The CPI(M) was formed at the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of India held in Calcutta from October 31 to November 7, 1964. The CPI(M) was born in the struggle against revisionism and sectarianism in the communist movement at the international and national level, in order to defend the scientific and revolutionary tenets of Marxism-Leninism and its appropriate application in the concrete Indian conditions.
The CPI(M) has grown to 9,76,622 in 2007. The Party has sought to independently apply Marxism-Leninism to Indian conditions and to work out the strategy and tactics for a people's democratic revolution, which can transform the lives of the Indian people. The CPI(M) is engaged in bringing about this basic transformation by carrying out a programme to end imperialist, big bourgeois and landlord exploitation.
Source: http://cpim.org/ - Introduction
The working class and its parties have to equip themselves ideologically, politically and organisationally to wage a relentless struggle against imperialism and its exploitative order. The unity of the Left, democratic and progressive forces around the world must be forged to fight against imperialism and defeat the ruling classes who seek to sustain and perpetuate the present unjust global order. As a Party based on proletarian internationalism, the CPI(M) is committed to fight against imperialist hegemony and expresses solidarity with all the forces in the world who are fighting against the imperialist-driven economic order of globalisation and for peace, democracy and socialism.
3.14 The working class has borne the brunt of the heavy burdens imposed by the capitalists and the government. The real wages of the workers do not rise because of the ever-increasing prices. With the crisis in the industrial sphere becoming endemic, the workers face the onslaught of closures and retrenchment. The labour laws supposed to safeguard the rights of the workers are defective and even these are not enforced; violation of laws by the employers is the norm. The recognition of trade unions by secret ballot and the right of collective bargaining are denied. The offensive of liberalisation and privatisation has rendered lakhs of workers jobless without any social security to fall back upon. The deregulation of the labour market is demanded as part of the policy of liberalisation. Benefits and rights earned by workers through prolonged struggles are sought to be curtailed. Permanent jobs are being converted to contract or casual jobs. Working women get less wages and are the first to be retrenched. Child labour has increased and working children are subjected to the worst forms of exploitation. Outside the organised sector millions of workers get no protection from the labour laws and are deprived of even the minimum wages set by the government. The plight of the labouring men and women in the huge unorganised sector is one of drudgery. They work for a pittance for long hours, often in hazardous conditions with no social security. It is the unremitting labour and the exploitation of the working class which has provided the profits for the bourgeoisie, the big contractors and the multinational corporations.
Programmes in the field Industry and Labour
Take steps to eliminate Indian and foreign monopolies in different sectors of industry, finance, trade and services through suitable measures including State take-over of their assets.
Strengthen public sector industries through modernisation, democratisation, freeing from bureaucratic controls and corruption, fixing strict accountability, ensuring workers participation in management and making it competitive so that it can occupy commanding position in the economy.
Allow foreign direct investment in selected sectors for acquiring advanced technology and upgrading productive capacities. Regulate finance capital flows in the interests of the overall economy.
Assist the small and medium industries by providing them credit, raw materials at reasonable prices and by helping them in regard to marketing facilities.
Regulate and co-ordinate various sectors of the economy and the market in order to achieve balanced and planned economic development of the country. Regulate foreign trade.
Improve radically the living standards of workers by: a) fixing a living wage, b) progressive reduction of working hours; c) social insurance against every kind of disability and unemployment; d) provision of housing for workers; e) recognition of trade unions by secret ballot and their rights of collective bargaining as well as right to strike; and f) abolition of child labour.
Provide maximum relief from taxation to workers, peasants and artisans; introduce graded tax in agriculture, industry and trade; and effectively implement a price policy in the interest of the common people.
