MARXIST LENINIST PARTY OF INDIA (RED FLAG)
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Cochin, 26th March 2023
FIGHT THE FASCIST ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY
AND THE RIGHT TO
PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATION:
Repeal disqualification;
Reinstate Rahul Gandhi as member of parliament.
The unusually hasty action to disqualify Rahul Gandhi from his elected post of the member of parliament in Lok Sabha from Wayanad constituency, citing a suspended sentence of conviction on charge of defamation to be its reason, betrays the nefarious intent of the Modi regime to stifle dissent, difference of opinion and all means of protest.
This is the express example of the Modi regime's fear about opposition's protest against its corrupt abetment of corporate capitalist fetishes like that of Adani. The constitutional provisions and institutions such as the houses of parliament and judicial verdicts are turned against the very democratic content that is meant to be protected by such institutions, by way of subversion of the goal and course of punitive action; victimising whistle blowers. This crooked act is a true seal of Fascist end and process repeatedly embodied in history. Now it spreads in our nation to destroy even the roots of democracy.
This has to be fought by all democratic forces in unison, in pitched and protracted battle, closing ranks, cutting all other differences and forging Anti Fascist unity in conscience, in actions and in united frontal organisation. The Left and democratic forces should champion this immediate cause by aligning with democratic and secular forces without reservations.
We condemn the culling of the core democratic essence by disqualifying Rahul Gandhi from his membership in parliament and demand immediate repealing of the said action.
We call upon all quarters of anti-fascist urge and duty to spring to action working hand in hand at national level, in the states, in cities and villages alike, on every street for, we can not afford the death of democracy and the republic that will push the populace into the dark dungeons of history.
This is the hour for us to hold on to the will to march ahead to defend democracy and our republic, holding the banner of our great valiant martyrs.
MS Jayakumar
General Secretary