Volume 43 No. 2 Organ of the SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA September 1, 2009 Founder Editor-in-Chief : COMRADE SHIBDAS GHOSH Price : Rs. 2.00 Yashpal Committee — HRD Minister on education reform Cunning design to destroy people’s education for unfettered trade in education Outcry for a reform of responsibility of judging these new countries. Mortally afraid of Their policy turned out to be education system in the country has proposals and measures threadbare. revolution and the revolutionary curtailment of education, which once more taken the centre-stage. In a class-divided society as ours, class consciousness of people, the came out clearly, for instance, from On 24 June 2009 the Yashpal no policy of a government can be exploitative ruling class thus always the pronouncements of the first Committee or the ‘Committee to judged properly without considering wanted to keep people deprived of chairman of the University Grants Advise on Renovation and how it stands vis-a-vis the class education and knowledge. The Commission (UGC) when he Rejuvenation of Higher division and class alignment in the Indian capitalists also did not fail to declared “We want to restrict Education’(hereafter to be referred society, economic-political-social follow this same path. Right from higher education in order to as the Committee), formed by the conditions prevailing and the beginning of their own class rule, minimize the number of educated HRD ministry of the Union contradictions operating within it. In they took up such a policy on unemployed ”. government, submitted its final this case too, the report and the education which was driven by this As an inalienable part of the report. Immediately following it, package must be judged from that class motive that effectively crisis-ridden world capitalist- Kapil Sibal, the HRD Minister class angularity. curtailed education from common imperialist system, which had (hereafter to be referred as the poorer section of the masses, the brought about even two world wars, minister) announced a ‘do-it- in 100 Brief retrospection exploited people and gradually made the Indian capitalism, too, was days’ agenda for reform of higher Now, if we look back at the education a concern of only the rich. Contd. on page 2 education. The very next day, 25 Indian society in its present form, June, Sibal added that, not just higher we would find that the Indian SUCI declares 3rd September, 2009 as education, he would include school capitalist state and society were education too, in his 100 day established firmly when the Indian All-India Protest Day to oppose holding of package. In face of immediate capitalist class assumed power with stringent criticisms, the minister had independence from the rule of the WTO ministerial conference in New Delhi to retreat, denying his ‘doing it in 100 British imperialists. Right from that Comrade Nihar Mukherjee, General Secretary, SUCI, in course of a days’ commitment and assuring time, the ruling class took it upon statement issued on 29 August, 2009 vehemently protested against wider discussions. But the proposals itself to remould the existing reported hosting of ministerial conference of WTO in New Delhi on 3rd have not been withdrawn. In fact, education system according to their and 4 September, 2009. WTO, said Comrade Mukherjee, is a forum of with a view to garnering support in own class interest. History had the imperialists-capitalists to decide upon the brazenly anti-people favour of his proposals, the minister made them aware of the fact that economic policies in keeping with the ulterior prescripts of capitalist is already dashing across the education creates consciousness globalization which is wreaking havoc in people’s life throughout the world. country, holding ‘interactive among people, which in turn guides To the toiling people round the globe, WTO as the wicked face of sessions’ with selective audience of them to identify the root cause of wrecking globalization symbolizes increasing poverty, hunger, rising price, ‘stakeholders’, teachers, students, the plight in their life, to recognize retrenchment, closure of industries — in a word, a breeding centre of all- guardians etc., with a section of that it is the class rule and class round devastation. Hence, there is surging protest of the oppressed people media highlighting it. He is also exploitation that stands as the against the imperialist machination operative through WTO and angry announcing newer and newer stumbling block to the progress and demonstrations marked every venue of WTO conferences, added measures one after another. well being of the society and its Comrade Mukherjee. Perhaps for that reason, the Government of India Educating its people is a vital task people. And this is the very serving the class interest of the ruling Indian monopolists who are part before the state and its government consciousness that also leads and parcel of global imperialism-capitalism and of late are frantically and how they rise up to that task is people to take up revolutionary striving for fulfilling their aspiration to emerge as a regional superpower a matter of great concern to people struggle to overthrow the with the backing of US imperialism, has been so secretive in arranging themselves. The Committee report exploitative class rule and do away the proposed ministerial conference of WTO in the Indian capital so that and the minister’s package have with class exploitation. Soviet Union the entire initiative could be hidden from the seething toiling people of already caused grave concern accomplishing socialist revolution India, observed Comrade Mukherjee. Comrade Mukherjee called upon among people of all sections about under the leadership of the the people to observe 3 September, 2009 as “All India Protest Day” where these will lead education of communist party provided the latest through organization of massive demonstrations round the country the country to. So, education-loving glaring instance before the world demanding immediate calling off the proposed meet and quitting of WTO persons cannot avoid the and the ruling class of different by India. PAGE TWO SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 PROLETARIAN ERA Yashpal Committee — HRD Minister on education reform Curtailment of education for masses — basic design of capitalists Contd. from page 1 educated personnel for which the responsibility of parents to comprehensive design to facilitate enmeshed in insurmountable crisis. country could boast of, gradually provide for education of their implementation of the GATS Capitalist exploitation was leading became matters of the rich. children’; ‘students should pay directives in higher education. Thus to increasing impoverishment of vast With crisis of the capitalist- for the education they seek for’; all these attempts at educational masses of common people and to imperialist system still mounting all education should be ‘job-oriented’ reforms follow the same game-plan, market crisis; crisis of market was over the world, the capitalists- with close link with the market being promulgated and promoted by bringing about industrial recession; imperialists tried to pounce upon demand, vast masses of common the GATS. recession giving way to lock-out, newer and newer measures. students may be provided with Both the Committee and the closure of industries, retrenchment Debacle of the socialist camp in the vocational education to train them up minister offer a number of pledges, of workers, adding threateningly to eighties of the last century handed for market or job, and so on. All like setting up of National Literacy already mounting unemployment. over to them an added advantage the commissions and committees set Mission for female literacy, This was also generating and made them more aggressive. up by the union or different state enactment of Right of Children to tremendous social unrest, dissension There came the panacea of governments in the following years Free and Compulsory Education among