7.13 The working class and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while not for a moment losing sight of their basic aim of building the people's democratic front to achieve people's democratic revolution and the fact that they have to inevitably come into clash with the present Indian State led by the big bourgeoisie, do take cognisance of the contradictions and conflicts that exist between the Indian bourgeoisie including the big bourgeoisie and imperialism. Opening up the Indian economy to the unbridled and free entry of MNCs and foreign finance capital will intensify this contradiction. The Communist Party of India (Marxist), while carefully studying this phenomenon, shall strive to utilise every such difference, fissure, conflict and contradiction to isolate the imperialists and strengthen the people's struggle for democratic advance. The working class will not hesitate to lend its unstinted support to the government on all issues of world peace and anti-imperialism which are in the genuine interests of the nation, on all economic and political issues of conflict with imperialism, and on all issues which involve questions of strengthening our sovereignty and independent foreign policy.
7.14 Reactionary and counter-revolutionary trends have existed even after independence. They make use of the backwardness of the people based on the immense influence of feudal ideology. In recent decades, making use of the growing discontent against the Congress leading to its steady decline, they are making serious efforts to fill the void left by the Congress Party. The Bharatiya Janata Party is a reactionary party with a divisive and communal platform, the reactionary content of which is based on hatred against other religions, intolerance and ultra-nationalist chauvinism. The BJP is no ordinary bourgeois party as the fascistic Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh guides and dominates it. When the BJP is in power, the RSS gets access to the instruments of State power and the State machinery. The Hindutva ideology promotes revivalism and rejects the composite culture of India with the objective of establishing a Hindu rashtra. The spread of such a communal outlook leads to the growth of minority fundamentalism. This has serious consequences for the secular basis of the polity and poses a serious danger to the Left and democratic movement. Besides, a substantial section of big business and landlords, imperialism headed by the USA, is lending all-out support to the BJP.
7.18 The Communist Party of India (Marxist) strives to achieve the establishment of people's democracy and socialist transformation through peaceful means. By developing a powerful mass revolutionary movement, by combining parliamentary and extra parliamentary forms of struggle, the working class and its allies will try their utmost to overcome the resistance of the forces of reaction and to bring about these transformations through peaceful means. However, it needs always to be borne in mind that the ruling classes never relinquish their power voluntarily. They seek to defy the will of the people and seek to reverse it by lawlessness and violence. It is, therefore, necessary for the revolutionary forces to be vigilant and so orient their work that they can face up to all contingencies, to any twist and turn in the political life of the country.
Source: http://cpim.org/ Programme
The sites given in the references was accessed on 22.5.2009
My Comments
CPI(M) has around 10,00,000 members. According to me each member should be in touch with 50 households, which means at least 100 voters. This would mean 10 crore voters. But is CPI(M) getting 10 crores votes. It is not getting. Why? because its members are not going and meeting people on a planned basis.
In my 35 years of adult life, so far no CPI(M) party member contacted me. Even though I am an employee all my life that to an employee of government or public sector, the CPI(M) party members have not shown an interest in meeting me. Not only me, even many of the friends I know were never met by the party members. Of course, the blame is not on CPI(M) alone. It is the same with all political parties. Political parties have not given priority to contacting people on a regular basis.
http://kvssnrao-pss.blogspot.com/2009/05/members-of-political-party-what-should.html
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Showing posts with label political party. Show all posts
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Shivsena - Ideology
http://www.shivsena.org/
http://www.shivsena.org/LoksabhaVachannama.pdf
What is the ideology of Shivsena?
To be explored.
http://www.shivsena.org/LoksabhaVachannama.pdf
What is the ideology of Shivsena?
To be explored.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
BJP and Its Ideology -Is It Committed to It?
There are certain personality based parties and there are certain ideology based parties in India.
BJP and Left parties are considered as ideology based parties.
Lallu Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav have parties with socialist background but at the moment they are more personality based parties rather than ideology based parties.
What is the ideology of BJP?
BJP is a part of Sangh Parivar? Hence its ideology is based on ideology of RSS. What is the ideology of RSS?
RSS is engaged in making hindus socially conscious. According to it, Hindu society was defeated in military struggles because it did not understand the importance of social solidarity and cohesion. Hindu society is highly fragmented on the basis of sects and castes. Individual and family issues are getting the preference both for religious issues as well as for economic issues and society is not getting the attention it deserved from Hindus. RSS is trying to create a more cohesive hindu society. It also dreams of a very wealthy and prosperous India. BJP is a political organization within the outfits promoted by RSS persons has a role to play in accelerating the cohesion among Hindus.
