Political Resolution of the Socialist Party (India) passed
in the 4th National Convention held in Lucknow on 14-15 November
2016
Most of
the established parties do all sorts of things to grab power during state and
center elections. False promises, personal allegations and counter-allegations,
communal tension, casteism, regionalism, lingualism, individualism, dynasty
politics, money & muscle power, conspiracy and all such tactics are used
shamelessly. Superficial sympathy is shown towards deprived sections of society
to mislead the poor and working class in order to bring them in respective
parties' fold. The media, following the maxim of ‘people buy what
they see’ serves up this anti people politics 24X7. In the midst of all this
cacophony, there’s no space for meaningful debate on fundamental issues like
poverty, the complexities of the chasm between the rich and the poor,
unemployment, illiteracy, malnutrition, suicides by lakhs of farmers, suppression
of civil rights, the increasing vulnerability of tribals, dalits, women,
minorities and environmental destruction. Actually, all main stream parties are in union since the beginning of nineties
on implementing the policies of liberalization, privatization, globalization,
consumerism, centralism and jingoistic nationalism. These parties frame their
policies for the profiteering of national and multi-national corporate, following
the dictates of the World Bank, IMF, WTO and other such organizations which propagate
corporate capitalism. Thus, the main stream political parties have become
agents for the sell-off of natural resources - water, forest and land - to the
big corporate houses on through away prices.
The neoliberal capitalist
era has wreaked havoc at the global level too. The powerful and so-called
civilized nations have pushed many countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya,
Syria, Egypt, Sudan, Congo, Mali, Mozambique etc into long term civil war or
armed conflict with the sole purpose of selling arms, gaining contracts and
getting access to these countries’ oil, gas and mineral resources for their
corporates. These nations ensure the supply of funds and ammunitions to
terrorist organizations like the Taliban, ISIS, Al
Shabab, Hizbul Mujahideen even though terror incidents are happening in
European countries and America as well.
Due to all this millions of men-women-children are condemned to live in
refugee camps for many years. During the past years many thousands of people
setting out for Europe via the Mediterranean Sea have drowned in it. The human
traffic and drug mafia network throughout the world is extorting money from war
ridden nations in Asia and Africa and channeling it back to Europe. It is also
forcing women into prostitution and youngsters into debilitating addiction on a large scale. The black money of politicians,
industrialists, bureaucrats, brokers of all countries is stored from Swiss
banks to offshore tax heavens. The United Nations, UN Security Council,
European Union etc. have not been able to find solutions to these human civilization
threatening problems so far.
Through this national convention of
Socialist Party calls upon like-minded people and organizations in India
and the world to reject this capitalist-consumerist model of development based
upon indiscriminate plundering of natural resources by powerful nations and
corporate houses. They must think of an alternative models of development based on preserving environment, equality, simplicity, decentralization and co-operative
planning to eject the inhumanity out of the vicious cycle of violence and
oppression.
In our state assemblies and
parliament, three-fourth of the elected members are millionaires winning elections with money-power, who have nothing to do with
issues of poor and working class people. It is obvious that there is a need of
fundamental reforms in the election system too. Socialist Party demands that
expenses done by parties should be added to the expenses done by respective
party candidates. All political parties should be brought under the
ambit of the Right to Information Act (RTI)
for their property and income-expenditures. Instead of declaring the candidate
with highest number of votes as the winner, proportional representational
system based on ratio of votes should be implemented.
Since the beginning of
neo-liberal policies, anti-laborer and pro-industrialist changes have been introduced
in the labor sector. Socialist Party demands that original labor laws should
strictly and completely be implemented. If there is need of pro-labor change in
labor laws then trade union representatives should be taken into confidence.
Socialist Party supports the 12 points demand charter submitted by Hind Mazdoor
Sabha (HMS) along with other trade unions.
