The
Polit
Bureau
of
the
CPI(M)
met
at
Kolkata
on
January
4,
2003.
It
has
issued
the
following
statement:
Combat
Hindutva
ideology
Polit
Bureau
took
stock
of
the
political
situation
in
the
country
after
the
Gujarat
election
results.
With
the
BJP’s
victory
in
these
elections,
the
RSS
combine,
claiming
it
to
be
a
victory
for
Hindutva,
is
engaged
in
aggressively
projecting
its
communal
agenda
all
over
the
country.
While
the
VHP
and
other
RSS
outfits
are
set
to
rake
up
disruptive
issues
such
as
building
the
temple
at
Ayodhya,
the
BJP
leadership
particularly
the
Prime
Minister
and
the
Deputy
Prime
Minister
are
seeking
to
provide
legitimacy
to
the
sectarian
Hindutva
concept.
It
is
nothing
but
a
perversion
of
truth
to
claim
Hindutva
embodies
secularism
and
Indianness.
From
the
time
of
the
independence
struggle,
the
Hindutva
ideology
has
stood
for
communal
politics
and
a
sectarian
vision,
which
is
antithetical
to
national
and
secular
values.
The
Polit
Bureau
called
upon
all
the
democratic
and
secular
forces
to
vigorously
oppose
the
efforts
to
“replicate
Gujarat”
in
the
country.
The
BJP
represents
those
forces
who
wish
to
maintain
the
oppressive
social
and
economic
exploitation
in
our
society
and
is
willing
to
ally
with
imperialism
to
accomplish
their
aims.
There
can
be
no
compromise
or
soft
attitude
to
such
a
reactionary
party.
The
Polit
Bureau
heard
a
report
on
the
preparations
by
the
Party
for
the
assembly
elections
in
Tripura,
scheduled
to
be
held
in
February.
It
strongly
disapproved
of
the
Congress
party’s
alliance
with
the
INPT
–
a
party
which
has
been
set
up
and
guided
by
the
extremist
NLFT
which
is
a
banned
organization.
The
Polit
Bureau
was
confident
that
the
CPI(M)
and
the
Left
Front
would
register
a
big
victory
in
the
polls.
The
main
issue
is
to
ensure
that
sufficient
security
is
provided
to
the
people
so
that
they
can
freely
cast
their
vote,
given
the
NLFT’s
plan
to
intervene
in
the
polls
in
support
of
the
INPT
and
the
ATTF’s
call
for
a
boycott
of
polls.
The
PB
decided
to
meet
the
Chief
Election
Commissioner
to
urge
the
Election
Commission
to
take
special
measures
in
the
state
to
provide
security
in
view
of
the
extremist
threats.
The
PB
discussed
the
stand
to
be
taken
by
the
Party
in
the
Himachal
Pradesh
assembly
elections.
It
decided
that
the
Party
should
fight
a
limited
number
of
seats
and
direct
its
efforts
to
defeat
the
BJP.
For
this
it
will
conduct
an
independent
campaign.
The
PB
denounced
the
stepped
up
attacks
by
the
Pakistan
based
extremists
in
Jammu
&
Kashmir.
The
killings
of
young
women
in
Rajouri
district
in
Jammu
and
the
demand
that
women
observe
a
dress
code
reveals
the
obscurantist
and
reactionary
nature
of
the
fundamentalism
that
motivates
these
groups.
These
extremist
attacks
are
designed
to
disrupt
the
steps
the
newly
elected
J&
K
Government
is
taking
to
restore
peace.
The
CPI(M)
will
support
all
measures
to
implement
the
Common
Minimum
Programme
and
efforts
for
a
political
dialogue
so
that
maximum
autonomy
is
assured.
The
U.S.
is
making
all
out
preparations
for
its
criminal
and
illegal
war
on
Iraq.
It
is
actively
seeking
to
subvert
the
U.N.
process
of
weapons
inspections
by
unilaterally
declaring
Iraq
to
be
guilty
of
violations
of
UN
resolutions.
The
CPI(M)
demands
that
the
Vajpayee
government
take
a
firm
stand
against
these
war
preparations
against
a
friendly
country.
It
is
not
sufficient
to
make
statements
that
military
action
be
avoided.
The
Indian
Government
has
to
mobilize
other
countries
and
call
upon
the
US
and
Britain
to
adhere
to
the
United
Nations
as
the
only
forum
through
which
a
negotiated
solution
can
be
found.
The
Polit
Bureau
called
upon
all
its
Party
units
and
other
democratic
forces
to
build
up
a
powerful
anti-war
movement
against
the
U.S.
plans.
The
Polit
Bureau
assessed
the
economic
situation
and
its
adverse
impact
on
people’s
lives.
There
is
a
necessity
to
step
up
the
resistance
to
the
BJP-led
government’s
policies
of
privatization
and
liberalization.
It
decided
to
present
to
the
next
Central
Committee
meeting
an
action
programme
to
intensify
the
campaign
and
struggle
against
the
economic
policies.
The
Central
Committee
of
the
Party
will
meet
on
3rd
and
4th
March
at
New
Delhi.