people. Hence was the globalization-privatization- liberaliza- worked upon this central theme of Bill, Broadband connectivity for policy of curtailment of education tion, with a view to establishing a privatizing and commercializing 5000 colleges and university for the masses, the policy of total grip of the capitalists- education. In result, floodgates departments; government assistance restriction of higher education to imperialists and their corporates were opened for unbridled fee-hike to found polytechnics and new limit the number of educated over the entire global market. But at all stages of formal education, for NITs; hostels for girl students of unemployed. There was no dearth even this could not help them avert introduction of self-financing ‘weaker sections’ and ‘minorities’ of pleas. Making use of peoples’ industrial recession and market courses and institutions, thus making and direct crediting of scholarships genuine concern about fast-falling crisis. They looked for further a smooth way to private capitals. to the bank account of 41000 boys standard of education and its other escape routes and searched it out in Parallel to them, government and 41000 girls every year (without problems, there were slogans raised bringing the service sectors into the participation and grants were any indication what meager like “Our educational system is a firm grip of their profit-hunting reduced which, in turn, led to closure percentages of total needy student pyramid turned upside down; here spree. There came the GATS or of many institutions from resource- populations will these figures make) higher education gets undue the General Agreement on Trade in crunch, or to handing over of the etc., But the real intents lie emphasis with primary education of Services. sick educational institutions to elsewhere and need be read vast poorer masses left neglected”, private investors. Reform was thus critically and carefully. Along with “ Standard of education is going NPE ’86 sets in privatization equated with all-out privatisation- these, the Yashpal Committee down” “ so, only the best should go In India the National Policy on commercialisation of education. In punctuates its report with strong for the higher education” and so on. Education (NPE) 1986 was fact, this was the agenda of criticisms of the prevailing situation, Seats were curtailed in colleges and introduced at this stage under the globalization, as the GATS dictated with a view to generating the universities; cost of education was rule of Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress for unbridled open, that is, privatized argument and opinion that a total gradually increased with fee hike government at the Centre. It global trade in service sectors reform is essential and unavoidable. etc.; secondary course in schools marked a major break in the including education, to fetch For instance, it characterizes the was remodeled with introduction of approach towards education in our maximum profit. In effect, it drove situation as beset with Loss of higher secondary stage, thus country, basically remaining within education increasingly out of reach primacy of the universities… extending tenure of school education the same class design of of poorer section of students and erosion of their autonomy, ….. the from 10 years to 11 and later 12. ‘curtailment of education for the made it available to the rich in the isolation of universities from the This was at the cost of masses’, that is, of making main. real world outside and crass intermediate courses in colleges, education freely available to the commercialization.” So, it suggests effectively snatching away years affluent and restricting it from the Committee and minister that to overcome this situation, from the college, that is higher, poorer common section of the faithfully tread the path of knowledge must be seen in a holistic education. Budget allocation for student population. The NPE’86 privatization manner (vide. p12-3). The report education was reduced gradually. categorized education as a ‘unique Both the Yashpal Committee also laments: “The regulatory Whereas in the newly independent investment’, which was sure to report and the HRD Minister’s agencies have been unable to country, it was necessary to build fetch back desired profit, as people package faithfully follow the design. come to grips with the problems of new schools and colleges to meet would have to spend to their limits The minister made it clear that he capitation fee and unauthorized the increasing demand for them, to for decent and effective upbringing was set to implement annual fees mainly due to satisfy rising urge in people for of their children. So investment in recommendations of the National deficiencies in enforcement education, the ruling class did not go education was a respite for the Knowledge Commission (2006) and instruments, and partly due to for that. Rather, years after they capitalists- imperialists who had the Yashpal Committee (2009), also high-level reluctance to sort out virtually issued moratorium upon been facing globally intense incorporating recommendations of this problem. …. the quantum of founding new schools and colleges. industrial recession. On the other the NCERT (2005) on restructuring fees charged has no rational Along with that, instead of hand, it further robbed education of of school education. The Yashpal basis. (p.39) Thus “Changes in introducing a truly scientific, secular its social prestige-earning, noble Committee report admits having regulatory systems are required.” education, obscurantist, superstitious role as a ‘man-making, character- taken the cue from the NPE’86 (p.41) thoughts were allowed to creep into building process’, bringing in, and later policy formulations, as it the curriculum. The education instead, a vulgar commercial highlights “…the need for different Regulatory body on the plea of system that the doyens of Indian approach of the business and layers of institutions in the field corrective measure renaissance dreamt for not only corporate world. Ideas were of higher education, including Thus setting up a ground for remained unattained. It receded carefully floated and campaigned state-run, private and those placing the deceitful proposals, both further and further from the reach of that ‘government must be relieved established through public-private the Yashpal Committee and the common poorer section of people. of its responsibility of providing partnerships.” (p.34) The HRD minister opine that there is Neither the higher education, nor the education to its people’; ‘instead Committee report also takes the ample scope left for private primary education for them showed there should be public private NKC recommendations into investors. “During the past two any prospect. Education and the partnership’; ‘it is the duty and account, the NKC itself being a Contd. on page 7 PROLETARIAN ERA SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 PAGE THREE Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Memorial Day in States Fight individualism and acquire true communist values based on the invaluable teachings of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh to discharge the responsibility history has adjured us [As mentioned in the last issue of Proletarian era, we publish here in an Marxism-Leninism as guiding life his character has changed, he has abridged form the speech delivered by Comrade Provash Ghosh, Member, philosophy. His experience during attained a higher culture. Comrade Ghosh said that starting from the Central Committee and Secretary, West Bengal State Committee, SUCI, in the jail life was that those who preached Marxism, did not practise it in life. It culture of the highest level of meeting organized by the West Bengal State Committee, in Calcutta on 5 struck Comrade Shibdas Ghosh that humanism reflected in the August to observe 33rd Memorial Day of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, the great the leaders of the undivided CPI and renaissance and