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clip](https://youtu.be/UbcGVsms6VU?si=TOgARY1wZwCmw3n8) from 1953 is living example of how he contradicted his very words from his speech given at Constituent Assembly 1949 to suggesting Communism as only viable Solution left for India's problem.
##Conclusion:
1. While there is no direct evidence that Ambedkar personally hated 'Telangana Rebellion' like his other anti-communist fellow constituent assembly members in 1948, it cannot be completely shrugged off that he greenlit the operation not because he was told to do so (which he claimed post resignation from Congress) but also the fact that he had deep hatred for Communism and to support this fact is that he never apologized for human losses which he knowingly/unknowingly caused even after the fact found out by Sunderlal Committee that depicted atrocities committed by pro-Indian masses on both Dalits and Muslims alike.
2. We should take his words with pinch of salt, and should scrutinize it atleast 2-3 times to make sure whether or not his words are correct, especially if it's about history.
3. He was a hypocrite.
4. Communist parties from likes of CPI-ML (maoist-Menshevik synthesis party) to CPI-M/CPI (Menshevik parties) trying to shamelessly sugarcoat his legacy as a pro-socialist figure (just for the sake of electoral gains) should immediately stop this mockery of historical materialism, if not then they should scrap the word 'communist' from their very name sake and continue as they wish.
In case if you're wondering what should be the alternative solution to it then? Well we should start from scratches rather than shamelessly celebrating a man who never spoke against either Imperialism or had any guts to face the unison of colonial adminstration and UC feudal classes.
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forests, gardens, hills, etc., in search of Communists and compelled them to give information. When they could not find anyone in the search, people were again beaten.*
*People were tied to ropes and drawn up and suddenly dropped to the ground with a pulley system (like the one used to draw water from wells). Men were tied in gunny bags and soldiers threw them over a wall from one side to the other. ⎯Some soldiers caught hold of the arms and some others the legs of the people and swung them while some others kicked those swinging men with their nailed boots like footballs are kicked. ⎯People en masse were made to lie down in the sand under the hot sun and were beaten. Some were tied to tree-tops upside down and were swung, and at the end of each swing, were beaten. Some were made to lie face downwards, a wooden plank placed on their back, two soldiers got on it at each end, and swayed and danced. ⎯Pins were thrust under fingernails; branding bodies with red-hot firewood or iron was a common feature. People were also tortured with the electric current. ⎯…Hundreds of people used to be severely beaten up and made to run in front of running lorries. Whoever could not run ahead of lorries were tied behind lorries and dragged.*
*Rangayya of Chandupalli was tied to a cart and burnt alive. He died shouting, “Communist Party zindabad. Ramulu was caught in an encirclement raid at Miryala (Suryapet taluka). Failing to get any secrets from him, he was tied to a lorry and dragged on the road until his body was torn to bits*
[…]
*Yellaswamy of Nomula village coming from an agricultural labour family,….was subjected to innumerable torture –pieces of flesh were cut from his body, nails were hammered into him, he was branded with red hot iron; still he refused to reveal secrets and was shot dead ultimately.*
*Needless to talk especially about atrocities on women. ***They raped women who recently gave birth to children, pregnant women and young girls. More than 1,000 women were raped during the first year and a few thousands during the whole period. Because a number of brutes raping women in a row, more than 100 women died. ⎯Women’s breasts were pulled and crushed with iron forceps, and babies were killed before the very eyes of their mothers.*** ⎯70 women were stripped naked, chameleons tied to their thighs and chilly powder thrown into the wounds.*
*Innumerable incidents of murders, burning alive, burying alive and massacres took place. In Allampalli camp, Palvancha taluka, in one day in September, 45 were shot dead among whom 18 were party members. Butchery continued and within 4 days 119 were killed. In this camp, it is estimated that more than 300 were killed*
*300 policemen raided the village of Katuru, Gannavaram taluka, Krishna district on the 16th of this month. All men in the village⎯irrespective of their creed⎯were cruelly lathi-charged. Women were abused. About 400 men were stripped of their clothes and paraded in the streets in nakedness….Are these the measures the police have to adopt under the Congress rule?*
[..]