On an ideological basis, social issues dominate BJP's policy. It has to take care of economic development of the country. But somehow, BJP governments in power are not able to do much in the area of furthering the social transformation. They are getting engulfed in economic issues and going on the path shown by congress party persons. BJP is losing vote share because of that. It is not able to take care of the aspirations of its support base.
Some parties have as their support base people who want some money and some distribution of liquor for some days to give votes. BJP's core support base is not built on money and liquor. But BJP is unable to fulfil the needs of its support base in terms of its ideology and probably some party candidates are trying the money and liquor route.
For instance, can any BJP state government claim significant increase in Sangh Parivar acvitiy in its state due to its being in power in the state?
Ideological parties cannot progress further if they are not promoting their ideology.
Today Hindustan Times carried an editorial article with the caption there is no Hindu Vote? Who is responsible for such a state of affairs? It is BJP. It is there to develop a Hindu Vote/ It is its mission? Has it failed?
BJP and Left parties are considered as ideology based parties.
Lallu Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav have parties with socialist background but at the moment they are more personality based parties rather than ideology based parties.
What is the ideology of BJP?
BJP is a part of Sangh Parivar? Hence its ideology is based on ideology of RSS. What is the ideology of RSS?
RSS is engaged in making hindus socially conscious. According to it, Hindu society was defeated in military struggles because it did not understand the importance of social solidarity and cohesion. Hindu society is highly fragmented on the basis of sects and castes. Individual and family issues are getting the preference both for religious issues as well as for economic issues and society is not getting the attention it deserved from Hindus. RSS is trying to create a more cohesive hindu society. It also dreams of a very wealthy and prosperous India. BJP is a political organization within the outfits promoted by RSS persons has a role to play in accelerating the cohesion among Hindus.
On an ideological basis, social issues dominate BJP's policy. It has to take care of economic development of the country. But somehow, BJP governments in power are not able to do much in the area of furthering the social transformation. They are getting engulfed in economic issues and going on the path shown by congress party persons. BJP is losing vote share because of that. It is not able to take care of the aspirations of its support base.
Some parties have as their support base people who want some money and some distribution of liquor for some days to give votes. BJP's core support base is not built on money and liquor. But BJP is unable to fulfil the needs of its support base in terms of its ideology and probably some party candidates are trying the money and liquor route.
For instance, can any BJP state government claim significant increase in Sangh Parivar acvitiy in its state due to its being in power in the state?
Ideological parties cannot progress further if they are not promoting their ideology.
Today Hindustan Times carried an editorial article with the caption there is no Hindu Vote? Who is responsible for such a state of affairs? It is BJP. It is there to develop a Hindu Vote/ It is its mission? Has it failed?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
BJP websites
http://bjpkarnataka.org/
http://www.saurashtrabjp.org/bjphistory.htm
Bharatiya Janata Party is today the most prominent member of the family of organisations known as the "Sangh Parivar". And RSS has always been dubbed "communal", "reactionary" and what not by its detractors. Sanghs of swayamsevaks have of course always shaken off that criticism like so much water off a duck's back. They have never had any doubt that the organisation is wedded to national unity, national integrity, national identity and national strength through individual character and national character.
http://www.saurashtrabjp.org/bjphistory.htm
http://www.saurashtrabjp.org/bjphistory.htm
Bharatiya Janata Party is today the most prominent member of the family of organisations known as the "Sangh Parivar". And RSS has always been dubbed "communal", "reactionary" and what not by its detractors. Sanghs of swayamsevaks have of course always shaken off that criticism like so much water off a duck's back. They have never had any doubt that the organisation is wedded to national unity, national integrity, national identity and national strength through individual character and national character.
http://www.saurashtrabjp.org/bjphistory.htm
Is Left Irrelevant Now?
I think left parties are relevant.
But they are not sticking to their core ideology.
Their core ideology could be ushering in communism or socialism.
