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Indian Maoists Call for Isolating & Defeating Hindu Fascists

Posted by celticfire84 on December 18, 2010

Hindu chauvinism has violently attempted to suppress religion minorities in India.

Thanks to Banned Thought for this recent statement by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) Central Committee which details their support for religious freedom for minorities against Hindu fundamentalism.

The CPI (Maoist) called for “Black Day” to protest Hindu chauvinism. They also call for the rebuilding of the Babri Mosque. Posting here as usual does not imply endorsement.

Read the document as PDF here.

Excerpt:

“Exactly 18 years ago, on 6th December, 1992, Hindu religious fundamentalist goondas in connivance with the then Congress government at the centre, demolished Babri Masjid at Ayodhya. Firstly, these Hindu fundamentalists made 500 year-old Babri Masjid a controversial site by claiming it as the birth place of Lord Rama and on that pretext many a time instigated communal disturbances in the country killing thousands of Muslims. Demolition of Babri Masjid was the biggest attack by Hindu fascists in the history of our country.

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Nepal: Baidhya Says People’s Revolt is Party’s Mandate

Posted by celticfire84 on December 18, 2010

The was in the Himalayan Times.

“Remaining together despite ideological and political differences is no good, for it makes the party just a joint front.”

KATHMANDU: Vice-Chairman of the UCPN-Maoist Mohan Baidhya ‘Kiran’ today said the party’s sixth extended meeting had mandated it to launch a ‘people’s revolt’. Addressing an interaction on ‘National Independence and People’s Republic’ organised by Samayabaddha bimonthly, Baidhya said the Palungtar meeting has also urged the party to fight for a people’s federal republic and national independence.

He said a communist party must be ready to split or merge with others whenever necessary. “Remaining together despite ideological and political differences is no good, for it makes the party just a joint front,” he claimed, justifying the disintegration of his party from Mohan Bikram Singh’s party earlier.

He claimed that Vice-Chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai had begun making public the internal debates through Rato Jhilko news magazine. After this, other leaders have also started revealing the secrets, he said. Read the rest of this entry »

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