roots among the working class in the area.

Later, refusing to accept the unprincipled split in the communist movement in the early sixties when the Communist Party of India was split right down the middle, he continued his work among the workers. In the seventies, inspired by the call of Charu Mazumdar to go to the rural areas and mobilize the peasants, he left the city of Kovilpatty and started his work among the peasants in the area. During the seventies he was hounded by the state and its repressive apparatus for his militant activities and jailed on several occasions.

During the massive peasant movement of the late seventies and early eighties in Tamil Nadu, which inspired peasants all over India, Gurusamy Thevar led from the front and urged the peasants to join hands with the working class and fight for a new society. His roots both among the workers and peasants made him a most sought after comrade to lead agitations and address gatherings of workers and peasants.

At a time when the CGPI waged an unrelenting struggle to restore communist unity in India and rebuild the party of the proletariat, Comrade Gurusamy Thevar along with the late Comrade Das played an important role in the ranks of the party to uphold the Marxist-Leninist principles and build and strengthen the party.

Till his death he functioned as the district president of the Tamil Nadu Peasants Union (non-partisan)–Thamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam and was in the forefront of struggles related to procurement prices and state support in fixing affordable prices for fertilizer and other inputs.

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"Feel Good" for whome?

Sir,
There has been much talk in the media of the ‘feel good’ factor in the Indian economy. This has been referred to frequently by various captains of industry and leaders including the Finance Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister. Nevertheless, the influential newspaper Deccan Herald of December 25, 2003 ran an article in the centre page entitled "‘Feel Good’ for whom?" The author, Devinder Sharma has pointed out that during the same period in which the big bourgeoisie has been feeling rather good the Indian peasantry has been facing devastating and destitution on a scale not paralleled in history. In order to emphasize this the author has gone so far as to say "...at a time when thousands of farmers throughout the country are committing suicides, and those who cannot muster the courage end up selling their kidneys or other body organs." The basic contradiction between the countryside where the bulk of the Indian population lives and produces food that keeps society going and the large cities where all decisions of life and death are taken has been a fundamental feature of life in the country. While some sectors of the Indian industrial economy are doing reasonably well, the scenario for agriculture is difficult. With the exception of big capitalist farmers and those who are producing for the export sector, the entire peasantry has been left at the mercy of market forces and forces of nature. Policy makers are unable to match their wits against the market forces to which the Indian economy has submitted itself to under the dictates of the international financial oligarchy and institutions like the IMF and World Bank. Moreover they have the pressure of having to maximise profits for the Indian bourgeoisie. Hence, it is unlikely that any solution to the problems of the Indian peasantry can be found under the prevailing economic and political system. The peasantry must organize itself on the basis of the most advanced elements and join the working class to lead society forward.

Sincerely,
A.Narayan, Bangalore

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Cycle of violence has to be stopped

Sir,
Everyday there are blood-soaked headlines in newspapers and TV programs from the troubled region of Israel and the occupied areas of West Bank and the Gaza Strip. There are bomb blasts on the one hand, and helicopter gunships carrying out missile attacks and destruction of homes of suspected militants and suicide bombers on the other.

On the other hand, there has been an ‘unofficial’ move towards peace that has culminated in the ‘Geneva Accords’ which even had the holy water of endorsement of US Secretary Colin Powell sprinkled on it. These accords have been rejected by the right-wing government of Ariel Sharon, and by many of the Jewish settlers in the occupied areas, and also by large sections of the Palestinian population as well. The former claim that those who authored the accords have no locus standi, and have of course rejected the accords because it questions the Biblical right of Jews to settle in the land. Palestinians who reject the accord say that they cannot go by one of the clauses which is that Palestinians who were displaced and dispossessed in 1948 and later on by systematic ‘ethnic cleansing’ should give up their right to return. Clearly having to give up this right is tantamount to a sellout by a section of Palestinians. In today’s world it is anachronistic to have a nation built on religious identities, rather than on modern definitions of citizenship based on rights and duties.

The role of big powers, especially the United States of America, is proving to be a bane for this region as elsewhere. The state of Israel has proved to be the most reliable ally for the USA and in the words of Noam Chomsky ‘a stationary air-craft carrier.’ Unless the people of Israel unite to solve the problems of the region in a principled way based on principles of international law and justice it is unlikely that the cycle of violence will stop.