the swadeshi leader of the proletariat, along with news from other states.] the RSP, even a highly learned man movements, we gradually attained You all know that the Central achieve revolutionary objective. like M.N. Ray, failed despite all their proletarian culture, while conducting Committee under the leadership of When Comrade Ghosh understood learning, sufferings and sacrifices. the struggles of grasping the our beloved general secretary what was necessary to be done for Why did they fail? In searching for proletarian revolutionary theory and Comrade Nihar Mukherjee, is going revolution, for freeing the country the answer to this question, applying it in practice, dialectically to hold the Second Party Congress from exploitation, he plunged at once Comrade Ghosh arrived at the truth. integrating the two. He used to say in Delhi in November this year. Both into the all-out struggle along with a They failed because they viewed that one cannot become a in the national and international handful of revolutionary compatriots Marxism as a political theory only, proletarian revolutionary unless one spheres, capitalism is in the grip of to build up a genuine revolutionary not as a comprehensive philosophy assimilates and exhausts the highest an unprecedented crisis, which is party of the proletariat in this vast of life covering all the aspects – level of humanist values. So he being shifted on to the toiling country of ours without any economic, political, social, cultural, emphasized on assiduous cultivation masses. Against this, mass recognition, connections or contacts, philosophical, ideological and taste of the life struggle and characters of discontent is bursting out money or strength of numbers and liking and so could not conduct the respected leaders of our everywhere including the Western determined to die on the street if the struggle for identification with freedom movement, meticulously countries. But they are unable to the party, revolution and the read and imbibe the secular find the way out which can be proletariat by examining humanist values enshrined in the provided only by the noble ideology whether their conduct, literature of Saratchandra. Without of Marxism-Leninism-Shibdas habits, tastes and culture attaining proletarian culture, one Ghosh Thought. Revolutionary were in consonance cannot achieve correct Marxist organizations of many a country, with Marxism-Leninism, realization. desirous of learning about the conducive to revolutionary Pointing at another serious revolutionary teachings of Comrade movement. Without this, is it aspect, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh said Shibdas Ghosh, are contacting us. A possible to become worthy that bourgeois individualism has historic responsibility, therefore, disciples of Comrade appeared as a terrible danger not rests on our party. It is to make us Shibdas Ghosh and carry only in the advanced capitalist capable of discharging the forward revolutionary countries but also in post-revolution responsibilities that Comrade Nihar movement ? As worthy socialist Russia and China which, Mukherjee, our present beloved continuator of Marx-Engels- unless correctly thought out, would general secretary and able Lenin-Stalin-Mao Zedong, eat into the vitals of revolutionary revolutionary comrade-in-arms of Comrade Provash Ghosh addressing Comrade Shibdas Ghosh on movement from country to country Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, gave the need be, rather than leading the life the basis of the new scientific and destroy it. Lenin-Stalin-Mao call for two-fold internal struggles of a slave by selling his conscience, discoveries in the post-Lenin period Zedong did not have to face this inside the party, at first for forsaking what he had realized as applied Marxist science and danger while organizing revolution. rectification and elevation and truth for the cause of revolution. methodology to analyze all emerging They did not have to fight subsequently for revitalization and Braving all odds and overcoming all phenomena and problems of the reactionary individualism. So, consolidation of the party. Comrade hurdles, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh contemporary world and in the Comrade Ghosh taught that today, to Mukherjee has given a call to us to built up the party with irrepressible process developed, elaborated and attain true communist character, become worthy disciples of courage. Comrade Ghosh used to enriched Marxism-Leninism. This is those of higher rank, the leaders, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. Party say that we have taken up the what we call Comrade Shibdas would have to free themselves Congress is being held with that revolutionary life not just because Ghosh Thought. Comrade Ghosh totally from not only from personal objective. On the occasion of 5 we are hungry or unemployed but to said that unless the leaders and bulk property but from the sense and August in such situation, I wish to lead a loftier ethical life of higher of our party workers can grasp this mentality of individual interest as place before you some important culture and sense of values, to lead Marxist outlook and method of well and identify themselves with educational aspects of Comrade a dignified, honourable life without analysis, there will be no progress in revolution and the party. Otherwise, Ghosh’s life struggle and invaluable which living becomes meaningless. our work – blindness and it is not possible to lead the teachings which will help our It is because of this pinning for mechanical thinking are bound to revolution. This is an invaluable present struggle to succeed leading such an honourable life that arise. He taught us to integrate teaching of Comrade Ghosh. This is correctly. he joined the revolutionary theory and practice dialectically. In an important struggle in the life of all Comrade Ghosh has taught that organization Anushilan Samity applying theory, a contradiction of us. We must remain alert and honesty, dedication and emotion are during the fiery days of freedom arises between the theory and its conscious as to whether our of course needed but along with struggle. An important phase of his practice. It is only through resolving relationships with our family these, what is indispensable is life struggle had been the time he this contradiction that correct members, near relatives and constant all-out struggle covering all was in jail in 1942 when he realization of theory comes about. children are guided by conventional aspects of life along the correct acquired higher revolutionary That one has achieved correct thinking or as per the teachings of path, in the correct process to consciousness and embraced realization is proved by the fact that Contd. on page 4 PAGE FOUR SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 PROLETARIAN ERA Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Memorial Day Strengthen SUCI, ideologically, culturally, organizationally Contd. from page 3 relationship and through everything speaker. In her address, Comrade international situations in which our our great leader. Even inside the carry revolutionary politics and Mukherjee said that Comrade party is going to hold its Second party, one should respect as culture to the masses. Shibdas Ghosh joined the militant Congress in November next and comrade the person in whom one The society is plagued with all- freedom movement from his early explained the significance of the call finds fine higher culture and ethics, out crisis — economic, political, teens. Later it came to his for revitalization and consolidation revolutionary ideology reflecting, not social, ethical and cultural. The perception that despite the country given by Comrade Nihar Mukherjee because he or she is one’s husband, problems cannot be solved by any going to win freedom politically, the in this connection. She called upon wife, son, daughter, father or change of ministers, governments. people’s emancipation from all to take pledge to respond to the mother. Any