the role of the left in controlling violence

i have no illusions about the class charecter of tmc. i am very clear why they are doing this.

i have repeatedly argued our main political fight is to isolate our enimies the tmc, the congress and the maoists.

for this we have to win back our main constituency namely the working class, the small peasentry and the tribals on our side.

many comrades like saibal have given constructive suggestions on the issue.

the two trends emerging to solve the attacks on our cadres are

the police would deal with it.

arm our cadres in self defence and we can handle on our own.

i think both would meet with limited success.

to say the police are defying the orders of the home ministry, if so somebody should say this...

if not, we should accept the failure of the home ministry to protect the cadres of cpm and also the could not act against the police officers who tortured the women in lalgarh. correct me if i am wrong no police officer has be punished for the blunders they committed in nandigram firing, the rizwanur case, the lalgarh interrogation excesses.

when i said the roles have reversed. what i meant was the way we have conducted our selves we have lost the trust of many small peasents, workers and tribals. there is a perception that we are acting as estate agents of salim and tata.

if you see the election propoganda of tmc it looks more left than the left.

this doesnot mean i am saying tmc is left. they are simply hijacking the left agenda.

nobody has to convince me about the class charecter or intentions of the tmc. but they have been successfull in hijacking the left agenda in a big way against the OFFICIAL left forces.

we were not seen as being sensitive to the doubts the small peasentry in nandigram had about the land aquisition for saleem group. certainly people like laxman seth acted in a very high handed manner. the party did not punish him publicly. i think he was given a ticket in the recent elections. if that is true it was like endorsing what he did in nandigram.

we were already on a shaky wicket in the rizwannur case. the higher ups in the police were seen to working at the behest of the girls father who happens to be a big industrialist.

singur we were seen bending backwards to make tata happy. the tmc was able to create an atmosphere of mistrust by saying the land on the opposite side of the highway belonged to a developer close to the cpm.

although we were able to convince the larger part of the farmers to give away land to the tatas a small section were still unconvinced.

there was confusion when the cm said the farmers would be given land with in the plant.

tatas contradicted by saying they were not consulted and said it cannot happen.

cm had to take back the words.

it looked like tata is calling the shots. we are just estate agents for them.

tatas looked in no mood to make any adjustments.

we have to understand in all the three cases, we were seen as siding with the so called class enimies.

we were not seen as natural leaders of the working class but collaboraters of the capitalists and industrialists.

in case of lalgarh. sorry to say we have to defend people like annoj pandey.

lumpen elements have crept into the party. they have to identified, isolated and eliminated(politica lly and organisationally)

this can be done with very agressive inner party democracy.

leninist party principle is democratic centralism and not centralistic democracy.

unfortunately only centralism is emphasised now a days.

i don't have any illusion on bringing about a revolution by the ballot. i would support all the comrades about their strategy to arm our cadres in self defence in all the states other than the states where we are at the helm of the home ministry.

i would not forget chile or the recent expt in nepal which failed. let me be very clear i am not a euro communist.

i had written before the elections about over emphasis on elections and electoral alliances. i had called it palatial politics.

we need to re enforce our class conciousness within our party.

but to hide our deficiencies and failures of the home ministry and justify arming our comrades is pure dishonesty.

i am very positive and happy about the analysis of the central committee for the election failure. they have identified the right problems. i hope it gets implemented. i am hopefull.

the situation in 77 was very different. now we are fighting the tmc which is not overtly seen as supporting the fuedal landlords or the capitalists. there support base is our support base. there agenda is our agenda. they have hijacked it.

so in case of nandigram small peasents of the cpm were fighting the small peasents but lead by our class enemy the tmc.

in case of singur the small peasents led by the tmc and the ngos were fighting the cpm cadres belonging to small peasentry.

in case of rizwanur who was an ordinary man belonging to the minority community went missing. people came on the streets, people from minority community who have sided by us for last 30 years.

in all the three cases we were seen as siding with the capitalists.

i am optimistic. the party has identified the mistakes. atleast in the case of bengal. i doubt in case of kerala.

we should not hesitate to admit the mistakes publicly. apolozise if necessary. this would build a trust amongst our lost constituency.

then and only then we can isolate and eliminate our enemy both politically and administratively.

we shall overcome

regards

prakash kutty.

in response to trinamool maoist violence.

sorry i am going to earn a lot of wrath for my response.

i completely disagree with your method of dealing with the situation.

this is in context of where we are in power.

the law of the land should prevail. we should have the best police force in the country. what would help in our case is the local intelligence would be very strong. the anti-social elements(belonging to any party) should be brought to the notice of the police.

the police should be trained exclusively to deal with mass agitations which are often provocative to violence.

the police should be trained exclusively to deal with insurgency by militant groups.

the police should be made SENSITIVE to common peoples problems.

now situation is all the sections of the society including the ruling party cadres have lost faith in the home ministry.

everybody having a gun would not make bengal more secure. more weapons on either side would make the matters worse.

what is important is make the police force most effective.

it is laudable the way they have conducted the lalgarh operation.

