PaRCha - JNU - SFI - 2007 ID-68427
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STU'DENTS' FEDERATfON OF JNDI:A .
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REAFFIRM THE. LEGACY OF BHAGAT SINGH, RAJGURU AND SUI<HDEVB .
STAND AG·AINST THE COM·MUNAL POLITI.CS Of THE SANGH GI.ROH!! .
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OPPOSE THE UPA GOVT'S NEO-LJBERAL ECONOMIC POLICIES!! .
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Friends, · '· 23/03/06 .
. w :e congratulate the student conununity for joining the JNUSU's Hwnan Chain on the occasion of the 75th M":artyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh~ Rajguru and Sukhdev. The grand vision of these revolutionaries who had very happily faced the gallows at a very young age fighting against British Imperialism, gives inspiration to the youth of this co\mtry to follow their path and. struggle for an egalitarian society. However, even after more than 50 years of independence this vision of Bhagat Si·ngh and his fellow comrades has remaiRed unfulfilled. The British imperialism has been replaced by the US imperialism, which is spreading its claws throughout the world today in many forms, thus threatening the sovereignty of countries. The illegal occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq by the US forces, which has now put Iram as their ne~t target has crippled these countries, .
_ both politically and e,conomically. We also find that the successive governments in Indla are worfing overtime to become the junior partnecrs of US, whether it is the NDA or UPA. The NDA regime led by the RSS.-BJP had left no stone unturned to dance to the tunes of US diktats wherein it had shown unprecedented enthusiasm to join the US' 'war on terrorism' by suggest~ng the 'India-Israel-US troika' and had also shown inclination to send troops to Iraq, which was only r~.isted due to the sust~ned opposition by the Left and progressive forces of our country. The RSS led Sangh Giroh, which claims to be the only 'true salt' of this country, infact has only fomented communal fascism, thereby spreading xenophobia amo!fg the minorities. The self.·styled 'patriotic leaders' of the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha were busy -collaborating with the British whereby their leaders like Savarkar signed mercy petitions, thus trying to sabotage our glorious freedom struggle. .
The Sangh Giroh's venomous politics is clearly visible in most of the communal violence happening in the country, whether it be the destruction of the Babri Masjid and the subsequent riots across the country in 1992-93, the attacks on the Christian institutions in Dangs, the killing of Graham Staines and his two sons in Orissa, as well as the recent riots in Mau in UP. But the biggest communal attack by them came in the form of the State sponsored ~nocide against muslims in Gujarat in 2002 by the Narendra Modi government, where many '\ltere killed, maimed, gang-raped and rendered homeless. There were inhuman cases of the wombs of women being torn open and the foetus being thrown into the fire. Till date, the riot affected people in Gujarat have not been properly rehabilitated by the State governm.ent. The Sangh Giroh has also indulged in caste atrocities with the most notable incident being in Jhajjar in Haryana, where Dalit youths were done ·to de~th for skinning a dead cow. The ABVP and JPF, which are the student wings of the RSS-SJP hAve not been any different from their parent parties. This campus has been witness to the culture of violence and hatred of both these groups. T-he most explicit case was the provocative march taken out by the ABVP in the aftermath of the Godhra incident in 2002, whereby abusive slogans were rendered which were targetted at the faculty members belonging to the minority community. The JPF, which is the breakaway faction of the ABVP has come to symbolize the gangwar culture in the campus, whereby students were being beaten up in their rooms and sexual violence w.as targetted at the girl students. .