assessment about any The whole system has become exploitation remained to be call by warding off all shortcomings, other comrade must not be based on rotten to the core, it has to be achieved. He realized that this faults, flaws and weaknesses and subjective reading but based on radically changed. The society is emancipation could come about only carry forward the movement for objective assessment by the party. restless, pinnng for emancipation. As on accomplishing anti-capitalist overthrowing capitalism by Otherwise one would slip into Comrade Ghosh said, revolution is socialist revolution, which was revolution. bourgeois individualism. trying to advance in surges centring impossible without a genuine A big problem within our party round the discontent of workers, communist party in the country. He Patna, Bihar is that our ideology is correct and peasants and exploiting masses showed that the CPI in spite of its Under the auspices of the Bihar noble, examples of proletarian again and again appealing to nomenclature, failed to develop as a State Committee of the party the culture are there before us but conscience of the people, to us, to genuine communist party. This 33rd memorial day was observed on decadent bourgeois culture from bring about a change. Should we not impelled Comrade Shibdas Ghosh to 5 August in Bihar at the IMA Hall, outside is attacking the leaders 1and respond? The coming days are of take up the historical task of building Patna. In the afternoon, with workers with great force. We are decisive importance. Revolution is up a real communist party on this Comrade Shivsankar, State passing through a time when ugly needed for putting an end to soil by braving an unheard of Secretary of the party on the chair, individualism has spread in the social capitalism. The ground for painstaking struggle with a handful the memorial meeting was held with environment, it is leaving its scars on revolution, its ammunitions are of revolutionary comrades-in-arm. Comrade Chhaya Mukherjee, our body and mind every moment, ready. What is lacking is a party From the very beginning, Comrade Central Staff of the party as the its influence is on the rise. In such a ideologically, ethically-culturally and Shibdas Ghosh while concretizing main speaker. She said, realizing situation, Comrade Ghosh cautioned, organizationally adequate for the Marxism-Leninism on this soil led that even after the independence unless you fight incessantly, your purpose. Correct ideology-ethics- along with his few compatriots a there was no genuine communist downfall will begin. How, unknown morality is there before the leaders relentless struggle covering all party in the country, Comrade to you, decadent rotten bourgeois and workers. What is needed is aspects of life and in the process Shibdas Ghosh through a painstaking culture is entering into you, leaders-workers struggling on its developed a vast treasurehouse of and arduous struggle with a few sometimes in the form of basis in greater numbers, in well- knowledge. Through this struggle of revolutionary compatriots despondency, sometimes in the form consolidated, well-disciplined, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, there established the SUCI as a of agitation, grievance or confusion, powerful organizations. Comrade emerged a band of professional revolutionary communist party worth sometimes through tears, sighs, Ghosh gave the clarion call to us to revolutionary leaders and cadres the name in India. Through this sentimental tiff of a beloved person plunge into all-out activities, to who could acquire a good struggle he enriched and concretized – you may not even be aware of it. exercise our brains, to create work communist character. After his Marxism-Leninism in this soil and Your entity, behaviour, emotion, joy for ourselves on own initiative untimely demise in 1976, Comrade bequeathed us both a concrete or sorrow, grievance or sentiment – whether the party assigns Nihar Mukherjee, his revolutionary revolutionary theory and a all have a class character. It is responsibility or not, and to build up compatriot, our present beloved revolutionary party in the concrete based on either bourgeois culture or the organization. Carry our politics General Secretary took up the baton situation in Indian soil. Comrade on proletarian culture. Unless the and culture to the people so that we to lead the party. Our party has now Chhaya Mukherjee said that country former are constantly fought out can rapidly change this situation. spread over 22 states of the country is now running through a grim with vigil, our strength may grow Today standing at this memorial and is striving to develop mass situation. Prices of daily necessities quantitatively but not qualitatively. meeting of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh movements on the burning problems are spiralling. Faced with Comrade Ghosh conducted life- we all have to take the pledge that in the people’s life. It is our party, widespread unemployment long struggle inside the party to bring we will struggle on. Responding to the SUCI, which initiated the historic thousands of people are committing this about. He showed that in order the call Comrade Nihar Mukherjee peasants’ movements at Singur and suicide. Both the central and state to fight individualistic tendency one has given to us, as representative of Nandigram by way of forming governments instead of solving the has to stay within the collective, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, from his people’s struggle committees. basic problems of the people’s life within the committee and sick bed we must see that this new Comrade Prativa Mukherjee also are conspiring to divert the understand through struggle and struggle of ours begins tomorrow. explained how in the process and sufferers’ attention to their own contradiction-conflict within the Long Live Revolution! interest of movement, there has created problems like ‘terrorism’ and collective what constitutes one’s Long Live SUCI! been an alliance of our party with the ilk. People have to see through individualistic thinking and conduct. Red Salute the Trinamool Congress. this game and tear assunder the Mere studying of books will not do. Comrade Shibdas Ghosh! She said, our party led by smokescreen. They have to build up A collective develops through Comrade Nihar Mukherjee called people’s movements under the dialectically integrating individual Agartala, Tripura upon to unite the communist parties leadership of a genuine revolutionary initiative and again, individual Presided over by Comrade Arun and anti-Imperialist forces of party built up with concrete initiative develops under the Bhowmik the Secretary, State different countries to fend off the revolutionary ideas so that there can leadership of the collective. He Organizing Committee of Tripura, a war situation created by the US-led be developed an anti-capitalist exhorted the leaders and workers to memorial meeting was held on 5 imperialists in the world. It was on socialist revolution. Then and then stay among the masses with deep August at Rabindra Bhavan of this call that an International Anti- only this can bring about love and affection for them, try to Agartala. Comrade Prativa imperialist Committee has been emancipation of the people from all understand their problems, their pain Mukherjee, Member, West Bengal formed. She also dwelt on the sorts of oppression and exploitation. and anguish, establish heart to heart State Secretariat was the main present critical national and Contd. on page 5 PROLETARIAN ERA SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 PAGE FIVE Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Memorial Day SUCI has emerged as torch-bearer of people’s movement Contd. from page 4 revolutionary life struggle of property mental complex too. In enthusiastic like the BJP and Three resolutions demanding Comrade Shibdas Ghosh.. today’s world situation when Congress, in protecting the class declaration of Bihar as drought- Comrade