PaRCha - JNU - AISA - 1999 ID-1618
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ALL INDIA STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (AISA) 17/11/99 .
"io--1<-eep 'the-purrr.., of the, .... ~-#-!'.
the---; rlo4M.Wf\/ a+'\.d, Lt}' cultu.re;. Ge¥~~the,. .
CO«.+'\by of~Jewl-: N~pride,~it¥~~~ _ wcn-l.d-by pu..-~ ~fort#'i.+-\tlt~to-luw.-v~pyofl;t:by". ~ed-he..re.: .. (N ~ .
M.S. GolwaJkar, RSS ideologue, We or Our Nationhood Defined .
The RSS models its "cultural nationalism" I' · 1 h · ' · of India's age old civilization, Vasudaiva Kutumbake:! ~~~~Ye~ndt. e r:node~ ~f Htlcr s Naz Gcrm.an.~. Behind t~e ABVP's talll. course, is that these 'impurities ' are people -Dali~s 'd ~ IC~tJOn o. bloo~sh.ed and contlJ~t .. ~he ho.rnfying detail, of homogenisation. ' evant ' or un-lndan women, mmonttes, tnbals, who resist .
We would like to ask the ABVP-.
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wh~ch "In~ian cul~ure" will they glo~ify and preserve ? -The "Indian culture" which imposes rigid social hierarche~.
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wht~h g~onfies sat~.and perpe~uates bnde-burnrngs, which celebrates and prescribes silent, patient suffenng for women ·1 .
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. the Indtan culture of the antt-woman, casteist Manusmriti ? · Wtll they tolerate an Indian culture-.
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where women defy patriarchy within families ? .
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where Dalits resist the planned massacres of Ran veer Senas ? .
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where P~?r and hungry .millions refus~ to ~elieve. that their suffering are God-ordained, and struggle ro change the man -.
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made soctal systems wh1ch are rcsponstble for thetr suffering ? Why is the ABVP silent-.
on why the tcl\ls of ~atcri~list philo:.~oph~rs-Cllurva.ll.u. ~i1ml\hya and Nyaya-vaisr.litka were mercilessly burnt '! .
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why were the Buddh1sls dnven out of the Indian peninsula in ancient times? .
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why poets like Kabir sang so passionately against the caste system ? Why does the ABVP utter no word of protest -.
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When P.M. Vajpayee refuses to declare the Orissa cyclone a national calamity? .
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When P.M. Vajpayee announces an insurance policy for rape? .
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When P.M. Vajpayee opens up the insurance, telecom and power sectors to multinational~'? .
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When landless poor and dalits are massacred by the Ranveer Sena? The ABVP's 'nationalism' is a sham, a mask it dons to hide its real agenda of ushering in a fasdst regime of hare -the agenda spelt out by Golwalkar. .
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To combat these fascists and keep them out of power, mere parliamentary manouevrings and patch-up coalitions are useless. Only a consistent effort to put a people's agenda for mass struggles, on the centrestage of Indian politics can challenge the mass-mobilisations of fascism. And the Left is the only possible champion of these democratic struggles. .
When CPI, CPI(M) Left curb or scuttle its mass-movements, when they persuade their base to bear with the "lesser evils" of corruption, mafias, mass massacres, anti-people economic policies, in the name of fighting communalism, why do they still fail to keep the BJP out of power? Why, instead, does the BJP end up making inroads in Left strongholds like Durn Dum (Jyoti Basu's home constituency?) · .
This is because communal fascism can be combated, only by asserting a robust agenda of democratic struggle!., .
and rallying people around that agenda. Alliances and floor-management are fine, as long as they don't end up imposing restrictions on the Left's agenda of struggle (as alliances with undemocratic, anti-people for(;es an: buund to do) .
In JNU, too, SFI-AISF's failure to restrict the support base of the ABVP, is a direct result of their tactics. They rely on "anti-ABVP"ism alone, while failing to build up and intensify any struggles, involving the mass of student~, against privatisation, for gender equality, against the crackdown on democratic rights. Instead, just as Jyoti Basu cautioned the trade-unions of West Bengal against "recourse to militancy" by the working class (The Hindu, 5/11/98), .
the SFI-AISF is always scared of mass-mobilisations, and constantly cautions common students against whole-hearted, .
committed participation in militant gheraos, bandhs, etc.. This blunting of the edge of the student movement has only .
benefited the ABVP. .
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To put up A Comprehensive Resistance to the ABVP, .
To Assert An Agenda ofDemocratic Rights and Str~tggles, .
To DefeaJ the SF/'s Politics ofSurrenders, .
Vote for AISA's Agenda ofStruggle ! .
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Central Panel .
rRESJDENT.
VUAYKUMARYADAVENDU .
VICE-PRESIDENT.
MANISHA SETHI GENERAL SECRETARYP.K. ABDUL RAHIMAN JOINT SECRETARY.
UDAl VEER SINGH .
SIS Panel .
SSS Panel.
Sf-:L&CS Panel ANURAG RANJAN.
DEBARTI GUHA.
FAKHRUDDIN All AHMAD CHERI JACOB.K..
LAISHRAM LEINGAI<PA.
GARIMA MANI TRIPATHI VIPIN KUMAR NIRAJ.
R. JOHN SURESH KUMAR.
INTESHAR AHMAD .
TARUNA BANSAL.
KAVJNDRA KUMAR DALAL .
VIVEKKUMAR.
QAISER AHMAD .
Sd/-.
Kavita, Convenor, .
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Central Campaign Committee, AISA, JNU .
