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INDIA:CPI (Maoist) - Red Salutes to the Martyrs who laid their lives on
the soil of Bangladesh to achieve their demands Hail the militant student
movement of Bangladesh
COMMUNIST
PARTY OF INDIA
(MAOIST)
Central
Committee
Press Release
Updated 31st August, 2024
Red Salutes to the Martyrs who laid their lives on the soil of Bangladesh
to achieve their demands
Hail the militant student movement of Bangladesh
That toppled down the Fascist Hasina’s Awami League Government
Not the change of the government but the overthrowing of the exploitative
system is the only solution
Oppose the communalization of the movement by the Brahmanic Hindutva
RSS-BJP of India
The Central Committee of CPI (Maoist),
PLGA and Revolutionary People's Committees pays its revolutionary homage to all
those more than 560 brave and militant students and all other agitators of
Bangladesh who laid down their lives for a democratic and a progressive
nine-points demands and at the same time fighting to topple the fascist-Awami
League Hasina's government. The people of Bangladesh, especially the students
and youths have outrightly sent a message to all oppressive and exploitative
ruling classes of the world that all repression of the ruling classes will be
met with united and strong democratic mass movement. The student movement which began as a
movement for quota reform, with blink of an eye turned into a movement adhering
to political demand: “Hasina must step down and she must be punished”.
In the month of July, the High Court of
Bangladesh passed a judgement to reinstall the 30 percent quota for the
families of the freedom fighters in government jobs. On July 16, the students
from various universities called the judgement as unfair and even against the
constitution of Bangladesh. Hence, in every university and college in
Bangladesh, students started getting organized and began agitations against the
30 percent quota for the Mukti-Bandho families (freedom fighters). The leader
of Awami League and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheik Hasina called the
students protesting against the prevailing quota system, “children of the
razakars”. The repressive state apparatus of Bangladesh, the Police, fascist
student wing of the Awami league Party/main ruling class party, the Bangladesh
Chatra League, started hounding, attacking and killing the protesting students,
both in the broad day light and in the darkness of night.
To crush the movement at lightning
speed, Hasina’s government deployed the BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) a
Para-military force in a big scale. In just four days, the fascist state
paramilitary and police and goons killed over 100 students and soaked the soil
of Bangladesh with youth’s blood. At last, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh gave
the judgement in support of the students' movement. This victory pushed them a
step forward and movement took a justifiable slogan that the Prime Minister
must be punished for her innumerous crimes against the people and nation.
As per the latest information, the
government of Bangladesh and its repressive forces has killed more than 400
students. The death-toll is absolutely higher as the information about the
massacres is strictly manipulated by the ruling classes and its agencies,
including media. In spite of brutal repression and worthful sacrifices, the
people of Bangladesh especially the youth and students of that nation advanced
their movement to achieve their just demands. The present massacres were
committed by the Party that played a formidable role in the liberation movement
of Bangladesh in 1960s.
But over the time, Awami League became
the Party of the ruling classes- landlords, comprador bureaucratic bourgeoisie
with the backing of various imperialist forces, and the daughter of the leader
of that movement Shaik Hasina ruling the country as a Prime Minister like a
dictator. Since Brahmanical Hindutva Fascist RSS-BJP government came into power
in India, the Awami League Party of Bangladesh implemented the Indain
expansionist policies and the LPG policies of imperialists with full force.
Under the direction of Indian government, Hasina and her military forces
ruthlessly purged the leaders and cadres of North-East Nationalities liberation
struggles, who harbored that land for their just activities against Indian
Expansionism.
Our Party is of the view that the
pathetic socio-economic conditions prevailing in Bangladesh are due to
exploitative and oppressive policies of the comprador ruling classes. Serving
the interests of imperialism and Indian expansionisn, CBB and Big Landlord
classes of Bangladesh and fascist rule of Hasina Government are the main
reasons behind the outburst of the militant student movement in the form of
reforming the quota system. The 40 percent of the population in Bangladesh are
involved in the agricultural sector but the agriculture contributes a mere 11
percent of the GDP. According to bourgeois economists during 'Iron lady'
Hasina's consecutive 15 years rule, Bangladesh has seen 'impressive' economy
growth and millions of people were brought out from the poverty. But the
reality is that this growth is jobless one and the talk about lifting millions
of people from poverty is far away from the facts. Still Bangladesh is in
turmoil of unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition and many other. The
present ongoing movement is the living example of the crisis that is existing
in that country.