K Sridhar, Secretary, individualism has assumed an interest of the ruling capitalists by flood and famine affected state, State Organizing Committee, in his alarming proportion, this ought to be misleading working class movement condemning the central budget and address touched upon the various the hallmark of true revolutionaries in the country. Both ‘Left calling upon people to build up mass anti people policies pursued by state wedded to the task of leading anti- Buddhadeb’ and ‘Right Modi’ are movement against the anti-people and central governments. He capitalist revolution. Comrade Ghosh equally anti-people as both are policies of the central and state demanded the governments to take had further emphasized that serving the interests of Tatas and governments were unanimously measures to bring down the prices communist culture, which is based other monopolists. adopted in the meeting. The of essential commodities. on collectivism, is much higher and Those calling themselves as government announcement of nobler than humanism, which Maoists have without taking into evicting the poor toiling inhabitants Bangalore, Karnataka emerged centring round the call of cognizance the objective reality of Bahadurpur Housing Colony was Bangalore District Committee individual liberty, during the advent obtaining in our country today have, also strongly deplored. SUCI organized a Memorial Day of capitalism. Today, when instead of developing united mass meeting on 5 August at Gandhi capitalism has reached its moribund movements on the burning problems Rohtak, Haryana Sahitya Sangha Hall, Malleswaram. stage, is utterly crisis-ridden, of life are in fact hindering the On 5 August memorial day was Activists, supporters, sympathizers of humanism as a philosophy can no process of developing real class and centrally observed in Haryana at the the party and general public attended more guide people to identify truth mass struggles by taking recourse to Chhaturam Hall of Rohtak. The the meeting. Comrade. K. of life or lead him to achieve desired the adventurist path of arms and main Speaker of the meeting was Radhakrishna, Secretary, Karnataka emancipation. Only communism, the individual killings which are alien to Comrade Chhaya Mukherjee, State committee, SUCI was the main loftiest ideology based on science, Marxism and contrary to the Central Staff of the party. Comrade speaker. In his address, he said, can provide the correct guide to teachings of great Mao Zedong. Satyawan, Secretary, Haryana State “Comrade Shibdas Ghosh had been action, bring about desired social Rather they are providing handle to Committee, took the chair. one of the foremost Marxist thinkers progress. As Comrade Ghosh had the power that be to crush legitimate in the world. Realizing that the said, “Communism is humanism democratic mass movement on the Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh undivided CPI could not grow as a minus private property”. pretext of combating terrorism as is A public meeting was held on 9 genuine communist party, Comrade Revolutionaries today in order to being, of late, seen in Lalgarh in August 2009 at Potti Sriramulu Shibdas Ghosh at a very young age attain true communist character West Bengal. Telugu University Auditorium hall, way back in early forties, took up must free themselves from the Comrade Ghosh’s thoughts are Hyderabad. It was presided over by alongwith a handful of revolutionary private property mental complex by also rousing the true communists Comrade Ch. Murahari, member, compatriots the herculean task of conducting painstaking struggle round the world. The works of Hyderabad District Organizing building up SUCI as the only genuine covering all aspects of life in order Comrade Shibdas Ghosh are Committee communist party of India on the to successfully lead the masses in translated to many languages such Addressing the gathering Leninist model in order to their struggle for emancipation.. as Spanish, Russian and German Comrade K Radhakrishna, Secretary, accomplishing the task of bringing Several leaders in the history of drawing deep appreciation and Karnataka State Committee, said about anti-capitalist socialist communist movement who could not attraction to these noble ideas. The when communist movement was revolution in our country Today, free themselves from humanist World Anti-Imperialist and People’s plagued serious limitations, SUCI has emerged as the values became revisionists at a later Solidarity Forum, founded in 2007, weaknesses and very much torchbearer of peoples’ movements stage. Neither CPI nor CPI (M) with a very key role played by confusion, the thoughts of Comrade across the nation based on the could shape up as genuine SUCI, is drawing resistance groups Shibdas Ghosh worked as beacon thoughts of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. communist parties as they failed to and fighters from around the world light and illuminated the path of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh had grasp the essence of Marxism- with an estimated 65 countries revolutionary movement in India and emphasized that the leaders of a Leninism as could Comrade Ghosh participating in the last Anti- also the world communist movement. genuine communist party should be in course of conducting a correct Imperialist convention, was held at At every critical juncture of history completely free from not only revolutionary life struggle. So these Beirut.” SUCI is also actively of mankind, it is great thoughts of private property but from private pseudo-Marxists are equally establishing relations with various great men like Buddha, Jesus, and communist parties and revolutionary Mohammad, which had changed the Study class in Sikkim groups throughout the globe. society radically. It is the thought, Comrade M.N. Sriram, Member, which matters most in social On the occasion of 33rd Memorial Day of the Great Leader of the Karnataka State Committee, revolutions based on higher ethics Proletariat Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, a study class was also organized on presided over the meeting and and morals. Comrade Shibdas Ghosh 16 August, Lingee-Payong, South Sikkim. The discussion of the Study Comrades B. R. Manjunath and .H. made some new and definite Class was held on the book “Marxism and Development of Human G. Jayalakshmi, both Members, contributions which were not there Society” of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. Comrade Sadananda Bagal, Karnataka State Committee, were before to the treasurehouse of member, West Bengal State Committee, SUCI conducted the study class. present on the dias. The meeting Marxism-Leninism. These new At the beginning of the class Comrade Sandananda Bagal, Comrade began with the song on Comrade contributions are known as Comrade Sourav Mukherjee, General Secretary, AIDSO, Comrade Ramesh Shibdas Ghosh and concluded with Shibdas Ghosh’s thought. His Sharma, Comrade Hemant Dawarhi and otherspaid floral tributes to the rendering of the Internationale. contributions are particularly in the photograph of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. field of communist ethics and On the basis of the questions from the delegates the discussion Kollam, Kerala morality and the concept of started. Many of the delegates enthusiastically participated in the Kerala state committee of our identification with party to defeat discussion. Comrade Sourav Mukherjee discussedon some of the party organized Comrade Shibdas individualism which is the root cause questionsand finally Comrade Sadananda Bagal concluded the discussion. Ghosh memorial meeting on 5th of different varieties of revisionism He also discussed the significance of the historic 2nd Congress of SUCI, August at Public Library hall, Comrade Radhakrishna also dwelt on to be held in Delhi in the month of November this year. At the end of Kollam town. Comrade C. K. the many important and educating the study class a 12-member Lingee-Payong People’s Action Committee Lukose, State secretary, was the