While the RSS and its associates have .indulged in such venomous politics, we a:lso find that the so-called torch-bearers of our freedom struggle, the Congress al~o has stayed true to its class character. The Congress since 1990-91 has introduced the pro-US neo-liber-al economic policies which has crippled the economic sovereignty of our coWltry and has also led to the phenomena of 'jobless growth'. It has forced hundreds of farmers to commit suicides in States Jike Andhn Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Kerala. Even a prosperous State like Punjab has faced this scenario. We have also seen that the economic assets are being sold for a song under the garb of privatization and disinvestment. The atte.mpted sale of BHEL and recent case of the proposed privatization of the Delhi and lvfumbai airports are examples in this regard. It was only due to sustained pressure of the Left parties that the government was forced to rollback these decisions. The common m.an has also faced increased hardships due to hikes in petroleum prices every now and then. It seems that the Cong:ress(I) has withdrawn its slogan of the 'Aam Aadmi,!! Even in the education sector, the government is not living upto its promise of spending 6% of the GDP. There have been tamp<lnt attempts to commercialize the education sector throU:gh the Private Universities bill and there has also been a. flood of self-financing institutions, thus making education a commodity. The Indo-US nuclear deal signed in July 200:S, which was again reaffirmed during the visit of George Bush in the beginning of this month is a clear sign oJ the Manmoban Singh led UPA government trying to kowtow to the US interests~. which is also a case of the UPA deviating from the Common Minimum Programme and shedding the goal of an independent £oreig,n policy. It is in this context that the legacy of Bhagat Singh has to be rerp.embered by the people of this country, especially the youth. lnfact, Bhagat Singh had always beli~ved that it was in the hands of the youth of India that the interests of the country -we.re safe and o~ythey co~d strengthen its~ sovereignty. The stooges of the Congress in the campus and the right-wing t~eactionary NSUI, once·again showing its true character, did not take any position on such an important d.ay of the martyrdom of the young F~olutiona~ies which ~a.s also visible duri..Iilg the Bush's visit, It is highly tinfortunate that even the 'ult.ras,, chose to keep away from the programme which was called to strengthe~ the student unity in the campus against the imperialist and fascist forces. We appeal all ~the stt¥lents to e_x,pose such conimunal, casteist, and opportunistic forces and ,rally behind. the SFl in c.a~rying11 forward the vision· of Bhagat Sirigh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to ensure that a classless egalitarian society is established. .
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Raji,v-Kum}lt R!nj an Subhanil Chowdhary.
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President,,·SFI-JNU. Secretary; SFJ -JNU. .
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PaRCha - JNU - SFI - 2007 ID-68427
.
.:...· ~. ·; :;. ., . .
. ··~. ., . . ;.v .
. ;I '· .
STU'DENTS' FEDERATfON OF JNDI:A .
.
. ~ .
~ .
. .
REAFFIRM THE. LEGACY OF BHAGAT SINGH, RAJGURU AND SUI<HDEVB .
STAND AG·AINST THE COM·MUNAL POLITI.CS Of THE SANGH GI.ROH!! .
.
~ . .
OPPOSE THE UPA GOVT'S NEO-LJBERAL ECONOMIC POLICIES!! .
.
Friends, · '· 23/03/06 .
. w :e congratulate the student conununity for joining the JNUSU's Hwnan Chain on the occasion of the 75th M":artyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh~ Rajguru and Sukhdev. The grand vision of these revolutionaries who had very happily faced the gallows at a very young age fighting against British Imperialism, gives inspiration to the youth of this co\mtry to follow their path and. struggle for an egalitarian society. However, even after more than 50 years of independence this vision of Bhagat Si·ngh and his fellow comrades has remaiRed unfulfilled. The British imperialism has been replaced by the US imperialism, which is spreading its claws throughout the world today in many forms, thus threatening the sovereignty of countries. The illegal occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq by the US forces, which has now put Iram as their ne~t target has crippled these countries, .
_ both politically and e,conomically. We also find that the successive governments in Indla are worfing overtime to become the junior partnecrs of US, whether it is the NDA or UPA. The NDA regime led by the RSS.-BJP had left no stone unturned to dance to the tunes of US diktats wherein it had shown unprecedented enthusiasm to join the US' 'war on terrorism' by suggest~ng the 'India-Israel-US troika' and had also shown inclination to send troops to Iraq, which was only r~.isted due to the sust~ned opposition by the Left and progressive forces of our country. The RSS led Sangh Giroh, which claims to be the only 'true salt' of this country, infact has only fomented communal fascism, thereby spreading xenophobia amo!fg the minorities. The self.·styled 'patriotic leaders' of the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha were busy -collaborating with the British whereby their leaders like Savarkar signed mercy petitions, thus trying to sabotage our glorious freedom struggle. .