they should eliminate all the private weapons be it with any party activists.

only then there is some hope.

same applies to kerala, specially in the cannannore and talashery areas.

complete deweaponisation of the area is the only way forward.

the home ministry is inexusible if the weapons are found in any house belonging to a worker of any party.

sorry i had written when post godhra riots happened.

vajpayee, advani, and modi should have gone to godhra and said very agressively" THE LAW OF THE LAND WOULD PREVAIL. THE CULPRITS WHO HAVE COMMITTED THE GHASTLY ACT AT GODHRA STATION ON THE SABARMATI EXPRESS WOULD BE HUNTED DOWN AND PUNISHED. NO REVENGE ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION SHOULD HAPPEN."

opposite happened...modi asked his party men to take private revenge...asked the police to collaborate or stay silent in the carnage that happenned.

a irreparable damage occurred after the riots.

nandigram.

the home ministry blundered umpteen times in handling the situation. it didnot protect the cpm cadres from trinamood/maoist goons. they had to stay in refugge camps nearby.

the failure of the administration was overrcome with the party.

the party went and 'recaptured' nandigram. there were victory rallies everywhere.

the 'victory' or 'recapture' of nandigram was the biggest defeat of the home ministry.

and the home minister replied 'we gave them back in the same coin'.

you have seen the effect.

i know i would be branded as an arm chair marxist, middle class, reviosinist etc.

i can't help.

give an open slogan'

NOBODY carrying a weapon would be spared.

see the difference.

regards

prakash kutty.

"I would like my comrades to remember that during the early days of land distribution in West Bengal, it is the Party cadres also who took hold of above-ceiling lands, guarded that land day and night with sticks to prevent it from getting further recaptured, and established people's holdings on those lands. It is with that revolutionary discretion such operation was undertaken by the Party cadres. Today, it is with that revolutionary spirit CPI(M) cadres-supporters should prevent the physical annihilation of the Party."

this situation can be termed the same now. the roles are reversed. say in nandigram and then in singur and in lalgarh.

its very easy to say we fight with committed comrades and they fight with hired goons.

its sad we don't realise its our base which is now with 'them'.

there is severe erosion of support for our party within the working class and the small peasentry.

just because our name is communist party doesnot mean we are the natural leaders of the proletariat class. we have to behave like one.

we are not behaving like one.

i am loosing my patience.

our role should be in protecting our cadres. but how many of us spoke when tribals were tortured. how many of us spoke for the farmers who were shot dead by the police. how many of us stood by the side of the small farmers when they were fighting for their land.

we could have spoken atleast within our party fora.

my point is for me every oppressed person who is fighting for his right deserves our support.

unfortunately...its all power to the people..to.. all power to the soviets..to all power to the party...to...all power to the secretary.

the dilution is on.

within the party fora i did protest over the police firing in nandigram. the way in which the land aquisition drive was undertaken in nandigram and singur.

i was not silent then, i am not silent now.

after 33 years of administration and to say all the rhetoric of state and the police and the bureaucracy would never be accountable.

its a failure of home ministry. accept it. correct it.

don't hide behind the rhetoric of state repression.

it is politically naive to compare the situation in bengal to the spanish revolution and then to all the other struggles where we had to take weapons.

all this is to hide the failure of the home ministry. nothing else. it is shame full the way police conducted themselves in nandigram. then during the investigations on the assisination attempt on the chief minister. and then when the maoist started attacking cpm workers.

as per the thread there are two kinds of revolutioneries one the vocal (real ones) and the other the silent (collaboraters).

my problem with the self declared vocal revolutioneries is they have woken up only now when our comrades are getting attacked.

i would like all of them to be vocal also when ordinary workers or farmers are attacked.

if all of us would have been vigilant towards the revisions taking place within the party and its actions. things would not have reached this point.

i never said it is a law and order problem.

i said we have to recognize our mistakes. our alienation from our constituency;namely the working class and the small peasantry and the tribals.

we have to isolate our enemies from our constituents. we have to win them over.

we are perceived as estate agents of tata and the salim group. this has to be corrected.

i have strong reservations on the word 'resistance' the way it is been used here.

it is very short sighted. and it is a never ending cycle.

the problem is when somebody says the problem should be tackled administratively. he is a traitor. he is politically naive.

if somebody says the problem should be tackled politically. he is again a traitor. becaused it is already presumed he is/was silent when our comrades were getting murdered.

the only people who support armed resistance against the trinamool are the legitimate revolutioneries.

i am sorry to say the line between maoists and us is getting blurred that way.

i also would like to add the kejuri armed recapture of nandigram was a FAILURE. the cannore expt is a failure.

lalgarh expt is a success till now.

in my opinion.

politically

we need to win over our constituents on an urgent basis.

for this we have to adress their grievences.

apologise for our mistakes.

com saibal had some very good points to make.

we should take very visible steps in expelling the careerists in the party.

the lumpen elements within the party should be isolated.

