PaRCha - JNU - AISF-SFI - 2005 ID-38585
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EXHIBITION & SELL OF PROGRESSIVE LITERATURE .
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5.30 PM TO 11.00 PM GANGA DHABA .
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STUDENTS' FEDERATION OF INDIA .
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'UNITE AGAINST THE POLITICS OF HATRED! .
Friends, Date: 13.08.05 .
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Appropriation of others' sacrifices and struggles in the course.of time is the hallmark politics of fascistic forces. Having no contribution in the freedom movement and in the development of new vision for the independent India, Sangh Parivar is now busy in celebrating, hence appropriating, the anti-Banga Bhanga movement. This movement was one of the best moments in the history of India when people of our country showed exemplary unity by refusing to be divided in the name of religion. The Division of Bengal that was attempted by Lord Curzon in 1905 at the behest of the British Imperialist government was essentially aimed to create communal division of the people of Bengal among whom anti-British sentiments were running high at that time. The growing resentment against the British colonialism and increasing desire for self-rule swept the Bengal province since the late 19th century. Britishers, who had not forgotten the lessons of the 185Ts war of India's independence, decided to check people's resentment agaJnst the British Raj by dividing them in the name of religion. However, the united and secular resistance of the people of Bengal that popularly came to be known as the Banga Bhanga Andolan against the ominous designs of the British government could stop the latter in its tracks. It was one of the .
most glorious chapter in the history of India's anti-imperialist struggle when under lh~ leadership of Rabindranath Tagore and other progressive intellectuals the people of Bengal thoroughly isolated the communal elements and compelled the _ Britishers to cancel the partition of Bengal. This movement ultimately culminated in the militant nationalist movement of Bengal which with other sections of the Indian people overthrew the colonial British rule. .
In the course of events, various political streams and sections of Indian society participated and made sacrifices in various anti-British movements except the extreme rightwing forces like RSS and Hindu Maha Sabha. The supreme sacrifice that Rajguru, Sukhdev, Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwara Datta, Kalpana Datta, Chandrashekhar Azad. Ashafakullah Khan, Surya Sen and others made, inspired thousands to fight the exploitative colonial rule. Gandhi, Abdul Gaffar Khan, Nehru and others mobilized the people and thousands of people went to the jail, sacrificed their jobs,lost their near and dear ones but resolutely demanded freedom from colonial rule. It was during this period that the lnteiVention of communist movement brought the workers, agricultural labourers and large number of youth into the fold of anti-imperialist struggle. In the 1920s itself, for the first time in India, the communist leadership placed the resolution of complete independence and creation of the sovereign state. Later on, in 1929 The Congress adopted the resolution demanding complete end of the British rule. In the 1940s, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's I.N.A. challenged the might of the British army. Many participants of the I.N.A. later on became the torch-bearers of communist movement in India, Capt. Laxmi Saigal is the most prominent among them. .
As opposed to the sacrifices of the people of the country, the Hindu Maha Sabha and RSS leaders were busy that time apologizing to the Britishers on one hand and communally dividing the people by spreading hatred against other communities. It is indeed ironical that these communal forces led by the RSS are celebrating one of the glorious chapters of the freedom struggle in our country by inviting a communal person like Uma Bharti. Uma Bharti, along with other BJP-VHP leaders, was one of the main persons responsible for flaring up fanatic communal sentiments among the Karsevaks who went and destroyed the Sabri Masjid in 1992. This brazen act led to communal riots across the country and took the lives of hundreds of people. This shameful, regressive politics was repeated by the same Sangh Parivar in the Gujarat carnage in 2002 when they organized a pre-planned ethnic cleansing of Muslims. The calling of Uma Bharti known for her diabolic campaign against the minority community as part of centenary celebrations of the anti-Banga Bhanga movement completely betrays the basic essence of that progressive and secular movement. Therefore it is necessary for all progressive, secular and democratic students of our university to expose this deceptive politics of the Sangh Giroh and isolate their fraudulent ideology. .
This anti-people politics of the RSS-BJP-VHP of dividing the masses on communal lines to further the interests of the ruling classes was thoroughly rejected by the people of this country in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls when the NDA was ousted from power. The people of this country has increasingly isolated the deceitful politics of the Sangh which is why the much hyped Tiranga Yatra Jed by Uma Bharti could only generate yet another defeat of the BJP-Shivsena combine in Maharashtra last year. In order to send a strong message to the communal forces that the students of this campus are opposed to the politics of RSS and Uma Bharti, We appeal to the student community to participate in JNUSU's Public Meeting tonight at Kendriya Vidyala ground and register our protest in the peaceful and democratic way against coming of Uma Bharti to our campus who is being charge-sheeted for her involvement in the Sabri Masjid demolition case. We appeal to the student community to stand in defense of secularism and isolate the Sangh Giroh's communal, fascist politics. .
WHEN COMMUNALISM IS THE ENEMY, IT IS A CRIME NOT TO FIGHT! ~d/-Sd/-"",~tJbhanil Chowdhury, President, SFI-JNU Parimal Maya Sudhakar. Secretaryf SFI-JNU .
