CPI(M) Politburo - Vinash Kale Viparit Buddhi
Expulsion of Kerala’s Chief Minister, Com Achutanandan from Poliburo (better known as VS) is yet another misfortune for the CPI(M) Leadership which lost touch with the reality on the ground. There is no Marxian theory which could justify the Politburo’s decision.
Accordig to Social Choice theory, in all but samllorgansiations, delegation of power takes place from many to few (known as agents). In a Parliamenatry Democracy, people make such choice by electing a member of Parliament or Legislature. Since the elected agents are answerable to people in their rerspective consituencies there is a mechanism, though not fool-proof, by which agents could be penalised by not being elected again or rewarded by relection. However, there is no mechnism, particularly within the Communist parties, which purported to represent tangile consciouness of working class, to correct itself, if the Party gets derailed or ideas themselves become material force and derailed the Party.
In China, Chairman Mao had enountered such problems in the Central Committee, in 1960s when his ideological position for leading the Country's Communist Party turned into a thin minority opinion. In his view, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was out of realiyt on the ground and derailed. He went to his home town and with the assistance of a local Press union was able to publish his point of view, which was earlier rejected by the Central Committee. Mao's article was published as, "Bombard the HeadQuarter", which led to the Cultural Revolution and reorganisation of the Central Committee. Subsequently, Birtsh Journal of Socilogy published an article assessing Mao's contribution to dialectics, which most Easychair Oford/JNU educated Marxist cannot swallow because it posses great danger to their own existence. The author identified Mao's contribution in recognising the need and supervisory role of the masses over the Party. If this process is not completed, dialetics will remain incomplete and the communist parties strictly organised on the Stalinist principles would become caucus-run burecratic organiations and alienate themselves from the people. History of USSR and Eastern European Communist Parties shows that they lost complete touch with the people and in fact people turned against them. The situation of CPI(M) is even worst as Bueacracy has takenover even before it could enjoy the power at the Centre. Buddhdeb Bhattacharya behave like to bull agisn this own people in defence of a bourgeoise democratic revolution by acquiring land for Tatas rather then let the Tata’s acquiring by themselves.
Further, many individuals were inducted in the CPIM Politburo and Cnetral Committee who neither had any background or emerged from mass movement. Their experience was limited to a few hundreds students' politics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s upper middle class and/or elite class. It is an irony that fate of a vateran founder member of the CPI(M) and a mass leader, Com. Achhutanadnan has been sealed by an upper caste elite leadership. It appears no one is left within the Party to raise his voice let alone calling for "Bombard the Hedaquarter". The entire time of the Politburo and a vast members of the Central Committee goes in practcing bourgeoise democracy and playing a middleman trader’s role (in Nepal) and yet there is little tolerance for dissent or for inner democracy within CPI(M).
Earlier CPI (M) expelled Com. Nipen Chakraborty of Tripura & other senior leaders in WB who contributed to sustained trouble free Left Rule for decades with public mandate, Mr Abdullah Kutty, CPIM (MP) and then Com Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker. Surprisingly, CPI(M) accepted it own investigation into corruption charges against Vijayan. Moreover what we have been taught as a student of Marxism that communists do not hide their intentions. They owe transparency to the people. It is not simply a routine organisational matter when you are dealing about a comrade whom you had projected before them to repose faith in him. The credibility of the whole organisation is at stake. Even if one does not go by the bourgeoisie definition of corruption still the reasons and findings with supporting material including answers to Achutnandan's stand should be made public.
We believe the reasons for expulsion of veteran leaders like, Nipen Chakraborty, Somnath Chatterjee, Kerala MP, Mr Abdullah Kutty and Com Achuttanandan were less compelling than for removal of Com. Vijayan and Bhddhdeb Bhattacharya and JNU Mafia. The only hesitation appears to be that current a vast majority of the Politburo leadership does not appear to have emerged from mass movement. - “Vinash Kale Viparit Buddhi”.
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