INCLUSIVE developmental programmes should be undertaken.

administratively.

complete deweaponisation of bengal.

declare " anybody in possession of weapons would not be spared"

police would be trained to deal with provocative (violent) agitations. they would be trained to tackle insurgency operations.

they would never fire upon agitating farmers or workers, be it of any hue.

these are some of the points i think can address the problems.

regards.

prakash kutty.

letter to sudheendra kulkarni

adressed to sudheendra kulkarni.

hi,
i don't know, whether you would remember me...any way...a very candid and frank article.(tehelka)
you are at a very important position in the party, a very important constituent of the think tank of the bjp. is it not possible to make a very detailed constructive road map for India's development and future polity. 
bring that paper into the open.
let every body across the political spectrum react.
we are a success full democracy. even i am proud of that. we need to become a mature democracy, which i suspect we are not.
the political campaign of all the parties, this time the left included did not differ on developmental, ideological or programmatic issues. every political formation was just reacting to other one's allegations.
i happen to read the manifesto of 'new labor' for the last two elections led by tony Blair.. i disagreed on a lot of points. but the details of the road map for development is so specific, it gives enough space for debate.
here you have a opportunity to write down every details that you plan to do in next five years. in the Field of education, specifically primary, secondary, higher education. your policy regarding specialised education. the role of the private sector in these various Fields of education.. how it would vary. for e.g. govt would take the entire burden of elementary education. private sector would be encouraged in higher education and specialised education. what would be the controls on private sector participation.
health
what would be the density proportion of speciality hospitals as per the population. how is it going to change during next five years. the waiting list of cancer patients to be operated is for e.g six months would get reduced to 3 months. new cancer hospitals would be opened at how many destinations.
primary care centers. density in proportion to population also in proportion to no. of villages. doctors passing mbbs have to go to villages as interns irrespective of passing out from private or government medical college.
private participation? if yes what would be the controls. 
how about private participation in govt hospitals. what controls?
water
potable water density proportion; both in terms of population and in terms of no of villages. how is it going to be achieved.
pds
it is the most important point to be implemented.
i feel the bpl cards were a major failure. the most important portfolio should be created for pds. 
it is like a management nightmare. successive govts have just  given lip service to pds.
for any economic reform in a longer run to succeed, economic support for the most downtrodden have to taken in deep earnest.
for e.g. take a small district. may be ruled by the bjp. 
give the management to one of the retired civil servants.
i have been a part of grahak panchayat. we buy our monthly groceries from them. our nearby relatives also buy from grahak. it is run  by sympathisers of the parivar.
they run it very efficiently.
if pds succeeds any economic reform can be 'tolerrable'
electricity
how many villages would be electrified in five years. what would be the mode of electrification in (mw). how many mw through hydro electiciy, how many through nuclear, windmill, solar etc.
private participation? how much? controls?
agriculture
i feel agriculture has got a raw deal all through. agriculture is only used to feed the cities. no controls should be effective on pricing of agricultural product when buying it from the farmer. we have a tendency to keep the rate of the agricultural product artificially low. which should be rejected.
the role of the middle men should be made negligible...
i wanted to write more. but may be it is irrelevant.
i am not a well wisher of the bjp. i find it to be a very arrogant party. very similar to the left. 
the similarities between nandigram and gujrat i feel is the failure of 'leadership'.
atalji, advani and modi could have all gone to godhra after the burning alive of 83 passengers in sabarmati express. three leaders addressing the country in one voice.
'with all the forces at our disposal,with all the intelligence we have, we would see to it, the gory culprits would be punished. what happened on the train is unpardonable, but we cannot allow another unpardonable act to be committed as a revenge. don't worry, there is no need for  any apprehension in the minds of anybody, be it hindu or muslim. no body would be hurt, the law of the land would prevail. the security of every human being, their valuable property to be protected, be it hindu or muslim is the responsibility of the govt. the chief minister of Gujarat, the home minister of India, the prime minister of the nation.'
 just imagine, the impact it would have had on the political Psyche of Gujarat, of the nation.
same happened in nandigram. where the home minister acted as a cpm cadre.
in both respects there was a chance for the 'leadership' to stand tall and come out of the shadow of the their own constituencies namely Hindu/ cpm. they failed, and badly. 
advaniji did it when akhardham happened, but it was too late. the damage has already been done. but akshardham showed it can be done.
i started writing this because i found a streak of accomodativeness in your article. 
met dr.kishore khillare the other day... he had come home... he took your no. 
i wanted a favour. if you have a copy of glasnost and perestroika, i would like to borrow it for reading...
regards
prakash kutty.

