16th annual Ghadari Mela concluded in Jalandhar on an enthusiastic note on 2 November 2007. This mela or congregation is organized every year by Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Committee in the Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Parisar (Campus). This meal was started 15 years back to commemorate the sacrifices of our great martyrs, and to inspire the youth of today to carry forward the glorious tradition and complete the unfinished task of liberating our people from all kinds of exploitation and oppression. Every year thousands of revolutionary and progressive workers, peasants, women and youth from Punjab and other parts of country participate in the annual gathering. In the past few years a number of progressives groups from Pakistan have also been participating in the mela. Like previous years, this year also many publishers of progressive literature set up their stalls which attracted youth in large numbers.

This year the mela was organized on solemn occasion of birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and 150th anniversary of the great Ghadar of 1857. To commemorate the sacrifice of great patriot Baba Vasakha Singh the venue was rechristened as Baba Vasakha Singh Nagar. Entire campus was dotted by flags of Hindoostani Ghadar Party and banners extolling the people of the country to overthrow the existing system which is based on exploitation and oppression of people and to establish the rule of workers and peasants.

On November 1st, the Mela reached a crescendo when the entire committee of trustees of the Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Committee gathered on the stage and youth, workers, peasants and women gathered in thousands to participate in the ceremony of flag hoisting. Following the flag hoisting ceremony comrade Mangat Ram Paasla addressed the gathering on behalf of the Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Committee and called upon people to intensify their struggle against the Indian bourgeoisie and imperialist around the world. He declared that Ghadar Jari Hai, aur Jari Rehega ( the revolt against exploitation and oppression is continuing and will continue in the future as well) as long as the aspiration of our martyrs of 1857 and freedom struggle like Shaheed Bhagat Singh are fulfilled.

Head of the Trust Comrade Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga, who turned 100 this year, narrating from his long experience called upon the youth to organize to overthrow the capitalist system. General Secretary of the Trust Comrade Gadharva Singh Kochar stressed that the main roadblock in our struggle against the capitalist system is the disunity in the communist movement. He called upon all communists revolutionaries to unite and fight.

This was followed by a grand cultural programme, in which cultural troops from Punjab and various parts of the country participated and presented revolutionary and inspiring songs and plays. A team of artists from Pakistan staged a play on social harmony. A cultural troop of Rangbhomi Natya Samooh presented two bhangra dances to the tune of songs "Pagri sambhal jatta" and "Mera rang de basanti chola". The mela concluded on 2 November and the entire parisar was reverbarating with slogans of "Inquilaab Zindabad - Long live revolution". "Samrajyavaad Mirdabaad - Down with Imperialism", "Ghadar Jari hai - The revolt continues",

During the entire Mela, which began on 28th October, thousands of youth and children from various schools and colleges participated in various cultural and literary activities including drawing and painting, plays, songs, essay and writing competitions.