Discussion on “Present Economic-Social-Political Crisis and the Role of Progressive Forces” organised

Patna, July 7:

Under the auspices of SUCI (Communist) Patna District Committee a discussion was organized at Indian Medical Association Hall here on Sunday. The topic of discussion was: Present Economic-Social-Political Crisis and the Role of Progressive Forces. Amitabh Chatterjee, Member, Editorial Board, Ganadabi (a Bengali Weekly) and Member, SUCI (Communist), West Bengal State Committee said as main speaker that the whole world was crying for change. The whole economic system was reeling under acute recession. The capitalist economic-social system had reached in its decadent phase resulting unprecedented crisis of human values, ethics and morality. 

 

Amitabh Chatterjee speaking

“Only a handful of people are getting rich while most are becoming ruined. The vast masses of the country have been deceiving in the name of development since independence. Lacks of farmers have been forced to commit suicide. Innumerable factories are closed resulting retrenchment of lacks of workers and employees. Common people are suffering from the  unbearable pain of price hike,” he said dealing the economic condition of the country. Dealing the present political crisis, Mr. Chatterjee said, “All the parliamentary parties like Congress, BJP, JD (U), RJD are sub serving the interest of capitalist class. Once the students and youths considered the political leaders as their role model, they dreamt to be like them, but now no one is interested to follow their characters. Almost all the leaders of national and state parties are corrupt from top to bottom. They are engaged in different scams and unscrupulous activities.”

Prof. Devendra Prasad speaking

Speaking on Bihar, he said, “In the name of good governance and social justice the Nitish Government is following the same anti people policies of privatization, commercialization and PPP as the Congress led UPA Government is following at Centre and the erstwhile RJD Government followed in the state. The atrocities on women and crime are on increase. The Government is not only making its frantic efforts to privatize the field of education, health, public transport and Municipal Corporations but suppressing the mass movements of different section of people erupting everywhere in the state. ”

Showing deep concern over the increasing incidents of rape, murder, abduction and suicide he said that the capitalist social system based on earning maximum profit was breeding all these. The indifferent attitudes of students and youths towards society, degradation in social and human values, lack of sense of social responsibility and not last but least the growing disrespect to elders are all derived from the present exploitative system.

 

A section of gathering

 Discussing on the role of progressive forces in such a condition he said that we should all make our best efforts to build up mass movements on different democratic legitimate demands of people. In course of building up mass movements on the burning issues of people’s lives broader unity may be forged comprising different left, democratic and progressive forces. He suggested forming public committees at every level of the movement, which would lead the movement to its final victory. At last he urged the people assembled to be a part of the ongoing struggle for replacing this capitalist society, the root of all evils manifesting here and there by a class less socialist society.

Prof. Devendra Prasad, retd. Professor of Patna University presided over the discussion. Prof. Nawal Kishore Chaudhary, Renowned Economist; Bal Govind Singh, R N Jha and Sadhana Mishra, Secretary, SUCI (Communist) Patna District Committee took part in discussion. Arun Kumar Singh, Senior Member, SUCI (Communist) Bihar State Committee was also present on dais. Many intellectuals were present in the programme.