On the occasion of the inauguration of 10th state conference of the Bihar unit of CPI(ML), a ‘Samajik Parivartan Jan Sammelan’ (people’s convention for social change) was organized on 19 September in Sasaram. The convention was addressed by CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary of the Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Mahasabha, Rajaram Singh, General Secretary of AIPWA, Meena Tiwari and other leaders.
Addressing the convention, Com. Dipankar said that prior to the coming for the conference the ‘Samaajik Parivartan Yatra’ taken out in entire Bihar has worked to carry this message to the villages that the echo of the revolutionary struggles being fought in Bihar are also being heard in Gujarat. The entire country needs liberation from forces like BJP and in Bihar where the government was formed in the name of opposing BJP, the same Nitish government is also consistently oppressing Dalits and the poor. No good of Dalits and poor can come from even a government like the one in Bihar today. The BJP and the sangh brigade are pushing the entire country towards the path of slavery. In economic and international fronts, this government is tailing the USA. It is forming laws like GST and entering military deals by trading the country’s sovereignty. On the other hand, within the country, it is trying to impose a new series of social slavery on Dalits and minorities. Brutal atrocities are being unleashed on them and we must strengthen the struggle for change against this. He also said that where on one hand those like RJD leaders Shahabuddin who is considered a synonym for terror and crime, are being released on jail, on the other hand, leaders of people’s struggles like the MLA from our party Com. Satyadev Ram and the RYA national president Com. Amarjeet Kushwaha are still being kept in jail on false charges. The release of Shahabuddin is only a continuation in the series of acquittals by Patna High Courts of the killers in Bathe-Bathani-Mianpur. Shahabuddin is openly claiming today that it was only with an aim to end forces like the CPI(ML) that he took the side of the feudal forces. Bail of such people must be immediately revoked.
Com. Dipankar said that the oppression is continuing in Kashmir and pellet guns are being used to kill innocent Kashmiris. This conference demands that instead of military action on the people of Kashmir, the government must take steps towards a political resolution and take forward the process of serious deliberations on the same. On one hand the government claims military strength and yet it is unable to provide security to the army jawans. He said that this was the 50th year of the Naxalbari movement. It is only by walking on the path of Dalit liberation that Naxalbari had shown that a complete social transformation is possible.
Meena Tiwari in her speech said that at a time when the Nitish government is harping on the liquor ban implemented in the state, we must recall that it is here, on the land of Sasaram that our party leader Com. Bhaiyaram Yadav gave his life while taking on the liquor mafia. Which liquor ban is Nitish Kumar talking about given that liquor factories are still operating in Bihar. Dr. P.N.P. Pal said that the stream of Dalit movement that has been going on in Bihar is today illuminating the entire country. The unity between the left and Ambedkarites is an extremely welcome step.
Rajaram Singh said that from the murders of Dalit CPI(ML) leaders Com. Mahesh Ram, Com. Rampravesh Ram and Com. Garo Paswan by BJP supporting feudal forces in Begusarai to the incidents like urinating in the mouth of Dalit youths in Paru in Muzaffarpur, these show the surrender of Nitish government in front of lumpen feudal forces. Com. Rameshwar Prasad said that the Nitish government’s claims of social justice stand exposed in the light of brutal oppression unleashed on students demanding scholarships for Dalit and poor students and the steps like stay on reservation in promotions in government jobs. He emphasized on the urgent need to strengthen the struggle against feudal-communal BJP-Sangh forces and also against the anti-social justice of Nitish-Lalu government that has insulted the mandate it received in 2015 elections.