  

lavleen case and cpm

i would have been proud if com vijayan would have taken the path of resigning from all the post till proved not guilty. but the state govt have already spent almost a crore on saving com vijayan from prosecution.

its a shame.

i am sure com vijayan is innocent, but this is not a great example you should conduct yourself in public life if you are framed in a corruption charge.

regarding vs. i think he also should have conducted himself in a more dignified manner. but frankly i don't think he has many options.

under the 'leninst principles' he is been made to toe the 'official' line.

its sad how conviniently and selective people use 'leninist principles'.

there wouldnot have been a bolshevik party or for that matter the cpi(M). If comrades would have just toed the official line.

its also important on what issues are the fissures emerging between these leaders. we should not overlook the issues but just hogging on the 'discipline' tagline.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PARTY, BOTH AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL TO BE TOLERANT TO DISSENTING VIEWS. THEY SHOULD ENCOURAGE DISSENTING VIEWS. CONSENSES SHOULD EVOLVE.

 now consenses is unilateral. and it is leninist.atleast that is the perception.

any way it is healthy. the election results have come about at the right time. and as i had said before the elections this gives the left and specially the cpm the historic oppurtunity to look within.

we should not miss it. we have a responisibility of the downtrodden.

prakash kutty.

kerala cpm and madani

opposing madani is not supporting vs.

there are issues where we might agree with com vijayan and there might me issues where we might agree with com vs.

we should not miss our focus on issues.

father vadakan participating in a land struggle is definately a victory for the left.

but ASKING for support from madani is definately a weakness for the left. Asking for support from raman pillai is also a severe weakness for the left. our leaders asking for support from the cristian clergy by going and meeting them is condemable.

i have categorically stated. we should EXPLICITLY  oppose any kind of fundamentalism. be it hindu, muslim or christian.

we have been trying to break into the muslim strongholds of mallapuram and the cristian clergy for a long time.

short cuts have not worked.

they have had repurcusssions. repurcussions on a national level.

i for one. may be i am the only one who would completely endorse the NO TRACK WITH ANY POLITICAL PARTY WHO IDENTIFIES WITH A CERTAIN RELIGIOUS GROUP.

you can always say there are elements inside the left with a soft hindutva line or the bjp can say we have a soft islamic line.

the fact is we are the people who encourage these elements.

if we had a independent development agenda, and on a very near term time frame we did not antogonise the different riligious elements.

we declare a development agenda. pursue it, not antogonising the known enemies.

we can expose the enemies.

i am not aware of the latest situation.

but for e.g.

the text books for school are available all throughout the year. so there is scramble just before the school reopens.

the exam dates are declared well in advance. for e.g ssc mon 1st monday of march. the results are declared on 15th of may.

the exam dates for hsc is mon third week of march. the results are 25th of may.

students future would not be hanging in balance for the all india entrace etc.

first we set our house in order. the govt run schools and colleges should be the best run educational institutions.

the kendriya vidyalayas are an example.

all the teachers unions should not be limited to a collective bargaining tool, they should be motivated to be the best teachers.

once govt educational institutions are attractive destinations for both students and aspiring teachers then put pressure on institutions run by the church.

same applies to govt medical colleges/hospitals and primary health centres.

they have to be the best.

motivating the staff, specially the lower ranks, their duty is to serve the patients is their primary responsibility.

public transport. apathy of the staff is really blaring. get the best managers in the bussiness. make these profitable. make these efficient. make them reliable and safe. all in camparison with the private sector.

these sectors are basically seen as employment generation mechanism only. these perceptions have to go.

we claim to be the most progressive section of the society. we should behave like one.

communism is not about collective bargaining only neither is it 'equal distribution of poverty'

first since we are in govt. we set in place a RESPONSIVE govt. we don't make enemies in short time frame. we set our house in order. we set the bench mark for quality in education, medical health and transport.

then we move into the agressive mode.

we should have a detailed discussion about our developmental agenda (within our capitalist system) inside the party fora.

this is because there are differences in implementing the diff policies between com vijayan and com vs.

this should be sorted out.

we should know what are the strengths and weaknesses of the socio-economic- cultural and geographical aspects of kerala.

strengths

very scenic

long beaches

good literacy levels

better english speaking skills

not so bad infrastructure.

very rich cultural heritage.

these can be properly utilised for tourism.

there are nations which survive only tourism.

only getting tourist into kerala won't suffice. we should have proper architecture to pamper them.

we should study from examples of south africa, malaysia and indonesia.

education is becoming the next big bussiness explosing after IT.

in a hurry...would elaborate later.

prakash kutty.

madani and cpm

supporting madani or more presicely asking for his support was WRONG.

nothing can justify it.

the kerala party went through a complete turmoil on the same question. there was a split in the party. mv raghvan quit the party.

the party came out stronger after the crisis. the kerala party led the all india campaign against communalism. it showed the way of combatting both hindu and muslim fundamentalism.

we lost all that we had gained then.

it is unfortunate the same people who took a principled stand, people like tk hamsa, k.e.n. hamid chengamangalur are now toeing a different line.

the whole tactic is myopic.

we are answerable to the future generations.

i was ashamed of seeing a poster of madani and com vijayan on the same dias.

that was not the whole campaign the 'human chain' and then the 'human wall' was all about.

unless we are vehement against both hindu, muslim and christian fundamentalism in the same breath, it is not effective.

the problem is we are soft on muslim and crhristian fundamentalism.

there are no shortcuts in politics.

we criticise gandhi for supporting khilafat movement. his argument was it is anti british.

we are committing the same mistake.

anything and everything, anti-american cannot be endorsed.