The Sangh Giroh's venomous politics is clearly visible in most of the communal violence happening in the country, whether it be the destruction of the Babri Masjid and the subsequent riots across the country in 1992-93, the attacks on the Christian institutions in Dangs, the killing of Graham Staines and his two sons in Orissa, as well as the recent riots in Mau in UP. But the biggest communal attack by them came in the form of the State sponsored ~nocide against muslims in Gujarat in 2002 by the Narendra Modi government, where many '\ltere killed, maimed, gang-raped and rendered homeless. There were inhuman cases of the wombs of women being torn open and the foetus being thrown into the fire. Till date, the riot affected people in Gujarat have not been properly rehabilitated by the State governm.ent. The Sangh Giroh has also indulged in caste atrocities with the most notable incident being in Jhajjar in Haryana, where Dalit youths were done ·to de~th for skinning a dead cow. The ABVP and JPF, which are the student wings of the RSS-SJP hAve not been any different from their parent parties. This campus has been witness to the culture of violence and hatred of both these groups. T-he most explicit case was the provocative march taken out by the ABVP in the aftermath of the Godhra incident in 2002, whereby abusive slogans were rendered which were targetted at the faculty members belonging to the minority community. The JPF, which is the breakaway faction of the ABVP has come to symbolize the gangwar culture in the campus, whereby students were being beaten up in their rooms and sexual violence w.as targetted at the girl students. .
While the RSS and its associates have .indulged in such venomous politics, we a:lso find that the so-called torch-bearers of our freedom struggle, the Congress al~o has stayed true to its class character. The Congress since 1990-91 has introduced the pro-US neo-liber-al economic policies which has crippled the economic sovereignty of our coWltry and has also led to the phenomena of 'jobless growth'. It has forced hundreds of farmers to commit suicides in States Jike Andhn Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Kerala. Even a prosperous State like Punjab has faced this scenario. We have also seen that the economic assets are being sold for a song under the garb of privatization and disinvestment. The atte.mpted sale of BHEL and recent case of the proposed privatization of the Delhi and lvfumbai airports are examples in this regard. It was only due to sustained pressure of the Left parties that the government was forced to rollback these decisions. The common m.an has also faced increased hardships due to hikes in petroleum prices every now and then. It seems that the Cong:ress(I) has withdrawn its slogan of the 'Aam Aadmi,!! Even in the education sector, the government is not living upto its promise of spending 6% of the GDP. There have been tamp<lnt attempts to commercialize the education sector throU:gh the Private Universities bill and there has also been a. flood of self-financing institutions, thus making education a commodity. The Indo-US nuclear deal signed in July 200:S, which was again reaffirmed during the visit of George Bush in the beginning of this month is a clear sign oJ the Manmoban Singh led UPA government trying to kowtow to the US interests~. which is also a case of the UPA deviating from the Common Minimum Programme and shedding the goal of an independent £oreig,n policy. It is in this context that the legacy of Bhagat Singh has to be rerp.embered by the people of this country, especially the youth. lnfact, Bhagat Singh had always beli~ved that it was in the hands of the youth of India that the interests of the country -we.re safe and o~ythey co~d strengthen its~ sovereignty. The stooges of the Congress in the campus and the right-wing t~eactionary NSUI, once·again showing its true character, did not take any position on such an important d.ay of the martyrdom of the young F~olutiona~ies which ~a.s also visible duri..Iilg the Bush's visit, It is highly tinfortunate that even the 'ult.ras,, chose to keep away from the programme which was called to strengthe~ the student unity in the campus against the imperialist and fascist forces. We appeal all ~the stt¥lents to e_x,pose such conimunal, casteist, and opportunistic forces and ,rally behind. the SFl in c.a~rying11 forward the vision· of Bhagat Sirigh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to ensure that a classless egalitarian society is established. .
Sd/-Sdl-.
c ~, .
Raji,v-Kum}lt R!nj an Subhanil Chowdhary.
.. .. .
President,,·SFI-JNU. Secretary; SFJ -JNU. .
.