The present government has ignited a debate on Uniform Civil Code targetting the muslim community. The Socialist party believes that in a country like
India, consisting of various minorities, a uniform civil code is neither possible
nor necessary. The sensitivity of each religious group has to be respected and
the majority of religious group has no right to foist its own practices on
other minorities. Even amongst majority i.e. Hindus different practices
prevail. Thus in North marriage between uncle (Mama) and niece is unimaginable,
while in the south this practice is quite prevalent.
The question of Triple Talaq
is being heard before the Supreme Court and has no relevance o the question of
Uniform Civil Code, which is a separate category.
The question of
discrimination against Women is the real question in this subject. The fact
that many Muslim Countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh do not have
instant Talaq under their law, and many Muslim Scholars in India have openly
said that under Islam Triple Talaq as practised to be found in India is not
sanctioned. Even Pakistan and Bangla Desh do not allow instant Triple Talaq. It
may be noted that in Bangladesh Hindu Minority is still following Hindu Law of
pre 1947 period and has opposed any reforms on the line of those enacted since
1956 in India.The Socialist Party condemns the mala fide intention of RSS and
other communal bodies to heighten tension amongst the minorities on this
subject.
The Socialist party views
with great concern the continuous deterioration of Human Rights in Jammu and
Kashmir : Schools are closed under directive from Hurriyat, children have been arrested under Public Safety
Act, the killings by the security forces even of small children and blinding by
pellet guns are grave matters of daily pain and suffering. The Party demands
that the children should be immediately released and all efforts should be made
to reopen schools through of process peaceful dialogue.
The party calls upon the central
government to immediately initiate dialogue with all parties, groups, and
Hurriyat. There should be no pre-condition for talks either from the
government, Hurriyat or other groups. The central government should
withdraw Armed Forces Special Powers
Act (AFSPA) which has been a long
standing demand of all human right bodies. At the same time people of Kashmir
should be assured by the central government that the Article 370 of the
Constitution will be maintained strictly and that there will be no dilution
done in it.
Ever since the
BJP has come to power communal tensions have increased in society. Minority
Muslims, dalits and tribals have been violently and even fatally attacked. Communal
hysteria was whipped up first in the name of ‘love jihad’ and then ‘goraksha’,
which has left the minorities and dalits feeling very vulnerable and insecure. The RSS and allied organizations are doing all these
acts. They have an undeclared support of the BJP, government and the Prime
Minister. All this is being done as a strategy to manipulate the majority Hindu
vote bank. This government has not even spared the national flag and army for
electoral gains. The RSS, which worked for British rule during the freedom
struggle, is now self proclaiming to be nationalist and blaming other political
parties and dissenting organizations and people to be anti-nationals. It does
not appear that government believes in the Constitution of India to run the
country. The Prime Minster and his team have brought most of the main stream
media into their fold using state and corporate power.
This government has handed over the
economy to corporate houses and the society to hooligans of RSS. The
government, with its intentions of implementing the agenda of RSS, has not only
intervened in the working of schools, higher education and research
institutions, but has also harassed Dalit and weaker sections' students. The
BJP has many leaders from the Dalit, backward and Muslim background, who are
not associated with RSS but are silent. Congress and other regional party
leaders and governments are not working effectively to curb the activities of
RSS that aim to sabotage the constitutional setup of India. In Uttar Pradesh,
the Samajwadi Party's government has not taken effective actions against
criminal acts sponsored by RSS. The Socialist Party through this national convention
wants to alert people of India that they should seriously look into the
intentions and actions of RSS/BJP of dividing the society and oppose them.
The Socialist Party inspired
by the inheritance of great leaders and thinkers like Acharya Narendra Deva, Gandhi,
Dr. Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh, JP, Dr. Lohia, SM Joshi, Yusuf Meherally, Achyut
Patwardhan, Kamladevi Chattopadhyaya, Sarojini Naidu, Karpoori Thakur, Madhu
Limaye, Kishan Patnaik, reaffirms its faith in the fundamental
principles of socialism and its pledge to establish a socialist order uprooting
neo-liberal order in solidarity with the working class.
Thus Stands the Socialist
Party
Upholding
Brotherhood and Equality
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