In a democratic setup their ideology could be promoting public sector as an economic agent and supporting working class in defending their rights as well as to create political leadership from working classes.
Are the left parties doing these things successfully? One comes across very rarely in the media any success stories of left parties in the area of public sector.
Even in the area of supporting woring class, the left is inactive nowadays. Have left promoted political leadership in working classes recently. Once again it is difficult to find examples in every day news.
What is left doing? It is into manipulative politics with congress and caste based parties. It will be good for the society if left focuses on its ideology.
Even BJP has the same problem.In stead of politics that promote its ideology it is promoting personality based strategies. The isse is not whether Advani became a prime minister or not? The issue is how far the ideology of the party was promoted? Have they lost an opportunity to promote their ideology? Have they used their last term in the office to promote their ideology?
But they are not sticking to their core ideology.
Their core ideology could be ushering in communism or socialism.
In a democratic setup their ideology could be promoting public sector as an economic agent and supporting working class in defending their rights as well as to create political leadership from working classes.
Are the left parties doing these things successfully? One comes across very rarely in the media any success stories of left parties in the area of public sector.
Even in the area of supporting woring class, the left is inactive nowadays. Have left promoted political leadership in working classes recently. Once again it is difficult to find examples in every day news.
What is left doing? It is into manipulative politics with congress and caste based parties. It will be good for the society if left focuses on its ideology.
Even BJP has the same problem.In stead of politics that promote its ideology it is promoting personality based strategies. The isse is not whether Advani became a prime minister or not? The issue is how far the ideology of the party was promoted? Have they lost an opportunity to promote their ideology? Have they used their last term in the office to promote their ideology?
Friday, January 23, 2009
Emphasize Representing People
Politician at any level in a democracy is a representative of the opinion of people. Both political party members and elected representatives need to have systems in place to accumulate public opinion within their constituency.
Unfortunately such systems are not visible.
There is more emphasis in media as well as in party and government affairs on the leadership and authority and the role of representing people is almost forgotten.
There is a need to emphasize representing people in democratic systems.
Unfortunately such systems are not visible.
There is more emphasis in media as well as in party and government affairs on the leadership and authority and the role of representing people is almost forgotten.
There is a need to emphasize representing people in democratic systems.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Mass contact by political parties
An active worker of a political party can contact easily 50 persons, who could be their potential supporters at their house every year. Around 2000 members will be required at a parliamentary constituency level to meet 1,00,000 persons. But no political party seems to be practicing this mass contact. Why?
Sunday, August 19, 2007
TDP
Vision - I have a dream... For a better tomorrow
A little over five years ago, when i took over the reins of the government, I started off with a mission - to make Andhra Pradesh the foremost State in the country in terms of growth, equity, and quality of life.
My Vision is that Andhra Pradesh should be a State where poverty is totally eradicated; that every man, women and child has access not just to basic minimum needs, but to all the opportunities to lead an happy and fulfilling life; and that we must emerge as a knowledge and learning-based society build on the values of hard work, honesty, discipline and a collective sense of purpose.
-N.Chandrababu Naidu
A little over five years ago, when i took over the reins of the government, I started off with a mission - to make Andhra Pradesh the foremost State in the country in terms of growth, equity, and quality of life.
My Vision is that Andhra Pradesh should be a State where poverty is totally eradicated; that every man, women and child has access not just to basic minimum needs, but to all the opportunities to lead an happy and fulfilling life; and that we must emerge as a knowledge and learning-based society build on the values of hard work, honesty, discipline and a collective sense of purpose.
-N.Chandrababu Naidu
Friday, August 17, 2007
Political Party - Profile - Congress
Web site: http://www.aicc.org.in/
Mission: To build that society which combines compassion with competence, equity with excellence."
Smt. Sonia Gandhi
Source: http://www.aicc.org.in/home.php accessed on 19-8-2007
Objective
Vision
Goals
Current Strategy
UPA Common Minimum Program: http://www.aicc.org.in/common-minimum-programme.php
The UPA government supported by the Left Parties will have six basic principles for governance.