anything and everything, anti-congress, anti-bjp cannot be endorsed.

prakash kutty. 

lalgarh and beyond (cont.)

there is severe dissillusionment about our govt amongst our main constituency namely the working class and specially the small peasantry. there is severe mistrust about us. the feeling is the same about the govt in maharashtra in the context of the sez being planned in raigad dist in this state.

the govt here is seen as an estate agent for mukesh ambani.

unfortunately we are also seen as estate agents for tatas and the saleem group.

our enemies have been successful is creating this fear about us.

we have been hardly imaginative in evolving our developmental agenda.

we completed our role of distributing the land to the poor. what after that.

our enimies term it as 'equal distribution of poverty'

we have done great in the egaliterial process. but we severely lag in general humal index.

education, health, crime, hygene, women, sports bengal is hardly different from any other state in india.

a historic oppurtunity about the state of minorities, a model could have been created.

we failed miserably. the state of muslims is no different than any of the states in india.

we have to be imaginative in our developmental agenda.

economic prosperity within the capitalist system, better education, better health services, better infrastructure, a very good RESPONSIVE ADMINISTRATION is the need of the hour.

we can win short wars on the streets the way we won after nandigram. i remember we took out victory rallies after the ' recapture' of nandigram.

it won't last long.

its a political war. we are at the loosing end. we have committed mistakes. we had become arrogant. we had lost pulse of the small peasantry.

people like laxman seth should be isolated. the gram panchayats should take over. dissent should be encouraged at the grassroot level.

maharashtra govt conducted a refrendrum on the land aquisition for the sez by the ambanis. we could have done the same.

but people like laxman seth is the election and the result. he can take the decision unanimously (read unilateraly) on behalf of the naive peasantry. we dont punish him. we reward him with a parlimentary ticket. people think....they know what is going to be tommorrow.

we have to win the hearts of the people by making some drastic changes in our conduct. conduct i mean our personel conduct and administrative conduct amongst people.

russel said in a communist country 'all are equal, some are more equal' we should prove him wrong.

we both in kerala and in bengal are over enthusiastically trying to prove him right.

last but not least. about bengal.

we need to isolate mamta.

we need to win over her supporters from the downtrodden. the desertion of the ranks from our party should be stopped.

we need to regain the trust of the small peasentry.

we need to regain the trust of the minorities.

declare openly we committed a mistake with nandigram and singur.

we should have taken the small peasentry into confidence.

start a new policy initiative for the educative reformation amongst the minorities.

start a recruipment drive(filling vacancies) for the minorities.

have a policy for upliftment of the minorities.

say sorry about the rizwannur episode.

bring a change in leadership. so that this looks like a new initiative and not a cut and paste job.

new face. new leadership, new policy initiative.

it looks new.

ITS AGRESSIVE. IT HAS TO BE AGRESSIVE. IT SHOULD NOT LOOK APOLEGETIC.

we are revolutionaries. we commit mistakes. we ACCEPT them. we CORRECT them.

we have to show it now.

NOW...

regards

prakash kutty

lalgarh and beyond

may be, we have lost touch with reality.

may be, we are heading a very unpopular govt.

may be, we have alinieated our main constituency. ..namely the working class and agrarian workers and the small peasentry.

may be, 'giving them back in the same coin' was not such a good idea from the home minister himself.

it is high time we realise the support base of the so called tmc goons is pre dominantly the poor. many of them are from our deserted ranks.

there is severe mistrust amongst peasantry about losing their land to the 'capitalists'

i had predicted this result....unfortuna tely.

i had predicted this failed election result would give us an oppurtunity to look within..

i am terribly wrong.

i want to be the devil's advocate to know why is tmc gaining ground.

lets go to the basics...

there is a difference in fighting the sidhartha shankar ray era, the emergency and now.

we are essentially fighting our enemies who have the our contituency (working class, poor peasantry) fighting us.

we need to fight mamta but win over her supporters. we need to isolate her. for this we have to gain back our main constituency.

talking about saving 'our poor' from 'their poor' is plainly playing into the hand of our class enimies.

our 'developmental agenda' both in bengal and kerala (amusement park, five star hotel) have gone seriously wrong.

we are losing ground

lets realise it.

sooner the better.

the issues discussed by rajashi is just a tip of the ice berg.

it very easy to go into the jingoism mode and say lets take up arms and finish the tmc.

thats what we did after nandigram.

then lot many people cheered our comrades. all of us cheered when our home minister declared ' we gave them in the same coin'

we were not able to gauage the discontent amongst the peasants of nandigram.

we sufferred.

i repeat.

WE NEED TO ISOLATE MAMTA.

WE NEED TO WIN HER SUPPORTERS BACK INTO OUR FOLD.

WE SHOULD RESPECT THE VERDICT AND PAUSE OUR DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.

LISTEN TO ALL THE VOICES WITHIN WHO WERE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THIS AGENDA.

START A AGITATIONAL PROGRAMME TO TAKE OUR CLOSED FACTORIES SO THAT NEW FACTORIES CAN BE STARTED.