*Seven peasants were forcibly taken by the armed special police from the villages of Kodur, Velvadam and Ganapavarm and they were alleged to have been shot dead in Butchireddipalem near Mylavaram. ⎯Challapalli Narayanarao and Tatiah, who were hiding in the vicinity of Kothapalem, were captured by the men belonging to the party of the landed aristocrats and handed over to the police party headed by the circle inspector, Avanigadda. They were shot dead. This incident was also reported as an encounter between the police and the Communists. But late on, it was reported that a reward was distributed to
the men, who captured them both.⎯Venkateshwar Rao of Movva village was captured by the men belonging to the party of the landed aristocrats and beaten to death at Pedamuktevi police station.*
[..]
*After the entry of the Indian Army into Telangana, poor people perished in large numbers. Both touchables and Untouchables fell in bunches. The military atrocities continued as routine activities. Exactly at
manner’ and not following this meant punishment by law (and this ladies and gentlemen now has become weapon in hands of fascistic and hindutva forces in modern time who can label which protest is peaceful or not by it’s decree).
Apart from abolishment of untouchability and Adult suffrage nothing was special about this constitution, Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) may sound good but on surface level.
**But is he alone is to be blamed for all this? Nope but if he can be labelled as ‘father of Indian constitution’ then he too shall be included in collective criticism**, especially when you say things like these:
>*”I challenge any of the critics of the Constitution to prove that any Constituent Assembly anywhere in the world has, in the circumstances in which this country finds itself, provided such a facile procedure for the amendment of the Constitution. If those who are dissatisfied with the Constitution have only to obtain a 2/3 majority and if they cannot obtain even a two-thirds majority in the parliament elected on adult franchise in their favour, their dissatisfaction with the Constitution cannot be deemed to be shared by the general public.” — Ambedkar, 25th November 1949*
This logic too, has become weapon in hands of hindutva fascism now who are reshaping Indian constitution as per their own design on yearly basis in last 15 years.
Problem is if we leave Ambedkar, the 7 drafting committee members belonged to rich feudal classes/ upper caste background hence they made no important provision for working classes. Even the entire Constituent Assembly comprised majorly of feudal classes (nearly 100 members directly came by backing of their feudal status almost without any election) and yes they cheered for him when he spoke in their tongue during his last speech in November 1949.
##Fascist undertones and shared hatred for Communism and Socialism:
>**“They may not be very pleasant to some. But there can be no gainsaying that political power in this country has too long been the monopoly of a few and the many are only beasts of burden, but also beasts of prey. This monopoly has not merely deprived them of their chance of betterment; it has sapped them of what may be called the significance of life. These down-trodden classes are tired of being governed. They are impatient to govern themselves. This urge for self-realization in the down-trodden classes must not be allowed to devolve into a class struggle or class war. It would lead to a division of the House. That would indeed be a day of disaster.”** *— Ambedkar, 25th November 1949*
Not only these line reflect on how class blind Ambedkar really was around that time but was also cut from ground reality that majority of landless classes belonged to oppressed communities (so how exactly he expected them to gain land ? By magic?), but was this the case?
>*But the chief weapon in the armoury of the Hindus is economic power which they possess
over the poor Untouchables living in the village. The proposal may be dubbed escapism. But the only alternative is perpetual slavery.* — Ambedkar (State and Minorities, 1947).
This was not only bizzare to see that not only he had rough idea about what class division even is, but also a clear implications that Ambedkar was intentionally parroting these influential elite and feudal classes.
Infact his speech paralleled with that of Mussolini’s himself:
>*’Fascism also denies the immutable and irreparable character of the class struggle which is the natural outcome of this economic conception of history; above all it denies that the class struggle is the preponderating agent in social transformations.’ — Benito Mussolini, (Doctrine of Fascism)*
So what adhered Ambedkar with the political feudal classes? Their shared disgust for Communism and Socialism itself.
>*“I’m an implacable enemy of the communists” – Ambedkar (1938)*
>**“Can communism and free democracy work together? Can they live together? Is it possible to hope that there will not be a conflict between them? The theory, at any rate, seems to me
Suppression of Telangana rebellion, genocide and role of Ambedkar
##INTRODUCTION :
The *Telangana Sayudha poratam aka Telangana Rebellion (1946-1951)* was a major peasant uprising and communist-led armed struggle against feudal oppression and later, against the princely state of Hyderabad and the newly independent Indian government.