aspects of the unprecedented was formed. Contd. on page 6 PAGE SIX SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 PROLETARIAN ERA Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Memorial Day Intensify people's movement based on Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Thought Contd. from page 5 at Pratapgarh on 7 August. main speaker. Comrade A. Comrade V. N. Singh addressed Seminar in Bangladesh in memory of Jalaluddin, State secretariat member, here also as the main speaker. Comrades Frederick Engels and Shibdas Ghosh In his introductory speech, Comrade Comrade Pushpendra conducted the 5 August this year was the 114th and 33rd death anniversary of V. Venugopal, State secretariat meeting. Comrades Frederick Engels and Shibdas Ghosh respectively, the great member, pointed out that Comrade On 8 August a memorial leaders of the proletariat. On this occasion a seminar under the auspices Shibdas Ghosh thought has equipped meeting was held at the party office of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (BASAD) was held at the central us with the power of analyzing any at Kanpur under the presidentship of office of BASAD in Dhaka. Main speaker of the seminar complicated situation correctly and Comrade Rajbali, secretary, Kanpur Khalequzzaman, Convenor, BASAD said, interalia, on this occasion, scientifically. This has enabled us to district Organizing Committee where ‘‘Autocracy and despotism of the ruling bourgeois class, deepening crisis advance the cause of the proletariat Comrade Swapan Chatterjee, of capitalism will go on creating deeper crisis in people's life. Forced to nationally and internationally even in member, UP State Organizing bear the brunt of the crisis of capitalism people will frantically search for the period of setback of world Committee addressed as the main emancipation but until and unless they acquire correct class communist movement. speaker. The meeting was consciousness and correct and genuine revolutionary power of the people Comrade Lukose threw light conducted by Comrade Balendra capable of leading the class struggle in a right path is developed, people upon different aspects of the Katiar, member, district organizing would again and again fall prey to the deception of the bourgeoisie. To revolutionary life-struggle of committee of the party. get rid of it we have to carry the lessons of the great leaders of the Comrade Ghosh. He described the At Allahabad, the memorial proletariat Frederick Engels and Shibdas Ghosh among into the working challenges faced by the proletariat meeting was held on 9 August under class.’’ He further said, the history of 38 years of bourgeois rule in and other down-trodden people at the presidentship of Comrade S. K. Bangladesh proves it amply clear that without socialism neither the present stage of capitalist Mallabya. Comrade Swapan emancipation of the exploited people of Bangladesh nor any national globalization. The inherent Chatterje was the main speaker. development or progress is possible. contradiction of capitalism is once In Sultanpur district Comrade He urged upon the toiling people of the country to take active part in again exposed by the recent Shibdas Ghosh Memorial Day was anti-capitalist revolutionary struggle and anti-imperialist struggle against unprecedented global economic observed on 5 August at Kalikaganj imperialist aggression, loot, plunder and conspiracy, taking lessons from crisis. On the other hand, toiling with Comrade Jagannath Verma, the life struggles of the great leaders like Comrades Frederick Engels and people are rising in protest all over Sultanpur district secretary as the Shibdas Ghosh the world. ‘Nandigram’ has opened President. Comrades Jayprakash a new era of people’s struggle in our Mourya, member, Sultanpur district Comrade R.N. Verma garlanded the Marxist philosophy can take place country too. In Kerala also our party committee conducted the meeting. portrait of the great departed leader. only if one engages oneself in is actively engaged in organizing Comrade V.N. Singh was the main In the afternoon memorial meeting applying the same in one’s life successful people’s movements Speaker. He also conducted a study was held under the presidentship of covering every aspect of it. based on the illumining thoughts of class there in the evening. Comrade Bhabani Ghosh. Comrade Sagar Comrade Ghosh. Comrade Lukose In J. P. Nagar also a memorial Jagdish Barai, member, M.P. State Under the auspices of the Sagar concluded his speech calling upon all meeting was held on 9 August at Organizing Committee discussed the District Organizing Committee comrades to come forward whole- Kishangarh under the presidentship significance of observing the memorial meeting was observed at heartedly to make the historic of the J. P. Nagar district secretary memorial day of Comrade Shibdas the Chetna Adyan Kendra, Sagar on Second Congress of our beloved Comrade Vijay Pal Singh. Comrade Ghosh. 5 August. MP State Co-ordinator party a grand success. Gambhira Singh conducted the Bhopal Comrade Uma Prasad addressed meeting and Comrade Jagannath Memorial meeting was held on 8 the gathering as the main speaker UP Verma addressed as the main August at Rajdhani Shadi hall in and Comrade Ramavatar Sharma, In UP this year, the Memorial speaker. Bhopal. The meeting was presided Secretary, Sagar District Organizing Day was observed at different At Moradabad the memorial over by Comrade Uma Prasad, state Committee presided over. Comrade district head quarters. meeting was held on 8 August coordinator. Before the meeting, a Ashoke Kushrawa conducted the At Jaunpur the Day was presided over by labour leader well-decorated procession started meeting. observed on 9 August at the Comrade Islam Ali. Comrade Vijoy from the party office and reached Badlapur Norsingh Savaghar, Pal Singh conducted the meeting the venue of the meeting. While Mumbai, Maharashtra Comrade V. N. Singh, State and here also Comrade Jagannath Comrade Arun Singh, member, Bihar Death Anniversary of Comrade Secretary of UP addressed the Verma was the main speaker. state committee, was the main Frederick Engels and Shibdas Ghosh gathering as the main speaker and speaker. In his address Comrade was observed in Mumbai and on this Jaunpur District Secretary of the Madhya Pradesh Arun Singh, at the outset, focussed occasion a mass meeting was held party, Comrade Jagdish Chandra on the exemplary life struggle of at Tardeo Janata Centre of Mumbai Asthana took the chair. Comrade Jabalpur Comrade Shibdas Ghosh in building Central (West) on 7 August. Surendranath Mourya conducted the Memorial Day was observed at up SUCI as the genuine Communist Comrade Kumar Kulashrastha took meeting. Under the presidentship of Jabalpur on 5 August. In the party on the soil. In the light of the the chair and Comrade Umasankar Comrade Bhechan Ali, Pratapgarh morning Comrade Bhabani Ghosh Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Thought, Mourya conducted the meeting. district secretary, a memorial hoisted the red flag on the party Comrade Singh showed how the Along with the main speaker, meeting was held at the party office office at Kanchghar and veteran ruling bourgeoisie, is inciting and Dipankar Roy, member, West precipitating various divisive Bengal State Committee of the Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Memorial Day mentalities among the toiling people party Comrades Anil Kumar Tyagi, observed in Alipore and Dum Dum Central Jails to keep them disunited and fostering In-Charge, Mumbai and Jayaram 33rd death anniversary of the great leader of the proletariat Comrade all kinds of vulgar imperialist culture Vishwakarma, in-charge, Kanchivili Shibdas Ghosh was solemnly observed in Alipore and Dum Dum Central to break the moral backbone of the addressed the meeting. Party Jails in Calcutta on 5 August. In both the cases, inmates joined the youth so as prevent genuine workers and supporters from memorial meetings organized by incarcerated SUCI leaders and activists revolutionary movement to surge Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan and with great enthusiasm. forth. He also said that realization of Viwandi joined the meeting. PROLETARIAN ERA SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 PAGE SEVEN Yashpal Committee-HRD minister join the bandwagon of privatization Contd, from page 2 framework’ (p.35), including ‘reporting to the Parliament’ of the existing regulatory bodies decades,…there has been a rapid relaxation of regulatory measures, (p.56), as a ‘single body’ ‘which to control and impose expansion of the higher education even taxation laws and so on. treats all knowledge areas in an bureaucratic interferences in the system,... mainly through private From here, the Yashpal integrated manner’ (p.52-53) functioning of universities and investments,.... governments Committee evolves the idea of a “This body” will have a wide colleges. (p.56) Its “structure” started reducing their single regulatory body, National span of its jurisdiction. It “will serve “would not be top heavy and its investments.”