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA - 1999 ID-1618
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ALL INDIA STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (AISA) 17/11/99 .
"io--1<-eep 'the-purrr.., of the, .... ~-#-!'.
the---; rlo4M.Wf\/ a+'\.d, Lt}' cultu.re;. Ge¥~~the,. .
CO«.+'\by of~Jewl-: N~pride,~it¥~~~ _ wcn-l.d-by pu..-~ ~fort#'i.+-\tlt~to-luw.-v~pyofl;t:by". ~ed-he..re.: .. (N ~ .
M.S. GolwaJkar, RSS ideologue, We or Our Nationhood Defined .
The RSS models its "cultural nationalism" I' · 1 h · ' · of India's age old civilization, Vasudaiva Kutumbake:! ~~~~Ye~ndt. e r:node~ ~f Htlcr s Naz Gcrm.an.~. Behind t~e ABVP's talll. course, is that these 'impurities ' are people -Dali~s 'd ~ IC~tJOn o. bloo~sh.ed and contlJ~t .. ~he ho.rnfying detail, of homogenisation. ' evant ' or un-lndan women, mmonttes, tnbals, who resist .
We would like to ask the ABVP-.
.
wh~ch "In~ian cul~ure" will they glo~ify and preserve ? -The "Indian culture" which imposes rigid social hierarche~.
.
.
wht~h g~onfies sat~.and perpe~uates bnde-burnrngs, which celebrates and prescribes silent, patient suffenng for women ·1 .
.
. the Indtan culture of the antt-woman, casteist Manusmriti ? · Wtll they tolerate an Indian culture-.
.
.
where women defy patriarchy within families ? .
.
.
where Dalits resist the planned massacres of Ran veer Senas ? .
.
.
where P~?r and hungry .millions refus~ to ~elieve. that their suffering are God-ordained, and struggle ro change the man -.
.
.
1 .
made soctal systems wh1ch are rcsponstble for thetr suffering ? Why is the ABVP silent-.
on why the tcl\ls of ~atcri~list philo:.~oph~rs-Cllurva.ll.u. ~i1ml\hya and Nyaya-vaisr.litka were mercilessly burnt '! .
.
why were the Buddh1sls dnven out of the Indian peninsula in ancient times? .
.
.
why poets like Kabir sang so passionately against the caste system ? Why does the ABVP utter no word of protest -.
.
.
When P.M. Vajpayee refuses to declare the Orissa cyclone a national calamity? .
.
.
When P.M. Vajpayee announces an insurance policy for rape? .
.
.
When P.M. Vajpayee opens up the insurance, telecom and power sectors to multinational~'? .
.
.
When landless poor and dalits are massacred by the Ranveer Sena? The ABVP's 'nationalism' is a sham, a mask it dons to hide its real agenda of ushering in a fasdst regime of hare -the agenda spelt out by Golwalkar. .
.
.
To combat these fascists and keep them out of power, mere parliamentary manouevrings and patch-up coalitions are useless. Only a consistent effort to put a people's agenda for mass struggles, on the centrestage of Indian politics can challenge the mass-mobilisations of fascism. And the Left is the only possible champion of these democratic struggles. .
When CPI, CPI(M) Left curb or scuttle its mass-movements, when they persuade their base to bear with the "lesser evils" of corruption, mafias, mass massacres, anti-people economic policies, in the name of fighting communalism, why do they still fail to keep the BJP out of power? Why, instead, does the BJP end up making inroads in Left strongholds like Durn Dum (Jyoti Basu's home constituency?) · .
This is because communal fascism can be combated, only by asserting a robust agenda of democratic struggle!., .
and rallying people around that agenda. Alliances and floor-management are fine, as long as they don't end up imposing restrictions on the Left's agenda of struggle (as alliances with undemocratic, anti-people for(;es an: buund to do) .
In JNU, too, SFI-AISF's failure to restrict the support base of the ABVP, is a direct result of their tactics. They rely on "anti-ABVP"ism alone, while failing to build up and intensify any struggles, involving the mass of student~, against privatisation, for gender equality, against the crackdown on democratic rights. Instead, just as Jyoti Basu cautioned the trade-unions of West Bengal against "recourse to militancy" by the working class (The Hindu, 5/11/98), .
the SFI-AISF is always scared of mass-mobilisations, and constantly cautions common students against whole-hearted, .
committed participation in militant gheraos, bandhs, etc.. This blunting of the edge of the student movement has only .
benefited the ABVP. .
.
To put up A Comprehensive Resistance to the ABVP, .
To Assert An Agenda ofDemocratic Rights and Str~tggles, .
To DefeaJ the SF/'s Politics ofSurrenders, .
Vote for AISA's Agenda ofStruggle ! .
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Central Panel .
rRESJDENT.
VUAYKUMARYADAVENDU .
VICE-PRESIDENT.
MANISHA SETHI GENERAL SECRETARYP.K. ABDUL RAHIMAN JOINT SECRETARY.
UDAl VEER SINGH .
SIS Panel .
SSS Panel.
Sf-:L&CS Panel ANURAG RANJAN.
DEBARTI GUHA.
FAKHRUDDIN All AHMAD CHERI JACOB.K..
LAISHRAM LEINGAI<PA.
GARIMA MANI TRIPATHI VIPIN KUMAR NIRAJ.
R. JOHN SURESH KUMAR.
INTESHAR AHMAD .
TARUNA BANSAL.
KAVJNDRA KUMAR DALAL .
VIVEKKUMAR.
QAISER AHMAD .
Sd/-.
Kavita, Convenor, .
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Central Campaign Committee, AISA, JNU .
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