In 1946 the rebellion began after years of frustration due to failure of moderate leadership of ‘Andhra Mahasabha’ to tackle brutal Landlord controlled state and *Vetti* serfdom comprising mostly of dalits and adivasis under the dominion of Nizam of Hyderabad. The armed rebellion against landlords (mostly hindus) and later Nizam’s *Razakars*, comprised people from all caste spectrum and faith (including Muslim peasantry), but majority of ground revolution and works were led by Dalit vanguards of communist party of India despite not having any major leading position at politburo.
By mid 1948, Nizam’s grip over his state was severely falling apart due to exponential growth in popularity mass armed rebellion led by communist party. But this began to raise eyebrows of landlords and their kins beyond the borders of Hyderabad that enjoyed similar hierarchy in newly independent Indian state and feared that popularity of mass communist uprising could end their centuries of oppression in just snap of finger had it had reached their doorsteps, but this never happened.
In September 1948, Indian government launched *’operation polo’* a surprise military invasion of Hyderabad which resulted in it’s forceful annexation into Indian State, however in aftermath of this operation massive communal violence and mass genocide of Muslims began to take place which resulted in estimated deaths of 30,000-40,000 Muslims living in former princely state of Hyderabad (as per Sunderlal committee report most of which were instigated by Indian armed forces). Ironically most military Generals, elite class officers and political leaders that supervised genocide of non Muslim population of Hyderabad were later pardoned and set free by then Congress’s interim government and later Nehru’s government.
In second phase from 1948-51, the military began surprise attack on liberated 3000 Gram Rajyams (village communes) under communist rule despite their initial peaceful protest against Indian government to recognise and implement improvisations bought under Poratam’s leadership such as land redistribution, right to education & total abolishment of serfdom and landlord system. Unfortunately this fell on deaf ears of elite pro-fascist leaderships (in cruel twist of fate the military General who was leading operation was a zamindar himself).
In *‘Telengana People’s Struggle and its Lessons’* (1972) by P. Sundarayya, it recorded the graphic and brutal military repressions led by police and military against Dalits and communist leaders from arresting 4000 communist party members, torture, extrajudicial mass shooting of people’s that were suspected to support the movement, rape and mutilation (which I’ll discuss later in details). According to Professor Wilfred Cantwell Smith’s [report](https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/of-a-massacre-untold/article64757633.ece) nearly 2 Lakh people died in aftermath of operation polo including muslims and communist supporters.
Throughout the operation then secretary of Government of India V.P. Menon was in direct touch with US embassy (as revealed from 1948-49 US embassy records), assuring them to eradicate Communists in Telangana and ‘small fraction’ of communist figures in National Conference (Kashmir).
**And above all these figures one person always manages to sweep under the rugs, now popular as father of Indian constitution Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar also first law minister of India (1947-52), in this article we will discuss his role in it, his anti-socialist views, pro-fascist views and debunk the revisionist attitude of recent trends by both mainstream communist parties (such as CPI-M) and falsifiers (like CPI-ML) that celebrate Ambedkar as pro-communist and radical figure.**
##(part
- I) : Prologue
##Anti-Congress Ambedkar:
>‘The representatives of the Untouchables were supposed to be the watch-dogs of the Untouchables. But by reason of having joined the Congress they are muzzled dogs. Far from biting they are not even able to bark. This loss of freedom of speech and action by these Untouchable members is entirely due to their having joined the Congress and subjected themselves to the discipline of the Congress.’ — Ambedkar on pro-Congress Dalit leader Rao Bahadur Raja (1932) [Ambedkar, Volume-5 p-345]
>‘He was fighting for separate electorates. Suddenly he changed sides and took up the cudgels on behalf of Mr. Gandhi and fulminated both against me for demanding and against the British Government for granting separate electorates. He developed such a strong love for Mr. Gandhi and such a strong faith in the Hindus that no one could suspect that he was doing the work of a mere hireling.’ — Ambedkar on pro-Congress Dalit leader Rao Bahadur Raja (1932) [Ambedkar, Volume-5 p-356]
Before 1946, Dr. Ambedkar was known for his harsh criticism of Congress leaders as closted pro-casteist figures as he dedicated writing ‘What have Congress and Gandhi have done for untouchables’ in 1945. Ambedkar believed that India cannot be truly ‘free’ until it improved it's social injustices such as casteism. Holding this viewpoint not only he targetted Brahmin and upper-caste leadership of Congress but ruthlessly criticised popular nationalist dalit leaders who were far more popular than him back in his days such as Babu Jagjivan Ram, who joined congress in 1931. Interestingly, Jagjivan Ram accused Ambedkar as ‘Coward’ who refused to lead dalit protests against British administration, since Chawdar Tank protest (aka Mahad Satyagraha, 1927) who visibly favoured caste hindus in their colonial adminstration.