(p.29) “.. absence of Council for Higher Education and as a think tank on higher role would be free of excessive any significant expansion in .... Research (NCHER), at the same education policy in the country, centralization of regulation of higher education by the State has time justifying its idea with the will provide a ‘vision’ to be universities and colleges”. created a space for the growth of admission that “The National reflected in a curriculum However, “The status of the private providers.”(p.32) However, Policy of Education (1986) and framework, will benchmark Chairperson of the commission the Committee feels “… investors the Plan of Action, 1992 universities, will compare with should be analogous to” the status and philanthropists… have been envisaged the establishment of a institutions globally, …. and will of none other than some of the top deterred by the .... rules and national apex body… in the evaluate the costs and price of bureaucrats of the country like “the regulations imposed on them by planning and development of education;” it will “ create Chief Election Commissioner and regulatory bodies” (p.32-3) There higher education system.”(p.54) appropriate norms, processes and that of the members should be “is too much inspection, It is also in line with the NKC structures for ensuring quality comparable to the Election interference and delay in their recommendation for an Independent and accrediting universities”, Commissioners.”(p.69) Are the dealings with State and Central Regulatory Authority for Higher “will look after the fitness of the Committee and the minister sure Governments”. At the same time, Education (IRAHE). The proposed people who wish to practice in that such high-powered body as the Committee admits ‘apex regulatory body’ will their respective NCHER will be immune to the “Mushrooming engineering and subsume ‘ the present regulating fields…conducting qualifying ‘deficiencies’ as ‘enforcement management colleges, … have bodies (for example: many exams for professionals in their instrument’ or to ‘reluctance to largely become mere business statutory agencies such as the All respective field”, thus controlling sort out problems’ which they entities dispensing very poor India Council of Technical also “the flows of professional in already identify as the cause of quality education. (p.35) So it adds Education (AICTE), Bar Council job market” and acting “a maladies? Rather, it is clear from all “It is also important that private of India (BCI), …. University regulator for educated these apparently contradictory initiatives in the field of higher Grants Commission (UGC)” and unemployed”. In summary, it will propositions that the real motive of education are not driven by the others) as well as Central and State do, regulate and control everything the move is to bring higher education sole motive of profit.” (p.35) In the universities and the Directorates of related to education and educational under a highly powerful bureaucratic prevailing situation, the Committee College and Technical Education of institutions. Conscious of the body with close links, if not directly holds that “Purely private each State taking over the powers tremendous power vested with this under, the Union government. Its initiatives require a credible vested with them. If required this apex regulatory body may invite purpose could only be to control corrective mechanism.”(p.34) and Council, NCHER, is to “be criticism, the report adds “NCHER education absolutely, so that the the remedial measure, it seeks in a established through a has not been visualised as a design of the ruling class may be ‘bar-less single window’ process for Constitutional amendment and be Czar”. Posing democratic, it adds given effect smoothly. both domestic and foreign investors, given a Constitutional status” that the NCHER “should move ‘modification in the legal being ‘fully accountable’ and away from the current tendencies [To be continued] PTTI students’ movement on the path of victory Of the heinous crimes lakh of rupees for imparting the conspiracy, a despicable deception certificates are straightaway out of committed by a state government training. The parents and guardians brewed, the fact the naive students reckoning for securing job in primary against the student community in this of middle class and poor families did and their guardians were ignorant of. schools. But the government is country of India, that perpetrated by not care for meeting the demanded This was unraveled in 2005 when unfazed. After fleecing the 76, 000 the CPI (M)-led Front Government amount, even if it required borrowing NCTE (National Council of students to the skin and helping their of West Bengal against seventy six at hefty interest or selling off their Teachers’ Education), a central cohorts plunder millions of rupees, the thousand hapless students of the scanty belongings, ornaments, lands government organization whose CPI(M) government is now washing Primary Teachers’ Training and properties. They took such risk approval is mandatory for setting up off their hands pleading ignorance. Institutes (PTTI), may surely claim with the only hope that after such institutes refused to recognize This way an ever-heard dark distinction from its enormity and obtaining a certificate from these 142 such Institutes of West Bengal injustice befell on these students from cruelty. institutes their children would be able on the ground of non-fulfillment of whom the CPI(M) leaders have These PTTIs began to be set up to secure jobs of primary school conditions regarding infrastructure, recovered around Rs 750 crores in by the CPI (M) leaders, their teachers and at least have a means facilities and other essential the process. The PTTI students underlings, friends and kith and kin of earning. In 2002, the state requirements. As a result, all the launched a prolonged movement including near relatives of the government announced in the state certificates issued by these against this by forming West Bengal ministers in the mid 1990s. These assembly that candidates having institutes so far were rendered PTTI Students’ Union using every institutes were approved by the state training at and certificate of an invalid and the students who forked accepted means of democratic government. Then this enormous approved Primary Teachers’ Training out huge money by almost becoming movement and knocked at every number of students desperately Institute would get preference in insolvent are now absolutely in dire door. But there was no response seeking a job to somehow make both appointment as primary teachers. straits. This landed this huge from either state or central ends meet was first induced to take Soon private-run and state number of students into utter governments who, if they so wanted, admission and undergo a teachers’ government-approved PTT Institutes bewilderment and despair. While the could easily sort out the issue by training course in these institutes started springing up in the state like future of around 42,000 pass-outs undertaking suitable mitigating alluring them with a series of mushrooms. In fact, out of 76,000 who got their certificates and measures. advertisements indulged in by the PTTI students, around 42,000 were appointments has become uncertain, The CPI(M) leaders have not state government. The owners of also appointed as primary teachers. 