EXPOSE THE REAL PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE INDUSTRIALISATION OF BENGAL.

DON'T TREAT AGRICULTURE AS A FAILURE, DOING AGRICULTURE IS OUT OF FASHION IN LEFT CIRCLES (at least it looks that way)

THINK IMAGINATEVELY HOW TO MAKE AGRICULTURE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND PROFITABLE.

DON'T COME ACROSS AS ESTATE AGENTS OF TATA AND SALEEM GROUP

UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS WHAT IS CREATING THIS MISTRUST AND THE DESERTION OF OUR MAIN CONSTITUENCY TO THE PRETENTIOUS GRASSROOT PARTY (TRINAMOOL).

prakash kutty.

the way forward

mayawati has declared unconditional support to the upa.

one more of the 'valuable partners' in this election has deserted us.

deve gowda and his infamous son have already gone into the congress camp.

unless we aim for 120 seats on our own in next five years all this third front rhetoric is baseless and futile.

for that there has to a plan.

where can the seats come from?

which are the states we should concentrate on?

if interested we can carry on this discussion.

we have to change the situation. how is the question.

prakash kutty. 

election results and federalism

this election was termed to be a 'turning point' in the revolutionary struggle of this country. unfortunately it is true but due to different reasons.

the question of a federal state and the third front is purely a convinient argument.

many times i feel we in a very unsientific way, a very non-marxist way try to argue and interpret the political compulsions and make it 'revolutionary turning point'.

rather than wasting time on the regional parties we should build an independent strong national level party.

we don't have a single assembly seat in andhra pradesh. probably for the first time in the electoral history.

there is no alternative to building an national level party which would lead the coalition from the front.

hiding behind arguments of federalism for short term electoral gains with alliances with non-relilable fuedal corrupt parties is a non- starter.

we should not hesitate to discuss the short comings, grave mistakes, serious diversion within the party for the interest of our party.

i was in kerala recently. i beleive com pinaray is innocent.

but the party is completely out of touch with reality in dealing with the situation.

it is being percieved widely amongst the public that party is taking extra efforts to save com secretary from a investigation.

why can't com vijayan face an investigation.

it would set an excellent example in public life.

it is seen as sheer arrogance by the people of kerala.

the projects of an amusement park and an five star hotel as business ventures by the party is also very misplaced.

the 'tools of imperialism, capitalism' the church indulges in building hospitals, schools. the sndp, the nair samajam all indulge in similar activities or even start banks.

these steps are percieved to be arrogant and completely out of touch with the people.

if com VS is asked to step down. only discipline cannot be an issue. what is the issue he was trying to bring up also has to be taken into consideration.

all are equal some are more equal cannot be tolerated.

both in bengal and kerala we head a govt. we have the home ministry. why can't we contain the voilence.

why are private armies been encouraged by both sides.

we are the most advance section of the society. why can't we have the best security agency in place.

if a political worker is attacked, injured or killed; the home ministry has to be held responsible.

if there were dyfi workers killed in tallachery what is our home minister doing?

if there were farmers terrorised by our party cadres allegedly led by laxman sheth, what was the home ministry doing?

if there were our sympathisers who had to stay in refugee camps for more than an year,

why is the home minister held accountable?

laxman sheth might have been censored internally within the party, what about his accountability toward the public. he was rewarded with a party ticket for the lok sabha.

the private army of the cpm tackeled the situation in nandigram and the home minister says 'we paid them in the same coin"

in this case it is the small farmers who refused to give away there farmland to a industrial house.

we would call them the 'oppressed' in other parts of the country.

LAVLEEN, LAXMAN SHETH, NANDIGRAM, SINGUR, MADANI, RIZWANUR...these are serious abberations.

we should act and practice like a revolutionary party and not pretend to be one.

i think we are more and more behaving like a progressive democratic parties as in europe who have abandoned communism. atleast that is the case in bengal and kerala.

i am very curious to know about tripura.

but no body is interested.

we have seriously lost touch.

if you check the thread whether we should participate in the govt or not, but for a few exceptions every body was bathing the glory of a historic elections. there came a time when we were discusssing prime ministers from our party.

nobody expected such a rout in the elections.

i had predicted 6 in kerala, around 22 in bengal, none in TN.

i presume i was close.

prakash kutty.

 

looking inward.

i was in kerala recently. there was a slogan by some of our comrades 'VOTE UDF, SAVE LDF'.

there is severe dissillusionment amongst the people, our sympathisers, our cadres.

the communication is off. or its only one way... from the top...