Their feud even continued until 1947, when Jagjivan Ram decided to join Congress government’s interim cabinet. Ambedkar went as agar as giving him warning via ‘Federation of Depressed castes’ in which he was chairman to not join it as it would greatly insult depressed castes, Dr. Ram ingnored his warning and joined cabinet as Minister of labour in 2nd September 1946. Ironically in 1947, Ambedkar himself joined the Congress’s cabinet as law minister later from Bombay constituency (facilitated by Indian National Congress) after the partition of India.
##Pro-Congress Ambedkar :
>But, Sir, with all this, I am quite convinced that given time and circumstance nothing in the world will prevent this country from becoming one. (Applause): With all our castes and creeds I have hot the slightest hesitation that we shall in some form be a united people (cheers). I have no hesitation in saying that not withstanding the agitation of the Muslim League for partition of India some day enough light would dawn upon the Muslims themselves and they too will begin to thin that a United India is better even for them(Loud cheers and applause) — Ambedkar, New Delhi, Constituent Assembly 17 Dec, 1946]
By end of 1946 Ambedkar suddenly was humming nationalist tone similar to Pro-Congressi dalit leaders like Jagjivan Ram or R. Raja whom he vehemently criticised and while doing so he betrayed Muslim League who had earlier helped him win from Bengal legislature. This greatly pleased Congress’s leadership, and in following year they helped Ambedkar get back into Indian interim Constituent Assembly by vacating a ‘safe-seat’ from Bombay so as to Ambedkar can enter from there.
On, August 29 1947, Ambedkar was elected as chairman of 7 member drafting committee. However out of 395 articles 250 were directly copied from older British era constitution which also safeguarded right to private properties of propertied/landed classes (article-31) which mostly flavoured feudal classes, aristocratic classes and rich industrialists; in not so shocking manner Indian constitution had no safeguard or provisions for labour or working classes and it also limited ‘right to protest’ by necessity for doing so in ‘peaceful
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'Major Win': US Federal Court Upholds California Govt's Authority to Act Against Caste Oppression
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🇵🇸It's been exactly 25 years since this photo was taken. A reminder for those who think the war or genocide started on October 7.
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VS Achuthanandan: Former Kerala CM & veteran CPM leader passes away at 101
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Durban conference 2001 said casteism = racism. Talk by prof Divya Dwivedi on this.
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Bihar में Modi ji , चैनल पर अंजनाजी और दारू में चूहे | NL Tippani 245
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the same time, the task which Ambedkar⎯who claimed that the welfare of the depressed castes alone was his objective⎯was carrying was to repudiate each and every criticism levelled against the Constitution of India and to deliver speeches in the Constituent Assembly declaring how great that document is. **Do you remember the questions which Ambedkar showered in the Constituent Assembly? “People are living in abject poverty… They lack social and economic equality…How long shall we continue these contradictions?”** Further, do you remember the commandments that he uttered on other occasions, **‘The Depressed Classes don’t have land. Land is, in the hands of upper castes, like a weapon. The Depressed Classes should achieve political power’?** (Referring to Ambedkar's recognition of economic power pivotal in oppression of depressed castes in 'State and Minorities', 1947).*
*When the rural poor take the risk of life in order to get rid of poverty and want to rule themselves, there is no wonder if the exploitative State tries to suppress the people. The exploitative class does not refrain itself from suppressing others. But we are not concerned with the government. **We are concerned with Ambedkar! Didn’t Ambedkar⎯who give long lectures on Buddha’s Ahimsa (non-violence), the democracy of the Hindu kings of the past and bloodless liberty and fraternity⎯know what the Indian army was doing in the Telangana villages? According to him, all the citizens in the country should act in accordance with ‘law’. They should not violate it. This means, if the poor want lands, they have to buy them with money; but not go against the propertied class in the name of ‘class struggle’. It will be illegitimate. It will be unlawful**.*
*People should serve the country and protect the country’s independence until the last drop of their blood is shed. If they resort to such evil acts like occupying others’ properties, the government has to take action against them as per the Constitution. The government should not send the police against people every now and then for petty reasons but what can it do if not use the police in such a serious situation? **As per the Constitution, the government is obliged to safeguard the properties of the propertied class. It should not allow people to occupy their land without compensation.** Therefore, the government has no other way except to suppress people. It performed its task⎯this is Ambedkar’s view. **Hence, he was not moved at all by the atrocities of the military under the direction of his government. In the name of defending democracy he stood in support of the Congress. Without leaving his ministership, he continued in the government without any hesitation** !*
Telangana rebellion ended in 1951, after CPI decided to take path of electoralism.