34,000 students who are yet to ended at that. The state Primary these institutes charged around a But behind the scene a heinous complete their courses and receive Contd. on page 8 Regd. No. 13932/67 Postal Regd. No. SSRM/KOL/RMS/WB/RNP-145/2007-09 P. R. (FGN) No. SSRM/KOL/RMS/WB/RNP-145/FGN-036/2007-09 PTTI students’ movement SUCI demands stay of proposed Contd. from page 7 Railways Minster, State Chief Tipaimukh Dam on the Barak River Education minister announced in the Minister, state Primary Education State Assembly on 29th June, 2009, minister and the state Governor in Manipur till resolution of all to everyone’s amazement, that the seeking their immediate intervention pertinent issues raised by various state government was going to and resolve the issue amicably. On recruit 58,000 primary teachers for this positive and arduous note of the quarters and complete agreement the state’s primary schools and the Governor coupled with the sincere PTTI students were not going to get request of the intellectuals, the between India and Bangladesh any priority in this recruitment participants ended their 14 days Opining on the reported move on the part of the Government of India schedule. The students could not hunger strike on 18th July in the to construct at Tipaimukh in Manipur a big dam on the Barak river on the accept this lying down, could not afternoon on taking vow to continue ostensible reason of setting up a 1500MW Hydro-electrical project and allow the conspirators and their the movement till victory is controlling flood, Comrade Nihar Mukherjee, General Secretary, SUCI, abettors go unchallenged. Left with achieved. in course of a statement issued on 29 August, 2009 said that serious no alternative but to intensify the Comrade Tarun Mandal, SUCI objections have been raised to the venture by the people of Manipur who struggle, which they vowed to carry MP raised the issue in the parliament fear deluge of vast area adjoining upper stream resulting in eviction of a out to the last, they resolved to go in and personally met HRD Minister large number of people as well as colossal loss of property and livelihood. for hunger strike unto death. Begun and Finance Minister with a request Objection is also being raised from members of the scientist community th since 5 July, 2009, at College to take humanitarian approach and in regard to scientific viability of installation of such big dams which, they Square, opposite Calcutta University, settle the matter in favour of the fear, may cause serious devastation in case of an earthquake above 8 on about 300 youths took part in this suffering PTTI students. He also the Richter scale. Serious objections are also being raised by the right strike. All the well-meaning people held a round of discussions with thinking people of Bangladesh. Apart from vulnerability to earthquake that of the state irrespective of their Union Railway Minister who has may devastate the areas including territories within Bangladesh, they also, political belief, many political parties, been sympathizing with the cause of in the backdrop of their horrid experience of serious damage having been students’ organizations, volunteer the PTTI students and solicited her caused to bio-diversity and scarcity of irrigation water due to building of organizations, doctors’ organizations, initiative to save 76,000 innocent the Farakka Barrage, have expressed serious apprehension about the many intellectuals and even the lives. Comrade Debaprosad Sarkar, construction of the Tipaimukh Dam as it too will cause decline in the flow Governor of the state stood by them leader of the SUCI in the State of water supply in rivers Surma and Kushiara, two branches of river expressing sympathy and solidarity Assembly, also drew the attention Barak flowing within Bangladesh, leading to similar disastrous to their cause. AIDSO has been of the government to this serious consequence like scarcity of water and thereby bringing about with the fighting PTTI students right issue. But, the devil would not listen catastrophe in the life of the Bangladesh people. from day one and threw its gauntlet to the scriptures. A massive Under the circumstances our Party, emphasized Comrade Mukherjee, behind the movement. The doctors procession of the PTTI students is of the strong opinion that the Government of India should not go ahead of Medical Service Centre, led by the eminent intellectuals with the project without addressing all the objections coming from extended their hands to this and cultural activists was taken out responsible quarters both within the country and outside. As the Surma th movement. On 13 July, eminent in Calcutta on 21 august last. and Kushiara, the two branches of Barak are flowing through Bangladesh members of the ‘Forum for Cultural Under pressure of movement, the and so falling in the category of international river, any decision to Activists and Intellectuals’ held a state government could not release construct dam or undertake such other activities centring around the river symbolic hunger strike for 12 hours the advertisement notifying Barak, we are of firm opinion, ought to be governed by the accepted at the same camp at College recruitment of primary teachers as international norms and conventions which stipulate that in undertaking Square in support of the striking planned. It is now understood that such a project, due respect must be shown to the rights and vital interest students. An appeal signed by the the central government is actively of the riparian countries and as such no unilateral move should be taken distinguished members of the examining an actionable proposal to on the part of any of these countries. Since international norms thus make ‘Forum for Cultural Activists and accede to the legitimate demand of it obligatory to obtain concurrence of the governments of all riparian Intellectuals’ was also sent out to the suffering PTTI students. If that countries, we strongly urge upon the Government of India not to proceed the Union HRD Minister with materializes, it will be significant further with the project and immediately suspend any operation, if already copies endorsed to the Prime victory of a just struggle for a right started, and not to resume any activity till all just and legitimate Minister, Finance Minister, cause. apprehensions of the people of Bangladesh are dispelled, a just agreement with the Government of Bangladesh is arrived at and all the issues raised SUCI demands Haryana be declared by the various quarters in the country are duly resolved. draught-affected Observe SUCI Haryana held a protest delegation led by Comrade demonstration in Rohtak on 25 Satyawan, Secretary, Haryana 3rd September, 2009 August, protesting steep rise in State Committee. In a meeting the prices of essential commodities state party leaders condemned and on statewide draught. Peasants Congress-led central and state All-India Protest Day and workers marched from governments for inaction and Choturam Park to Deputy demanded allout state-trading to oppose holding of Commissioner’s office and sat in a and adequate supply of all dharna. A memorandum addressed essential commodities at fair price, WTO ministerial conference to the Governor was submitted to declaring Haryana draught- the Deputy Commissioner by a affected. in New Delhi EDITOR-IN-CHIEF : NIHAR MUKHERJEE Edited & Published by Sukomal Dasgupta from 48 Lenin Sarani, Kolkata 700 013 and printed by him at Ganadabi Printers and Publishers Private Limited, 52B, Indian Mirror Street, Kolkata 700013. Phone : 2249-1828, 2265-3234 E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.suci.in