CHARU MAZUMDAR
From Liberation, July 1971—January 1972.
A he Indian government has entered into a military pact with Soviet social-imperialism.1 As a result, India has been turned into a satellite state of the Soviet social-imperialists. In collusion with the Soviet Union, the Indian government has attacked Pakistan, occupied East Pakistan and turned it into a neo-colony. As a result, the Soviet Union and India have been isolated from all the progressive forces of the world. Today, the ruling class is trying its best to create an atmosphere of chauvinism in India. All the parties in India are co-operating towards this end. The Soviet-Indian alliance has turned out to be the main enemy of the people of East Bengal. It is against the same enemy that the struggle in East Bengal and the struggle in India will be directed. As soon as the Indian government has assumed this aggressive character, it is imposing fresh burdens on the Indian masses. It has enforced the notorious D I Rules to destroy all opposition. Today, it cannot stand opposition of any kind. But the people of India will not passively accept this burden imposed on them. Resistance is sure to grow. Militarily, the Indian government is also sure to put pressure on other neighbouring countries, for this is the nature of chauvinism. The burden of exploitation will increase and a few people will reap the benefits— such a state of affairs cannot continue for long in today’s revolutionary situation. The broad masses of the people will be on our side in this struggle. In India and in East Bengal, there are revolutionary Parties. Therefore, the struggle is bound to enter a new phase. Temporarily, we may have to retreat in some places. But if the Party is there, the struggle will inevitably attain a higher phase. Our task is to intensify further the revolutionary struggle conducted by our Party comrades and to widely propagate this politics. Today, our comrades must go ahead firmly with this conviction that as a whole the situation is such that a revolutionary upsurge is bound to come.
December 20, 1971