This states the crisis that has hampered
the growth of agriculture like all semi-colonial and semi-feudal countries. It
is a well-known fact that Bangladesh is the biggest exporter of garments in the
world. But the working-conditions of the garment workers in Bangladesh is much
worse than in sweat-shops. The real wages of the working class barely keep them
alive to reproduce their labour-power. The unemployment has surged to 3.5
percent and this data comes from the government agency -Bangladesh Bureau of
Statistics (BBS). A total of 59.80 million people was employed in the informal
sector in the year 2022, as stated by BBS. Bangladesh pays some of the lowest
wages in the world and is in the top 10 nations in terms of repressive labor
laws. The inflation has reached 10 per cent and prices of basic commodities have
nearly doubled during the past few years. The currency of Bangladesh 'Taka' has
depreciated by 30 percent.
Inequality and concentration of wealth
has surged too, mainly after the ‘Pandemic crisis’ like in India. The nations'
10 percent billionaires control 41 percent of the wealth. The tax to GDP ratio
is continuously declining in Bangladesh and the landlords and CBB in Bangladesh
are being given enormous tax-concessions. The students and the youth from the
working-class background and middle class, aspiring for government jobs are
struggling to get jobs. Most of the government jobs are being accumulated by
the ruling classes' power blocs of Awami League in the name of 30 percent quota
for the freedom fighters’ families. To cover its failure and delegitimize the
student’s movement, which has turned into a broad people’s movement, the ruling
classes in Bangladesh and in India are giving a communal angle; of course,
there may be some forces in it to cash the movement for their power thirst, but
that in no way changes the essence of the movement which is democratic and
anti-fascist. Hence CPI (Maoist) vehemently opposes this divisive and communal approach
of the Indian and Bangladesh ruling classes to hide and divert the real
scenario of real issues of that country.
CPI (Maoist) condemns the dual stand of
the Indian state. The Indian Government openly said that the issue is internal
of that country but has received main culprit from the backdoor and provided
shelter to Sheik Hasina. Our Party demands to send back that dictator to
Bangladesh. Already many neighboring countries of India have developed strain
relations with the Indian government due to its expansionist and pro- US
imperialist polices. The inter-imperialist contradictions are intensifying in
this region to dominate it.
It is crystal clear that the role of
Indian government and the Soviet Social Imperialists in the 1960’s Bangla
liberation movement. The people did lot of sacrifices in it but could not
achieve real freedom and democracy with that movement. The present movement
reflects the broad masses aspirations for not only real freedom and democracy
but also against the loot and plunder of exploitative rule and their wishes to
come out from the clutches of all socio-economic-political problems. The dictator
Prime Minister panicked with unity of the people and the militancy and courage
of the all agitators of that movement and resigned from her post and hand over
the power to the Military and fled away to India. At the same time, the
military which has permitted a dictator to escape has come into the fore front
and took the power of the country. The movement did not accept the military
rule and demanded forcefully for a civil government.
The movement went to such a militant
level that the protesting masses burned down 450 police stations out of total
600 police stations in Bangladesh and seized the arms from those police
stations with Vikalpo Aami slogan. But the regime change is not the
ultimate solution for the people’s demands. Whether it is Awami League,
Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Jamiaat, all are the agents of the ruling
classes. The indications of the interim government of Noble laureate and who is
well known as a leech of the people, Mohammad Yunus, which was
brought in to power by the military is showing that it wants to stop the
movement and implement the imperialists policies in a new form.
The people of Bangladesh through
revolutionary movements, by smashing the old state machinery and by creating a
new people's state, they can take a breath a live of dignity and self-respect
and free from the loot and plunder of domestic and foreign enemies. Our Party
and the revolutionary masses of India and the world firmly believe that the
people of Bangladesh will not let the blood of their comrades go in vain.
Let us remember this by heart “What is
life but marching together shoulder to shoulder flying our flag, what is life
but a fist raised high in righteous resistance”. At the same time our Party is
fully confident that the real vanguard of proletarian of Bangladesh will be in
the forefront in this heroic movement to unite the broad masses in the
direction to build the new people's power.
So, our Party appeals to all the
working-class vanguard parties to unite against all the imperialist forces and
the Indian CBB and its expansionism especially in South Asia. It is the need of
the hour to unite the people and organizations and forces to fight against
Indian state expansionism, imperialism and reactionary ruling classes including
communal forces in South Asia for the establishment of real national
independence and sovereignty, genuine democracy and self- reliance, progress
and peace, fraternity and mutual cooperation in the South Asia which also serve
the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal movements and working class movements all
over the world. It is the need of the hour to be in front and lead all the
democratic and revolutionary movements in respective countries by the Maoist
Parties and forces in South Asia. Vikalpo Aami (We are the alternative), advance with this slogan, we are with you.
Abhay
Spokesperson
Central Committee
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