"Farmers-workers should go on indefinite strike to oust BJP" says Thampan Thomas, socialist leader
Channel: CNS
Date: 2021-11-16

Farmers and workers should go on indefinite strike to oust BJP government: says Thampan Thomas, President, Socialist Party (India). He is in conversation with senior journalist and socialist thought leader, Editor of The Public India, Mr Anand Vardhan Singh.
 
The ideology of Bhartiya Janta Party and Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh from which it draws its inspiration from, fails to match the values enshrined in Indian constitution as well as those that emerged from the Indian freedom struggle, such as, principles of democracy, socialism, secularism, freedom, justice, equality, fraternity among others. Socialist Party (India) will work with those political forces that have absolute faith in India's constitution to oust BJP from power.

BJP is misleading people by its communal politics in the garb of nationalism, and conspiring to sell the country to corporations. We believe that pro-people alternative to communal fascism and crony capitalism, can only be socialism.

Rising inflation and unemployment has severely jeopardized lives of people. Farmers are struggling for their rights and dues since over 11 months now but government, which is willing to dialogue with Taliban, is unwilling to dialogue with farmers of our own country. Government has revoked range of labour laws and replaced them with 4 Codes. This is against the interests of labourers and workers. Government had told us that by demonetisation and revoking Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism will end from the Kashmir valley but terrorist activities are continuing even now. BJP leaders who threaten Pakistan at the slightest pretext become mute on Chinese intrusion on Indian borders with Tibet. Government is not even showing the courage to snap business ties with China. Rather BJP has worked to divide people on ideology, religion, region/section or caste, in the garb of national unity. The story of BJP regime is stained with killing innocent people by labelling and profiling them as criminals, filing cases against those who dare to speak up against the government and send them to jail, and giving freedom to BJP leaders and police to indulge in crime. BJP government has failed on every front.

Siddique Kappan, a journalist from Kerala, who had come to Hatharas due to the rape-murder that had taken place, was slapped with false charges and cases and sent to jail - this is an epic example of throttling freedom of expression and speech. We demand that Siddiqui Kappan should be freed.

Socialist Party (India) has decided that it will fully support all those political powers that have the potential to defeat BJP and will itself contest elections in only 4-5 constituencies. As of now, Socialist Party (India) has decided that it will support Rajeev yadav from Nizamabad, Azamgarh; Rani Siddiqui from Lucknow North, Anil Mishra from Bangarmau, Unnao, and Munnalal Shukla from Sandila, Hardoi; in upcoming UP assembly elections.

To make birth anniversary of Acharya Narendra Dev, Socialist Party (India) appeals to all workers, labourers, and farmers to go on an indefinite fast till BJP government is ousted. 

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Thampan Thomas, President, Socialist Party (India); former President of National Confederation of Newspapers and News Agencies organization; former President of Hind Mazdoor Sabha, and former Member of Parliament (MP): phone 9446606156, advthampanthomas@gmail.com
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