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. The Central
Committee of the CPI(ML)(PW) strongly condemns the Indian government’s war
preparations and the jingoist frenzy of anti- Pakistan rhetoric. It appeals to
the peace loving people of India to oppose the government’s war mongering and
demand the de-escalation of tensions between the two countries.
The war-mongering in
the name of protecting the sovereignty of the country is shameless and absurd,
coming from the same government which has shown the utmost servility and utter
disregard for sovereignty, while serving the interests of the US superpower in
its so-called war against terrorism. It has declared open house by blatantly
offering military bases and all sorts of facilities to the US and Britain in
their naked aggression on Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the
world. It justified the horrendous bombing on towns and countryside for months
together without caring in the least for the sovereignty of other nations. Now
it is crying hoarse that the attack on the Parliament is attack on sovereignty!
Anyway the Indian ruling classes have already surrendered our sovereignty many
times over, by opening the doors for indiscriminate loot and plunder in the name
of liberalization.
The war preparations
are aimed at suiting the narrow interests of BJP in the February assembly
elections, especially in UP. The BJP came to power in the wake of the
Ramjanmabhoomi campaign. The crumbling BJP government could manage to cling to
power in the aftermath of Kargil. Now the December 13th attack has come as a
blessing in disguise. The BJP has already declared that terrorism is the issue
in the coming elections. Add anti-Pakistan hysteria and anti-Muslim rhetoric and
national chauvinistic jingoism! The Indian ruling classes have long forgotten
the basic problems of Indian people!!
For the Indian
people, the war will be a cruel irony. The decline in the living conditions in
both rural and urban areas is already reaching alarming proportions. Growing
poverty, unemployment, suicide deaths of peasantry, closure of industries,
retrenchments and ever escalating prices are breaking the back of the people.
The Kargil war consumed Rs.6000 crores of the Indian people’s money. The more
the body bags, the more the coffins, probably more will be the profits to the
rulers.
The CPI(ML)[People’s
War] pledges to actively oppose the hypocritical and unjust war plans of the
ruling classes. It appeals to all sections of Indian People to stand up and
fight back the Indian governments’ designs.
28th December, 2001.
Prakash
For Central Committee
CPI(ML)[PW]
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