The responsibility for the
dastardly murder of com. T.P. Chandrasekharan (TP), leader of
Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) of
Onchiyam in Kozhikpde district on 4th May night was first denied by
the CPI(M) leadership. Still many of its own rank did not believe this denial,
as they are well aware of its past record in dealing with the dissidents,
especially when they try to persist in a left stand. Unlike numerous others
from M.V.Raghavan to recent dissidents like Murali of Shornur, who after
leaving CPI(M), went over to Congress led UDF side, in spite of the offer of
Vadagara parliament seat by Congress in 2009 elections, com. TP had stood firm
exposing the degeneration of CPI(M) and taking leftist positions. The later arrest
of a number of its local leaders of CPI(M) for conspiring and murdering him, as
a “renegade” according to the statement of its state secretary Vijayan, has
convinced that it is the latest in the series of its ‘political’ murders, for
which Kerala has already become notorious. With the statement of CPI(M) leader
V.S.Achuthanandan, the former chief minister and present opposition leader of
LDF, condemning Vijayan’s statement and calling TP a “brave communist” has once
again taken the contradiction between these leaders to yet another flash point.
Whether VS will stick to his stand and fight against the criminalization of his
party as a part of its over all degeneration, or once again surrender to the
central party leadership, limiting his fight to yet another opportunist bout
against Vijayan, is yet not clear, though this time he has ostensibly moved to
a position of no return. Only when the by-election in Neyyattinkara
constituency in southern Kerala, where a CPI(M) MLA after resigning from the
party is contesting as a UDF candidate, is over in early June, the CC of the
CPI(M) will meet and the fate of the internecine conflict will become clear.
TP’s murder exposes the
degeneration of the CPI(M) from Marxist positions to social democratic
positions, to a bureaucratic establishment bereft of any communist values. The
documents adopted by its recently held 20th Congress in the same
district with much fanfare, prove this degeneration from proletarian
revolutionary positions. It has led to its criminalization for long, indulging
in the murder of its political opponents, whether it is its own dissidents, RSS
men or other political opponents, to continue its political sway. From the
1980s when the CPI(M)-RSS clashes started in Kannur district, CPI(ML) has
exposed this criminal line pursued by these political forces including CPI(M)
for petty political ends, while all of them are basically united in following
the neo-liberal policies, turning the UDF and LDF in to two sides of the same
coin.
An analysis of the political
developments in Kerala from the second half of 1950s show that from the time
the Congress had joined hands with the communal, caste-based, criminal forces
and forged a front of reactionary parties to violently throw out the CPI
ministry in 1959, Kerala had started sliding back from the advances it had made
after breaking loose of its past when it was called a ‘mad house’’ by
Vivekananda. As the famous ‘Kerala model’ was soon replaced by neo-liberal
policies, it started becoming one of the worst show pieces of neo-colonization,
a haven for land mafias, sex tourism and what not. Side by side, the
criminalization with the spread of ‘quotation’ or mafia gangs, degenerating its
socio-cultural-political life, was promoted by all the political formations:
Congress- led UDF, CPI(M)- led LDF and BJP. Secular values were eroded, and
majority as well as minority religious fundamentalism started dominating the
social life. Along with this, the caste system was internalized in vulgar forms
and started influencing all fields. Under the sway of post-modernism, all
progressive cultural influences started getting weakened. In this degeneration,
the right opportunist deviation influencing the CPI and then CPI(M) played a
decisive role. As a result, though there are differences in details, the
political scene in Kerala, like in any north Indian state, came under the sway
of mafias. Commercialization of all walks of life became rampant. The brutality
of the murder of TP with his face and head having 51 cuts with swords exposes
the extent of this criminalization. The CPI(M), which still calls itself
Marxist and holds the red flag, should be uncompromisingly criticized for indulging
in this murder and becoming a part of this criminalization.
What is happening in Kerala after
the murder of TP reminds one of what happened after the disintegration of
Soviet Union on a larger scale after its degeneration to social imperialist
path and later disintegration. Concealing that it had abandoned the socialist
path long back, all the anti-communist forces led by the imperialists and their
lackeys had then joined hands to unleash a furious attack on Marxism, shouting
socialism has become obsolete. Similarly, for the sins of CPI(M), which has
very little relation with Marxist values today, all the anti-communists,
spearheaded by the Congress-led UDF, BJP, religious-caste leaders and
reactionary intellectuals, have joined hands to attack Marxism, using TP’s
murder as a cover. As those who claim to uphold his legacy, like the Left
Coordination Committee (LCC) did not recognize the consequences of these attacks
on Marxism by the rightist forces, two mistakes were committed. On the one
hand, the platform for condemning the murder of TP was allowed to be utilized
by anti-communists, UDF leaders and petty bourgeois opportunists who used the
opportunity to attack Marxism in the name of attacking CPI(M). On the other
hand, it has reduced the attack on the degeneration of the CPI(M) merely to an
attack on Vijayan, as if it will be saved if he is thrown out, as their organ: Janasakthi gave title to its front
article. Or, they refuse to go beyond what VS is ready to take up, even after
TP’s murder. Both these approaches have weakened the ideological offensive needed
to be waged against CPI (M) at this crucial juncture, to win over its cadres to
Marxist positions from its criminalized, bureaucratic and social democratic
positions, so that a left alternative which is capable of fighting against the
neo-liberal onslaught with a people’s democratic outlook can be built up.
It is in this situation, severely
condemning the brutal murder of TP and CPI(M)’s role in it, the CPI(ML) has
organized a statewide political campaign against the criminalization of
politics in the state, reducing the state to one of the worst examples of
neo-colonization, with communal, caste, mafia forces dominating the
socio-cultural-political scene. It has analyzed the transformation of CPI(M) in
to a criminal, bureaucratic organization as a result of its degeneration to
social democratic positions. While focusing the attack on CPI(M) for this
murder, it has launched a powerful campaign against all anti-communist forces
who are using this incident as a cover to attack Marxism. It has called on all
genuine communist forces to struggle against the right opportunist positions of
the CPI(M) led forces and petty bourgeois sectarian tendencies who easily become
prey to the forces of reaction, and to join hands to build a revolutionary left
alternative to the forces of reaction and reformism.
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