Ambedkar till his death had never expressed any remorse on his co-decision for facilitation of a literal genocide.
##(part - III)
##Back to nothing :
In 1955, Ambedkar resigned from Congress government after repeated denial by Nehru Government to hand him Ministry of labour department (according to Yendluri's *Ambedkar Jivitcharitra*).
The bitterness and hatred for Nehru's administration reached to such an extent that He himself declared to burn this constitution with his own hand as according to him had nothing for 'depressed castes'.
If this was so then why he had to disrespect Indian socialists as well as communist during his last speech of constituent assembly in November, 1949 just for critiquing so called 'facile' and 'flexible' constitution in the end? Why shower Congress with praise if you hated them so much in first place ?
Ambedkar later claimed that 'he was forced to write' such constitution and it was not his decision. So should we stop calling him 'Father of Indian constitution' ? That would be really damn hard to explain the 'cult of personality' that blindly follow his every word as only existing truth. **Problem was every literature which he wrote today directly contradicts opinion of his very last work which he wrote yesterday**, and [this
utterly absurd, for Communism is like a forest fire; it goes on burning and consuming anything and everything that comes in It’s way. It is quite possible that countries which are far distant from the center of communism may feel safe that the forest fire may be extinguished before it reaches them or it may be that the fire may never reach them. But what about the countries which are living in the vicinity of this forest fire? Can you expect that human habitation and this forest fire can long live together?”** *— Ambedkar 1938 (BAWS, Vol 15, p 878)*
Ambedkar gave numerous excuses that because he was treated badly by upper-caste leadership of communist party of India and thus he came to ideal conclusion that Communism is overall bad for oppressed communities but Ambedkar had never spoken openly about how ‘political entryism’ and not addressing pre-existing brahmanical influence on dalit and oppressed masses society or promoting Buddhism has ever solved caste based division? Moreover Ambedkar calls communism as ‘cult of violence’ in ‘Buddha or Karl Marx’ (yet another tool for RSS and hindutva forces which they gladly share as ideal example on why communism or socialism is bad.
Had he had read Marx instead of referencing ‘Stalinism’ as communism he would have not described it as cult of violence (I’m not kidding he had no understanding on basic concepts of materialism, commodity, labour value or working class alienation, etc. just straight out black and white portrayal and fear mongering about communism, these types of propaganda is expected from likes of people like Vivek Agnihotri or J. Sai Deepak in modern time).
Funny thing is he never spoke on racism or man made famines by British colonialism which led to deaths of 100 million Indians (from all caste spectrum) nor had ever spoken on American settler colonialism that wiped out native Americans or on rampant white supremacy in US. He quoted likes of People like Ferdinand Lassalle and Wilhelm Kaiser both anti-communist figure.
Marxist historian Dr. Abhinav Sinha argues that because of his ‘Deweyan Pragmatism’ he made such weird decisions, such as his deviation from radical protest against British administration demanding social reform (Mahad Satyagraha) after witnessing Britishers taking sides of caste hindus. Maybe he's right but nothing can explain his apathy towards genocide which he directly perpetrated by giving green light to ‘operation polo’.