Ø to preserve, protect and promote social harmony and to enforce the law without fear or favour to deal with all obscurantist and fundamentalist elements who seek' to disturb social amity and peace.
Ø to ensure that the economy grows at least 7-8% per year in a sustained manner over a decade and more and in a manner that generates employment so that each family is assured of a safe and viable livelihood.
Ø to enhance the welfare and well-being of farmers, farm labour and workers, particularly those in the unorganized sector and assure a secure future for their families in every respect.
Ø to fully empower women politically, educationally, economically and legally.
Ø to provide for full equality of opportunity, particularly in education and employment for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs and religious minorities.
Ø to unleash the creative energies of our entrepreneurs, businessmen, scientists, engineers and all other professionals and productive forces of society.
Current Tactics
Current Slogans
SWOT Analysis
Stregths
1. The image of party that brought independence to the country.
2. The image of part that was lead by Tilak, Gokhale, Mahatma Gandhi, and Nehru
Weaknesses
1.One does not see a major social purpose in Congress party. One sees only efforts to stick to power and hand over the power to the family members.
2.It played divisive politics for a very long time.
Opportunities
Threats
1. Bahujan Samaj Party: Its strategy of bringing together upper castes and lower castes.
Mission: To build that society which combines compassion with competence, equity with excellence."
Smt. Sonia Gandhi
Source: http://www.aicc.org.in/home.php accessed on 19-8-2007
Objective
Vision
Goals
Current Strategy
UPA Common Minimum Program: http://www.aicc.org.in/common-minimum-programme.php
The UPA government supported by the Left Parties will have six basic principles for governance.
Ø to preserve, protect and promote social harmony and to enforce the law without fear or favour to deal with all obscurantist and fundamentalist elements who seek' to disturb social amity and peace.
Ø to ensure that the economy grows at least 7-8% per year in a sustained manner over a decade and more and in a manner that generates employment so that each family is assured of a safe and viable livelihood.
Ø to enhance the welfare and well-being of farmers, farm labour and workers, particularly those in the unorganized sector and assure a secure future for their families in every respect.
Ø to fully empower women politically, educationally, economically and legally.
Ø to provide for full equality of opportunity, particularly in education and employment for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs and religious minorities.
Ø to unleash the creative energies of our entrepreneurs, businessmen, scientists, engineers and all other professionals and productive forces of society.
Current Tactics
Current Slogans
SWOT Analysis
Stregths
1. The image of party that brought independence to the country.
2. The image of part that was lead by Tilak, Gokhale, Mahatma Gandhi, and Nehru
Weaknesses
1.One does not see a major social purpose in Congress party. One sees only efforts to stick to power and hand over the power to the family members.
2.It played divisive politics for a very long time.
Opportunities
Threats
1. Bahujan Samaj Party: Its strategy of bringing together upper castes and lower castes.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Sarvajana Hitaya, Sarvajana Sukhaya
A great brand message for a political party at the moment in India when many parties including Congess are trying to play group identity politics.Appreciation to Ms. Mayawati and her party men.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
BSP win in UP - Good for the country
Friday, May 11, 2007
BSP win in UP - Good for the country
Good for the country
by KVSS Rao on May 11, 2007 01:38 PM
It is good for country's unity and democracy that a party with the name Bahujan Samaj Party came to power on its own in the most populous state in India, when it genuinely included all sections of the society in its agenda and party. This will motivate more people, who are underdogs today, to put in efforts to come on top some day.
Narayana Rao KVSS
(Comment on Rediff.com)
This is a post from www.kvssnrao.blogspot.com
BSP win in UP - Good for the country
Good for the country
by KVSS Rao on May 11, 2007 01:38 PM
It is good for country's unity and democracy that a party with the name Bahujan Samaj Party came to power on its own in the most populous state in India, when it genuinely included all sections of the society in its agenda and party. This will motivate more people, who are underdogs today, to put in efforts to come on top some day.
Narayana Rao KVSS
(Comment on Rediff.com)
This is a post from www.kvssnrao.blogspot.com
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