The idea that India, or any of the capitalist nations, possesses genuinely democratic institutions would be laughable were it not so destructive. The fact is that the people are excluded from the political process. The CGPI struggles for the establishment of democratic institutions controlled directly by the working class and the great masses of the people. The role of political parties, including the vanguard party, is to put forth ideas and stimulate debate, not to rule in the peoples' place. For human rights.
All people have rights simply by virtue of the fact that they are human.
The bourgeoisie makes a great pretense of supporting human rights at the end of a century in which imperialist wars and counter-revolutions have sent hundreds of millions to their deaths. In fact, there is only one right that the defenders of capitalism recognize - the right of wealthy individuals to own the means of production. The CGPI fights for the rights of all people to have their needs met by society and wishes to enshrine such inalienable rights in a national constitution. Toward an Indian Theory of Revolution. Part of the legacy of colonial rule is the Eurocentric denial that India has any political tradition of its own.