LAVLEEN, NANDIGRAM, RIZWAN(SUICIDE? ), MADANI, LAXMAN SHETH  are serious abberations. ..

prakash kutty.

introspection after the election results.

 i think the elections results this time would give all of us an oppurtunity to look inward and correct the mistakes we have identified.

its no use to blame our class enemies about the situation. they would obviously take advantage of the situation.

we have to set our house in order.

prakash kutty.

class character of third front allies

the communist party is overemphasising the regional parties without defining there class charecter.

when we emphasise the national parties like the bjp and the congress are lead by the big buergeosie we tend to conveniently ignore the fuedal nature of the regional parties.

looking at the caste equation it is the yadavs who have become the zamindars in uttarpradesh and bihar. the jats are zamindars in haryana. they belong to the other backward class (obcs).

we have to be very carefull in making alliances.

in my opinion given a choice between capitalism and fuedalism i would prefer capitalism.

i would have liked our comrades to comment on the class charecter of our allies.

palatial politics is a waste of time.

if it is a turning point in indian revolutionary movement, the turn is definately backwards.

unless we have a sustained movement led by the cpm on concrete developmental issues. not only protesting but giving specific focussed alternatives, we would be back during next elections talking about the third alternative.

third alternative with a weaker left is a non-starter.

left is going to be weak in this parliment is my assesment.

this would give us a oppurtunity to look inwards and should be looked at in positive light.

prakash kutty.

autism awareness

i completely agree the central govt. and the health ministry should have taken the initiative about autism in the month dedicated for this.

its a good thing to bring these minute things into our notice. my wife is writing a television series to aired on zee tv on the same subject.

but is it not equally shamefull, the three health ministries of kerala, westbengal and tripura have been equally at fault? no body stopped them from spreading awareness about autism in the this month dedicated to autism.

prakash kutty.

repercusssions of formation of third front.

repurcussions of the third front.

sorry comrade i don't see this as a revolutionary turning point in the history of india.

our performance in this election in my prediction would be poor.

we might win two in tripura, 25 in west bengal, 6 in kerala.

we may not win any in tamilnadu. i am not sure of andhra pradesh.

i feel (even if it is necessary) what comrade prakash karat and comrade bb are saying is pure posturing.

as far as regional parties and our relationship with them goes...history is not our side.

telugu desam on secularism remained with bjp even during gujrat riots. its policies during their regime was anything but pro-poor.

it was completely in favour of big business.

bjd was with the bjp even when the gujrat riots happenned. its policies in respect of indiscriminate mining and industrilisation is any thing but pro-poor.

jd (SECULAR) hobnobbed with the bjp in karnataka. it policies are very unclear on industrialisation, globalisation etc. it happens to the most unreliable partner in recent times.

jaylalitha was all along there with bjp during gujrat riots. its policies on globalisation and privatisation are still unclear. one of most oppurtunistic and unreliable partner to have in the coalition.

less said the better about future alliances after elections with likes of mulayam singh yadav, ajit singh, chautala or mayawati.

on the question of participation in any government. the party has been very clear from the begining. we should have DECICIVE majority amongst the ruling coalition only then the question of participation arises.

unfortunately in my opinion this time it won't happen.

but this would give us an oppurtunity to look within and prepare from now on for a campaign on pro active programme.

constuctive programme with specific details on development.

build unity amongst the ranks of our party.

isolate the careerists within the party.(e.g.laxman seth)

a sustained campaign from the grassroot level is the only way to change things.

a sustained campaign against fundamentalism. (both hindu and muslim)(e.g. madani)

cobling together a so called third front would only take us back...its only palatial politics.

to justify this by calling it names like federalism and pro-poor is only gimmicry...

sorry to say this.

regards

prakash kutty.

alliances at what cost.

i am very well aware of the party programme. the agenda was specifically for elections. offcourse the meeting with bjd, telegu desam, bsp or janata dal(secular? ) is not on  the basis of the party programme. there are immediate tactics and long term stratagies. 

keeping that into consideration i put forward a may be 'wrong agenda'. my point is there should be a constructive agenda. 

i did not suggest private participation in any of the projects. but we should define what can be done. how can it be done. from where is finances to come.

regarding private sector participation, strict guidelines would be followed unlike under the bjp or the congress regimes. 

regarding fdi, strict guidelines would be followed, what would be the sectors where there can be fdi. which are the sectors where indian capitalists/ indian public sector would be given soaps to develop and compete the foreign onslaught.

my proposed 'agenda' might be wrong, some alternate agenda has to come forward, rather than a ritual of coming together of non-bjp, non-congress parties. this has nothing to do with the party program  or the revolution.

you also have to understand within the party program  what stage of revolution we are in.

regarding com srini's comments.

only public sector can do everything, given an oppurtunity yes. but i don't think we have the resources. 

i do have strong reservations about the view 'only large scale manufacturing can create jobs in this country.'

we have to be country specific. innovative ways and means have to found for job creation. i am nowhere shying away from the responsibility of the state to provide employment.

don't ridicule because lot of which i said are already in the process of implementation in kerala and west bengal.

i am only saying formulate it into an agenda. let people from all walks of life, let parties of all shades react to it. let the so called allies of the third front agree or disagree with it.

party programme is a policy document for the long term. elections are fought on the basis of present polical dynamics. 

we have a chance to play a pivotal role by bringing in 'governance' as a topic of debate. 

we are a fighting party, but we can also govern better than these parties. we need to potray that too.

we should not be potrayed only as a ANTI party. or HOBE NA party. 

take it or leave it. 

regards

prakash kutty.

alliances in a left, democratic perpective.

