Communique of the 7th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Ghadar Party of India
Convened during March 31-April 1, 2001, the 7th Plenum of the CC of the Communist Ghadar Party of India deliberated on the current acute crisis in the country, which is an integral part of the worldwide crisis of the capitalist-imperialist system and the states of multi-party representative democracy.
The anti-worker and anti-peasant Budget for 2001-02, presented by the Vajpayee Government in February; the complete lifting of ban on imports of all kinds, starting April 1, to comply with WTO conditions; the acute clash over the BALCO privatisation deal that was announced in the budget; and the Tehelka tapes scandal in March -- all these show that the major contradictions of Indian society are intensifying, not only between the exploiters and the exploited but also among the exploiters themselves.
The developments confirm that the ruling bourgeoisie is incapable of lifting India out of the crisis. They point to the urgency for the working class movement, with communists providing unified leadership, to emerge on the scene with its own independent program for the renewal of India.
The 7th Plenum noted that the current crisis of bourgeois rule offers an opportunity for the working class to come to the centre-stage of politics, putting forth the alternative to the capitalist system and to representative democracy. It is essential to step up the work to capture the space for communism to flourish on Indian soil, building on the historic success of the Kanpur Communist Conference and Mass Rally in December 2000.
Having positively assessed the theoretical and practical organisational work of the party over the past 5 months, the 7th Plenum took important decisions to further strengthen this work. These include specific organisational measures to consolidate the work of building the political unity of workers, peasants, women and youth. The plenum took the decision to launch a yearlong campaign to elaborate contemporary Marxist-Leninist thought, starting with the celebration of Lenin's birth anniversary on April 22, 2001.
The 7th Plenum also deliberated on problems of inner-party democracy and reaffirmed the crucial importance of regular reporting and submission of minutes to the higher bodies by every party organisation, so as to strengthen collective leadership as well as individual responsibility and individual initiative within the party. The Plenum discussed the plan of work for the year and decided to sum up the work at a Consultative Conference to be held in December 2001.
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