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PaRCha - JNU - AISF-SFI - 2005 ID-38585
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EXHIBITION & SELL OF PROGRESSIVE LITERATURE .
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5.30 PM TO 11.00 PM GANGA DHABA .
.
STUDENTS' FEDERATION OF INDIA .
.
'UNITE AGAINST THE POLITICS OF HATRED! .
Friends, Date: 13.08.05 .
.
Appropriation of others' sacrifices and struggles in the course.of time is the hallmark politics of fascistic forces. Having no contribution in the freedom movement and in the development of new vision for the independent India, Sangh Parivar is now busy in celebrating, hence appropriating, the anti-Banga Bhanga movement. This movement was one of the best moments in the history of India when people of our country showed exemplary unity by refusing to be divided in the name of religion. The Division of Bengal that was attempted by Lord Curzon in 1905 at the behest of the British Imperialist government was essentially aimed to create communal division of the people of Bengal among whom anti-British sentiments were running high at that time. The growing resentment against the British colonialism and increasing desire for self-rule swept the Bengal province since the late 19th century. Britishers, who had not forgotten the lessons of the 185Ts war of India's independence, decided to check people's resentment agaJnst the British Raj by dividing them in the name of religion. However, the united and secular resistance of the people of Bengal that popularly came to be known as the Banga Bhanga Andolan against the ominous designs of the British government could stop the latter in its tracks. It was one of the .
most glorious chapter in the history of India's anti-imperialist struggle when under lh~ leadership of Rabindranath Tagore and other progressive intellectuals the people of Bengal thoroughly isolated the communal elements and compelled the _ Britishers to cancel the partition of Bengal. This movement ultimately culminated in the militant nationalist movement of Bengal which with other sections of the Indian people overthrew the colonial British rule. .
In the course of events, various political streams and sections of Indian society participated and made sacrifices in various anti-British movements except the extreme rightwing forces like RSS and Hindu Maha Sabha. The supreme sacrifice that Rajguru, Sukhdev, Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwara Datta, Kalpana Datta, Chandrashekhar Azad. Ashafakullah Khan, Surya Sen and others made, inspired thousands to fight the exploitative colonial rule. Gandhi, Abdul Gaffar Khan, Nehru and others mobilized the people and thousands of people went to the jail, sacrificed their jobs,lost their near and dear ones but resolutely demanded freedom from colonial rule. It was during this period that the lnteiVention of communist movement brought the workers, agricultural labourers and large number of youth into the fold of anti-imperialist struggle. In the 1920s itself, for the first time in India, the communist leadership placed the resolution of complete independence and creation of the sovereign state. Later on, in 1929 The Congress adopted the resolution demanding complete end of the British rule. In the 1940s, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's I.N.A. challenged the might of the British army. Many participants of the I.N.A. later on became the torch-bearers of communist movement in India, Capt. Laxmi Saigal is the most prominent among them. .
As opposed to the sacrifices of the people of the country, the Hindu Maha Sabha and RSS leaders were busy that time apologizing to the Britishers on one hand and communally dividing the people by spreading hatred against other communities. It is indeed ironical that these communal forces led by the RSS are celebrating one of the glorious chapters of the freedom struggle in our country by inviting a communal person like Uma Bharti. Uma Bharti, along with other BJP-VHP leaders, was one of the main persons responsible for flaring up fanatic communal sentiments among the Karsevaks who went and destroyed the Sabri Masjid in 1992. This brazen act led to communal riots across the country and took the lives of hundreds of people. This shameful, regressive politics was repeated by the same Sangh Parivar in the Gujarat carnage in 2002 when they organized a pre-planned ethnic cleansing of Muslims. The calling of Uma Bharti known for her diabolic campaign against the minority community as part of centenary celebrations of the anti-Banga Bhanga movement completely betrays the basic essence of that progressive and secular movement. Therefore it is necessary for all progressive, secular and democratic students of our university to expose this deceptive politics of the Sangh Giroh and isolate their fraudulent ideology. .
This anti-people politics of the RSS-BJP-VHP of dividing the masses on communal lines to further the interests of the ruling classes was thoroughly rejected by the people of this country in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls when the NDA was ousted from power. The people of this country has increasingly isolated the deceitful politics of the Sangh which is why the much hyped Tiranga Yatra Jed by Uma Bharti could only generate yet another defeat of the BJP-Shivsena combine in Maharashtra last year. In order to send a strong message to the communal forces that the students of this campus are opposed to the politics of RSS and Uma Bharti, We appeal to the student community to participate in JNUSU's Public Meeting tonight at Kendriya Vidyala ground and register our protest in the peaceful and democratic way against coming of Uma Bharti to our campus who is being charge-sheeted for her involvement in the Sabri Masjid demolition case. We appeal to the student community to stand in defense of secularism and isolate the Sangh Giroh's communal, fascist politics. .
WHEN COMMUNALISM IS THE ENEMY, IT IS A CRIME NOT TO FIGHT! ~d/-Sd/-"",~tJbhanil Chowdhury, President, SFI-JNU Parimal Maya Sudhakar. Secretaryf SFI-JNU .
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