G. Rajan
Chennai

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The Alternative is not the Congress

Dear Sir,
There has been much speculation on what could have been the reasons for the loss of the Congress to the BJP in the recent elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. There has been a lot of breast beating about the forces of ‘Hindutva’ taking over the otherwise gentle polity of the country. On the other hand the victory of the Congress party has been presented as something for the ‘liberal’ section of the polity to rejoice about. The print and electronic media have also portrayed these elections as the ‘semi-final’ round for the general elections to the Lok Sabha due next year. What are the lessons that Communists must draw from these elections? Some sections have advocated a lot of breast-beating and desperation since the overwhelming defeat of the Congress by the BJP is supposed to represent the dominance of the ‘Hindutva brigade’. Others have suggested that if Congress party was to have implemented some of its own resolutions from its recent Simla conclave then perhaps its showing would have been better. It is our view that Communists must completely give up this kind of reasoning. An alternative question to pose is, how could the victory of the Congress in these elections have been a victory for the people? In the sphere of economic policy there is little to distinguish the policies of the Congress from those of the BJP. Both parties have vied with each other to demonstrate their enthusiasm for the programmes of liberalization and privatization and globalization. Both have shown themselves to be parties on which global finance capital can depend on to carry out anti-people policies and on which the big Indian bourgeoisie can depend on to privatize the hard earned assests of the countries, in terms of sale of (profit making) PSU’s. Both have demonstrated their enthusiasm for enacting fierce and draconian laws that curtail basic human rights. Both have shown themselves to be equally enthusiastic in deploying armed forces to deal with troubled regions. As a result, no Communist should be under the illusion that a victory for one or the other in any way represents an advance for the people. There can be no substitute for hard work of organizing the workers and toilers so that they may decide their own destiny and not leave it in the hands of bourgeois parties that compete for the control of the Indian state apparatus.

Sincerely,
G. Rajan, Chennai

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Capture of Saddam Hussein and increasing attacks on the Iraqi people

It is the Anglo American imperialists who must face trial for
crimes against humanity

Following, the capture of Saddam Hussein, ousted President of Iraq in the middle of December 2003, the Anglo American imperialists have been fostering a debate on how he should be put on trial. However, the very presence of their armies on the soil of Iraq is completely illegal and unjustified. Their aggression and continued occupation, and the daily attacks on the people of Iraq continue to be roundly condemned by the peoples of the world. All the grounds on which the imperialists aggressed and seized Iraq have been found to be completely false. They must be made to leave Iraq immediately and be held to account for all the crimes they have committed in the name of ‘defending democracy".

The Anglo American imperialists had stated, prior to the aggression on Iraq, that the former regime of that country possessed a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction which was a threat to the security of the peoples of the world. After months of inspections by UN experts, and almost nine months of occupation of Iraq by the Anglo – American led coalition, not a shred of evidence for this claim has been produced. Moreover, who are the Anglo-Americans to determine which regime is allowed to bear weapons? The events of the last year clearly prove that it is the US imperialists and their allies who are the greatest threat to the peace and security of the peoples of the world.

The Anglo American imperialists had declared, prior to the aggression on Iraq, that the former regime of Iraq was dictatorial and that ‘regime change’ was an utmost necessity. They completely trampled underfoot the principle that sovereignty is of cardinal importance to any nation, and it is the sovereign right of the people of any nation to decide for themselves what kind of political system they wish to have. No outside force, least of all the US imperialists, have any right to intervene in such internal affairs of any country, and certainly not by force of brutal armed aggression. The Iraqi people have made it abundantly clear, before the invasion, all through the months of occupation, and even now, after the capture of Saddam Hussein, that they want the occupying armies out of their land. Their continued occupation, and daily attacks on the patriotic people of Iraq, demonstrate that the US led coalition is a force which wishes to crush underfoot the aspirations of all the peoples of Iraq in furtherance of its aim of control of the land and resources of that country.

The US imperialists have announced that only those countries, which supported the Anglo - American aggression of Iraq would be allowed to participate in the contracts for ‘reconstruction’. This also clearly shows that the aggression was driven by a desire to increase the profits of the big corporations who control the US State in the first place, while sharing a part of the loot with those who aided them in this nefarious design. The monopolies that control the manufacture and distribution of armaments and weapons of destruction in the US benefited greatly from the war of aggression. The big corporations in the construction and allied businesses are reaping heir super profits now.