about alliances in a left democratic perspective.

i do share the optimism of the german left. but certainly beyond a pt when it comes to govern the limitations come to fore. for example in for east the die linke is a participant in the coalition with the spd and so is also a part of the implementation of the neo- liberal policies of the spd causing a lot of opposition amongst the rank and file of die linke.

the swedish expt and the new labour expt were failures and were a set back to the left but we need to go into the specifics of where... and not on a blanket basis.

and we should not shy away from the fact that during the same time the traditional socialist economies in soviet union and china were failing.

we cannot afford to lose the wholistic picture.

we have to have flexible programmes to lead in a capitalist frame work without loosing of final goal of establishing a classless society.

it has to be multipronged.

the main enemy in my perception is the flying capital. the influence of this has to be curtailed. the most powerfull imperialist nation is also unable to fight this new power. we have to participate in the process of weakening this power collaborating with who so ever.

the influential role of the imperiealist super power USA has to curtailed. the influential role of the dollar in international trade has to be curtailed. the european union and the euro is one of the options. freindly relations with france, germany, spain, britain and russia should be entered to break the monopoly of USA. separate free trade agreements can be signed with these nations who are good in technology, who are in need of raw materials, skilled labour from india.

separate free trade agreements can be formed with brazil and south africa who have tremendous technological powress and an enviable market for indian goods.

we should not shy away from having free trade agreements with pakistan, nepal, srilanka and china.

this would substantially reduce the influence of USA.

the co-ordination with all left minded parties across the spectrum from all around the world, as a visual alternative to the capitalist surge and crisis is the need of the hour.

this not only to protect the working class at this crucial juncture but to suggest an alternative which can be implemented.

specifically to india.

if opposition to congress and the bjp is the prime criteria to form a front it is a lost battle.

the left should have an constructive agenda. this agenda should form the basis of any front.

the contradiction doesnot stop here.

the choises are very difficult. some have a very fuedal agenda. congress is a capitalist party pursuing neo-liberal policies. there are a spectrum of parties who are very much fuedal in nature who are opposing this.

bjp happens to be a facist party having its own communal agenda. there are regional political parties who are bi far capitalist and are eager to implement the neo-liberal policies are opposing the bjp due to communal agenda.

when it comes to economics the bjp and the congress has lot in common.

the amalgamation of parties or individuals should be on the basis of constructive program.

here is an oppurtunity for the left to put forward and AGENDA for elections and debate on it.

let us ACT and the others REACT.

regards

prakash kutty

mode and participatory approach to AGITATION

every agitation has a constituency.

the broader the constituency, protracted the action.

but however broader or minor the action is, voluntary participation is a must.

i am not against bandhs or any agitational actions for that matter. but participation is and must be the prime objective.

if the public transport does-not run, the transport workers should be on strike. it should not be off the roads because activists were throwing stones at them and the windshields were broken. if the trains are not running, the workers have to be on strike. or a public boycott of the same should take place. boycott has to be voluntary.

if the private vehicles are off the road it should be voluntary.

if the shops are closed, the small traders association should participate.

every participation takes us a step forward towards revolution.

but now no body wants to take this long route. success, and to show success is imp..for our comrades now.

it might have a impact in the shorter run. but in a longer run it is blunting the ultimate agitational tool.

bandh is the ultimate agitational tool. it has to be used discreetly.

it has to be used when all the sections could participate. when the constituency that you mentioned the middle class and the govt officers would also 'participate'

my emphasis is on voluntary participation in any agitation.

i don't know why is every body missing the pt. or nobody wants to touch it.

i want solidarity action to take place. when college teachers all over India were on strike others should have gone on a token strike as an act of solidarity.

when post and telegraph employees were on strike, other psu workers should have gone on a token one day strike.

when workers of Honda factory were gunned down, solidarity industrial action should have taken place.

but it has to take place not at the leadership level but at the grass root worker level.

about the 20th Aug all India strike. we did not have a pointed charter of demands.

politically it was the five pt pro-gramme. i.e. against the nuclear deal, against price rise, against communal ism etc.

bsnl workers were against the ipo

sbi workers were against the merger with state bank of saurashtra

the airport workers were against the privatization of airports

but the co-ordination at grass-root level was missing. every union participated in the strike but with their own agenda.

the action was a success.

it would have been more success-full if the co-ordination with local demands and national demands were propagated in the same breath.

every agitation is like an opportunity to reach to newer sections of the society and encompass them in the wave towards a revolution.

that's where i am making it difficult. emphasis on voluntary participation would make it mandatory for convincing every worker, every govt employee, every officer or bureaucrat to participate.

when i say the pulse of the people, i mean the disagreement of a large section of the people (not necessarily a majority) to a certain policy of the party or the govt. this happened in nandigram and to some extend in singur.. the party was not able to anticipate this.

that's the danger.

mamta is an enemy. blaming her in pragoti is converting the converted. we all know what her intentions are. so writing about her antics don't make sense.

we would have been in a better position to bargain if we would have anticipated the scale of the agitation.

regards,

prakash kutty