Mr Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, general secretary, Marxist Communist Party of India (MCPI) who was once a close associate of Mr Harkishen Singh Surjeet, CPM leader, told The Tribune today that the central committee of the MCPI which met in Hyderabad last month invited the leaders of the two breakaway groups of the CPM and held discussions with them regarding their participation in the MCPI. There is another group in Bengal which is headed by Mr Hardan Roy, a trade union leader of CPM, who has also revolted against the leadership of the CPM and was likely to join them soon.
According to Mr Lyallpuri, it emerged in the meeting that the present CPM leadership had betrayed the revolutionary programme of 1964 because of which there was a split in the Communist Party and two parties were formed. It was felt that the CPM had become a tail of the ruling party and was supporting the globalisation.
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Mr Lyallpuri disclosed that the MCPI leadership offered responsible positions to leaders of these groups and a seven-member committee was formed to further carry forward this programme. The committee would include two representatives each of Pasla and Cherian groups and three from the MCPI with Mr Lyallpuri as the convener.
Mr Lyallpuri said the MCPI, which was formed 15 years ago was already well established in seven states, including Punjab, Rajasthan, UP, Bengal, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.
Mr Lyallpuri said they were also having a dialogue with the Naxalite groups. But the Naxalites had not given up the sectarian path and individual terrorism and because of this reason they were divided. However, they would continue the dialogue with the Naxalite groups.
Assailing the CPM leadership, Mr Lyallpuri said the present Congress Government was functioning only because of the support of the CPM. The Congress Government was inviting foreign investments hurriedly and ‘the daily protests by the CPM were just a fraud’.
Mr Tarsem Jodhan of the Pasla faction who attended the meeting in Hyderabad disclosed that the Left groups had formed a national platform of mass organisations (NPMO) at the national level to intensify the class struggle. Similarly a joint platform of mass organisations had been formed in Punjab to mobilise the people against the anti-people policies of the Government. On February 8, they held a mass demonstration at Chandigarh to press the demands of the kisans and the state government employees.
It may be mentioned here that Mr Tarsem Jodhan, who was elected MLA from Kila Raipur on the CPM ticket in 1992 was ousted from the party and then Mr Mangat Ram Pasla, state secretary was thrown out after two years. They have formed a separate party known as CPM, Punjab.
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The Tribune
Monday, February 14, 2005, Chandigarh, India