The US imperialists and their allies claim to be defending democracy by ‘removing a dictator’. It is well established that the peoples of all corners of the world, including, without doubt, the peoples of the US, UK and other countries that aggressed on Iraq, were thoroughly opposed to the war of aggression. By going ahead with the aggression despite the fact that their own peoples opposed it, these imperialist powers have displayed what scant regard they have for democracy. The Prime Minister of UK is on record acknowledging that public opinion in his country is for immediate removal of British troops from Iraq. By not complying with this opinion, he has shown that his government does not intend upholding the will of the people of his country. The government of Japan has similarly acknowledged that as much of 80 % of the people of Japan are opposed to the deployment of Japanese troops in Iraq. Nevertheless, the Japanese government is deploying troops there to ‘defend democracy’! What kind of defence of democracy is this, in which the will of the people is so thoroughly negated?

The manner in which the US imperialists flashed insulting pictures of Saddam Hussein following his capture has been severely condemned by many forces around the world. The US led aggression on Iraq may have overthrown the former regime, but has failed miserably on all accounts. The US led coalition has not been able to provide the people with even the basic necessities of life, or even security of their lives and property. They have not been able to establish an authority that is recognized by the people of Iraq. Just as they went against all evidence in their case for ‘weapons of mass destruction’ allegedly possessed by the former regime, they are now going against all evidence to suggest that the people of Iraq are better off under their thumbs!

The people of Iraq are having to go through untold miseries now. Whole towns are surrounded and bombed, youth and people incarcerated for the "crime" of being opposed to the illegal and unjust occupation of their land. But despite all ends, despite being confronted with an enemy with far superior armaments, the patriotic forces in Iraq are opposing the occupation and giving the US led forces a really tough time.

The US led forces must be made to quit Iraq immediately, and permit the Iraqi people to determine their own systems of governance and future. It is the commanders of the US led forces who must be put on trial for their wanton crimes of aggression, for war crimes, and for their numerous and tyrannical crimes against humanity.

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Crisis in Pakistan

Sir,
This letter is being written soon after the news of the second assassination attempt on General Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan. There have also been reports in the news in the recent past of the possibility of nuclear secrets being given away to other countries by the scientific elite of Pakistan, and official inquiries into such allegations are underway. What these events reveal are the deep instabilities that have set in, in an important strategic ally of the United States of America in its so-called ‘war against terror.’ It is clear to everyone that the war against terror is a pretext for large scale deployment of American troops in the middle East and also in the region that was formerly in the sphere of influence of the USSR. Concomitant with this is the decline of the influence of other players in the region who would also like to play an important role in controlling the precious natural resources of the region and gain a strategic hold. In this game the orientation of large countries like Pakistan are likely to influence the alliances and formations built on constantly shifting sands.

It is clear that not all sections of the ruling class in Pakistan are happy with the pro-American policies of Gen. Musharraf. The mainstream media portrays the problem in Pakistan as being that of a contradiction between ‘liberal’ and ‘hard-line’ Islamists. In fact, the contradiction there seems to be mainly between those that would like to surrender sovereignty and those who would like to exercise it. The incomplete task of nation building and the constant interference of big powers that has manifested itself in coup d’etats, assassinations galore has led to a situation where the country finds itself in a permanent web of intrigue and cynicism. A lesson to be learnt from its history is that no nation can allow itself to be a pawn in the hands of imperialist powers and be in peace.

Sincerely,
Sudhir Pandit, London

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Japan to Send forces to Iraq

Dear Sir,
This letter is being written soon after the news that Japan is now planning to send a thousand ‘non-combat’ troops to Iraq. This is in face of overwhelming opposition first to the war in Iraq and to the continuing occupation of a sovereign country by the so-called ‘coalition’ and to the actual deployment of Japanese forces, both in the parliament and among the broad sections of the population. This therefore is evidence that the system of representative democracy in Japan does not represent the opinion of the great majority of the people of Japan. It is now widely acknowledged that ever since the defeat of Japan to the Allies in the Second world world, or more precisely the second inter-imperialist war, there has never been a Government in power that has been indepedent atleast in matters of international relations. Due to the comprehensive military defeat of Japan followed by the nuclear holocaust experienced by the peoples of Hiroshima and Nagasaki it has been relegated to the status even 58 years after the end of the war to that of a vassal state of the USA. While it has been allowed to develop into a modern capitalist country with vast forces of production that mass produce automobiles, electronic goods and a wide assortment of commodities, its corresponding influence in world affairs is not as notable. The contradictory situation manifests itself most in the complete mismatch between the public opinion and the actions of the Government. It is likely that this system of representative Government is going to face severe tests in the coming years.

Sincerely, B. Khanna Leicester

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