Comrade, thou indulgeth in hypocrisy
Hypocrisy and Tyranny mark the agenda of ‘communism’

I may be accused of having shallow knowledge of the idea of ‘communism’ and thus not fit or intellectually capable of commenting on this topic.

But communism, albeit the Indian variety is preserve of a bunch of ‘armchair intellectuals’ from either Kerala or West Bengal (I know Karat doesn’t belong to either; so do a few others) who are both hypocritical and tyrannical. They lie through their teeth; are a nuisance any progressive agenda; always thinking about ‘national interest’ – China’s.

They claim to be a party who speaks for the disposed, the downtrodden, the underprivileged – the farmers, the workers, the labourers etc. But they have always been a tyrannical lot – Mussolini, Mao, Stalin – the Indian communist comrades however are a step ahead. They have found innovative ways to operate within the constraints of a ‘democracy’ (an idea I am sure they detest because for ‘communists’ the world over THE PARTY comes first. Oh! And itz only THE PARTY which is supposed to exist).

So while shooting down or creating all kinds of hurdles and obstacles at the very least for every proposal towards disinvestment, creating opportunities out of moribund, loss-making, sick government held units in other parts of the country, they go ahead unabashedly privatizing ‘communist’-ruled states.

Which means that while other states are left to labour with their sick govt. held units, West Bengal and Kerala can move ahead on their agenda of economic revival. A very base unit of any economic activity is ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ and a market-enviroment. One should be willing to take risks by investing capital/resources and meet the needs of market thus making a profit out of one’s efforts.

West Bengal intends to provide all of this to the investors who want to invest mega-bucks in the state. This despite the fact that ‘Union’, ‘Strike’ and ‘Kolkata’ are synonymous in this country. The West Bengal government is willing to extend its proverbial arm and leg to secure FDI. One of the conditions from the investors that is that it needs land for its projects. So the WB govt. goes all out to procure the same from the poor farmers. No harm in that as long as there is a viable rehabilitation program and the farmers are provided alternative sources of sustenance and the procurement is voluntary. The ‘situation’ arises when the farmers refuse to part with their land.

Itz pretty normal till now. If this was the case in any other non-‘communist’ ruled state, the farmers would’ve been offered a lot more money, there would’ve been committees appointed to oversee rehabilitation etc. The communists would’ve been first in line and with the largest megaphones screaming @ the top of their voices for the rights of the farmers to their land. They would’ve done everything in the book and a few outside of it to make sure that project never took off. But what if the project faces similar hurdles in West Bengal. Ah! Now how can the populace defy THE PARTY. So if there is one village which opposed (Well, there was Singur and now there is Nandigram) the government’s moves, THE PARTY would move it’s cadres into the affected area, cut off access to journalists and other observers and along with the police go on a murdering spree. These are the CPI (M) death squads I am talking about – goons on the payroll of some influential CPI (M) functionary. They kill hapless farmers, women and children – those who dared oppose the diktat of THE PARTY.

The poor farmers should’ve just stood by while the government grabbed their land, paid them peanuts for it, while it didn’t bother to impart some skill which would’ve enabled them to eke out a living. After all a few farmer suicides in this country doesn’t even merit a ‘breaking news’ item on our television channels or newsprint.

Comrade, Thou art Hypocritical.

P.S: Scores of poor villagers lost their lives in Nandigram, West Bengal when police and CPI (M) opened fire. Most of the deaths have occurred as a result of injuries from sharp weapons and bullets NOT fired by the police. The area was barricaded and out of bounds for the newsmedia. Most of the casualties were those of women and children.