Sir,

I am writing to express my thanks to the Central Committee of the CGPI for its New Year greetings. I find the statement released on this occasion to be very deeply thought out as well as thought-provoking. In particular, I am confident that the inspiring call to make the requisite sacrifices to make decisive advances towards the rule of workers and peasants will meet with the stepped up work of all of us communists in this year that has been ushered in.

There are other matters mentioned in the statement which are also of immediate and urgent concern to the Communist movement. You have mentioned that the time has come to hold the traitors and betrayers of the working class in the movement accountable for their actions. In this regard the party has been working diligently to oppose the line of conciliation with the bourgeoisie, and to oppose the line of building ‘capitalism with a human face.’

Of great significance, in the sense of a matter that has not been discussed in great depth in the party in recent times, is the significance of the Naxalbari uprising, the 40th anniversary of which falls this calendar year. It has been pointed out that it was this uprising and the leadership of the undivided CPI (ML) which brought the matter of revolution back to the centre stage of the Communist movement. The subsequent onslaught by the Indian state, the continuation of capitulation and compromise within the ranks of the movement, and inherent weaknesses such as looking abroad for leadership and insufficient theory has led rapidly to the splintering of the movement, which led to a temporary victory of the bourgeoisie.

Nevertheless, the time has come again for those in the revolutionary camp to take heart that the tide is bound to turn. It must use this period to elaborate on the need for a united Communist party, Communist in word and in deed, to take the working masses forward. The tasks that face the movement is to identify the most pressing problems facing the Indian masses and to elaborate on a solution to these. I am hopeful that the CGPI will continue through its tireless endeavors towards reaching these goals.

A. Narayan,
Bangalore