Author: Mayank Jain
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Did you miss the real image?
"Religion has not created any Pol Pot,
Joseph Stalin or Anwar Hoja,they were produced in the 'kitchen' of communism.The
CPI(M) has beenintolerant even to their left allies. CPI (M) is the most intolerantpolitical
party in the country."(Pioneer, Aug 1, 2006, p.p. 4)
No! No!this is not the RSS/ VHP or the Hindutva
brigade speaking. These are the words of C. Dawood, Committee Member, Students
Islamic Organisation, which appeared in 'Madhyamam' of the Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind.
Having thrown a fit, soon after Jagmohan Dalmiya's
victory in the Cricket Association of Bengal elections, Budhdhadeb Babu lost
his composure. He bared his fangs dripping wet with the blood of democracy
and proclaimed: "Victory of evil over good .It is an evil empire and
the fight will continue till it is demolished".
The mask of tolerance, humanism and democracy
slipped off Buddhdhadeb's face and one could unmistakably see the reality
-- the image of a dictator thrashing democratic values violently. The heavy
artillery fire by Jyoti Basu and his cohorts on Budhdhadeb is a desperate
political move to put the mask back on CPI (M)'s face. Too little; too late.
The world already knows about their hidden agenda.
Following the footsteps of China, Budhdhadeb
yearns for a free market and the ensuing rapid economic growth. But make no
mistake:Economic freedom has not resulted in political freedom in China. China
remains communist not because of her economy but as a consequence of being
anti-democratic, totalitarian and dictatorial. Budhdhadeb's dictatorial streak,
so visible in his diatribe against Dalmiya, reminds us that he remains a communist
very much in the Chinese mould.
As a rule sugarcoating a language soaked in
deception has always been the hallmark of a communist; Budhdhadeb, the exception,
should be complimented for being straightforward and frank.Vimal Prasad Jain,
my grandfather and a close associate of MN Roy, used to warn me about communist
jargon and its misleading implications. I still remember some of his examples:Words
like "people's" and "democratic" in the names of communist
states like 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea', 'People's Republic of
China', 'German Democratic Republic' etc. were deliberately embedded to hide
the ugliness of the 'evil empires'. The states were neither democratic nor
people friendly. He gave me a formula: wherever you find the word 'people'
in communist literature it actually means 'anti-people'. To dive deep into
the mind of a communist these formulae proved to be handy
With a "People's" mask on the face,
a 'human rights campaign' is always on the cards for a die hard communist.
It is another matter that this campaign eventually gets focused on the plight
of terrorists. In April, 2006, the Kerala CPI(M) was found hobnobbing with
Abdul Nasser Mahdani, key accused in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts that
killed 58 people and left several more injured. "The CPM sent TK Hamsa,
its MP from Manjheri, on a supposedly discreet mission to Coimbatore to get
Mahdani to make his outfit, the People's Democratic Party, openly pitch for
the Left in the Assembly polls" (Indian Express, July 25, 2006). Indian
Express quoted Hamsa saying that: "I went on my own because his human
rights were being seriously violated; I wanted to express my sympathies."
T.K. Hamsa, the Kerala CPI(M) leader is ably
supported by his own Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan. The CM pleaded for
Ayurvedic treatment of Mahdani languishing in prison for 8 long years. The
CPI(M) leader was moved by the fact that the main accused of the Coimbatore
blasts had lost 50 kgs of weight in the prison -- from a handsome 104 kgs
in 1998 he was hardly 54 kgs. today. Undoubtedly, the commitment of the communists
towards human rights is beyond compare.
Minority rights have been on the topmost agenda
of Indian communists. Therefore, in Gujarat they have used their 'five star
activists' to launch an untiring campaign against Narendra Modi and his government.
But sitting in West Bengal, the communists have to just give a slight tilt
to their neck to see the ongoing genocide of minorities in Bangladesh. Between
1941 and 1991 20 million Hindus went missing from Bangladesh. As many as 475
Hindus are disappearing everyday from the soil of Bangladesh since 1974. On
this issue there has not been one word from any Indian communist at any time
- not on any occasion. So much for minority rights.
Now about poverty alleviation. The leftist
economist of the Delhi School of Economics, Prof. Raj Krishna, had coined
a term - 'Hindu rate of growth'. This was a term used to denigrate the Hindus
for a low economic growth rate. The Hindus were sought to be blamed for the
Soviet model of economy being followed in the Nehruvian era. It should have
been more appropriately called the 'Soviet rate of growth' or the 'Communist
rate of growth'. Do you want to see the 'Hindu rate of growth? Go to Gujarat.It
touches 8.2%. In addition, Gujarat keeps its number one position amongst all
Indian states in implementing the pro-poor 20-point programme. Experts believe
that the tiger growth of Gujarat's economy is helping in reducing poverty
like never before.
To continue its war against poverty, Gujarat
needswater. More availability of water means less requirement of power. For
water, Gujarat needs Narmada.The biggest roadblock were the leftist 'Five
star activists' who would not allow the green revolution to happen in the
parched land of Gujarat. Then, fortunately, the Supreme Court asked them to
shut up. What is leftism all about? Reducing poverty? Doubtful. Look at the
Naxalites. How they continue to stop all development projects -- roads, rails
and industries -- by kidnapping, murder and ransom.
'India's political parlance' has become so
grossly perverted that the communists - who hate democratic norms and have
a natural dictatorial streak -- get fashioned as outstanding humanists. By
hiding behind a deceptive smokescreen, the communist intellectuals along with
their 'five star activists' have succeeded in becoming the ultimate torch
bearers of democracy and freedom in India. They must be exposed for what they
really are.
Mayank Jain is a TV Journalist and documentary
maker.
