India has celebrated its 77th Independence Day. India’s Independence from the British Empire was an epic making event in the last twentieth century, of course, after the Great Russian Revolution of 1917. The glorious India’s freedom struggle, that dealt a deathly blow to the mightiest imperial power then- the British Empire, during its heroic fighting with colonial masters had also intensely debated about the form of government best suited to free India. here was a consensus then on the parliamentary system with cabinet form of government that is accountable to the people through the Parliament.
Accordingly the Constituent Assembly had adopted this republican Constitution. We are going to celebrate the 75th year of our Republic Day on next 26th January, 2023. Now an ultra rightist-neo fascistic force is ruling the country that had no role at all in the freedom struggle and thus they won’t accept the secular democratic Constitution. Moreover, as the state is the instrument of class rule in the pursuit of capitalist development, they want to circumvent, if not demolish, all organs of the state- Legislature, Executive and Judiciary to the tune of present neo-liberal and neo-fascist conjuncture in all possible way. This tendency has posed a great challenge to the democracy and in turn to the democratic movement.
In fact the bourgeoisie and its landlord allies are a small minority in the whole country compared to
the working class, the peasantry and the middle classes, over whom they rule and whom they exploit by virtue of their ownership of land, capital and all means of production.
In our long protracted battle to defend the democratic secular constitution so as to advance the
class struggle we have to rally the broad sections of working people – peasantry, rural artisans, petty
producers along with middle class by championing their demands for securing a peoples alternative. Such
possibility is on the horizon with successful conclusion of historic National Convention of Workers and Peasants organized by the ten Central Trade Unions and Samyukta Kisan Morcha- the umbrella organizations of hundreds of Kisan Unions.
Capitalist State power and its governments even when elected by a majority vote in the parliamentary
system of democracy, represent in their political and economic essence the power of the minority.
As the Indian State is the organ of the class rule of the bourgeoisie and landlords led by the big
bourgeoisie, who are increasingly collaborating with foreign finance capital in pursuit of the capitalist path of development. As such all organs of state would be at the service present corporate communal alliances.