##(part - II)
##Unreported war crimes perpetrated by Indian forces (1948-51):
`The following snippet are taken from ‘For the solution of the ‘Caste’ question Buddha is not enough Ambedkar is not enough either Marx is a Must’ by M. Ranganayakamma (renowned dalit feminist Marxist activist and author from Telangana), titled ‘Military in Telangana’ which covers details of brutal genocide committed by pro-Indian factions in Telangana, directed against local village communes (comprising largely of dalit, bahujans and landless outcasts) following annexation of princely state of Hyderabad under the orders of then interim government of India headed by Jawahar Lal Nehru.`
*The Nizam surrendered to the Indian government without any resistance. Then the objective of the Indian army was to suppress the people. Which means, destroying guerrilla squads, the Communist Party organisation and the Village Committees. Ambedkar, who was a part of the government, knew every thing: why the Indian Army had proceeded to the Telangana villages and what it was going to do there. The Congress military regime in Hyderabad, the police, military and the Congress Razakars had Let loose vandalism, terror and fascism on an unprecedented scale with a view to crushing the heroic struggle of the people of Telangana.*
*Military camps were erected all over fighting areas in Telangana at every 4th or 5th mile. Twice or thrice a day, villages around these camps were raided by the military and the people were systematically tortured. People in every village were herded at a place and brutally beaten. They forced the people to accompany them through
- I) : Prologue
##Anti-Congress Ambedkar:
>**‘The representatives of the Untouchables were supposed to be the watch-dogs of the Untouchables. But by reason of having joined the Congress they are muzzled dogs. Far from biting they are not even able to bark. This loss of freedom of speech and action by these Untouchable members is entirely due to their having joined the Congress and subjected themselves to the discipline of the Congress.’** *— Ambedkar on pro-Congress Dalit leader Rao Bahadur Raja (1932) [Ambedkar, Volume-5 p-345]*
>**‘He was fighting for separate electorates. Suddenly he changed sides and took up the cudgels on behalf of Mr. Gandhi and fulminated both against me for demanding and against the British Government for granting separate electorates. He developed such a strong love for Mr. Gandhi and such a strong faith in the Hindus that no one could suspect that he was doing the work of a mere hireling.’** *— Ambedkar on pro-Congress Dalit leader Rao Bahadur Raja (1932) [Ambedkar, Volume-5 p-356]*
Before 1946, Dr. Ambedkar was known for his harsh criticism of Congress leaders as closted pro-casteist figures as he dedicated writing *‘What have Congress and Gandhi have done for untouchables’* in 1945. Ambedkar believed that India cannot be truly ‘free’ until it improved it's social injustices such as casteism. Holding this viewpoint not only he targetted Brahmin and upper-caste leadership of Congress but ruthlessly criticised popular nationalist dalit leaders who were far more popular than him back in his days such as **Babu Jagjivan Ram**, who joined congress in 1931. Interestingly, Jagjivan Ram accused Ambedkar as ‘Coward’ who refused to lead dalit protests against British administration, since *Chawdar Tank protest (aka Mahad Satyagraha, 1927)* who visibly favoured caste hindus in their colonial adminstration.
Their feud even continued until 1947, when Jagjivan Ram decided to join Congress government’s interim cabinet. Ambedkar went as agar as giving him warning via ‘Federation of Depressed castes’ in which he was chairman to not join it as it would greatly insult depressed castes, Dr. Ram ingnored his warning and joined cabinet as Minister of labour in 2nd September 1946. Ironically in 1947, Ambedkar himself joined the Congress’s cabinet as law minister later from Bombay constituency (facilitated by Indian National Congress) after the partition of India.
##Pro-Congress Ambedkar :
>**But, Sir, with all this, I am quite convinced that given time and circumstance nothing in the world will prevent this country from becoming one. (Applause): With all our castes and creeds I have hot the slightest hesitation that we shall in some form be a united people (cheers). I have no hesitation in saying that not withstanding the agitation of the Muslim League for partition of India some day enough light would dawn upon the Muslims themselves and they too will begin to thin that a United India is better even for them(Loud cheers and applause)** *— Ambedkar, New Delhi, Constituent Assembly 17 Dec, 1946]*
By end of 1946 Ambedkar suddenly was humming nationalist tone similar to Pro-Congressi dalit leaders like Jagjivan Ram or R. Raja whom he vehemently criticised and while doing so he betrayed Muslim League who had earlier helped him win from Bengal legislature. This greatly pleased Congress’s leadership, and in following year they helped Ambedkar get back into Indian interim Constituent Assembly by vacating a ‘safe-seat’ from Bombay so as to Ambedkar can enter from there.
On, August 29 1947, Ambedkar was elected as chairman of 7 member drafting committee. However out of 395 articles 250 were directly copied from older British era constitution which also safeguarded right to private properties of propertied/landed classes (article-31) which mostly flavoured feudal classes, aristocratic classes and rich industrialists; in not so shocking manner Indian constitution had no safeguard or provisions for labour or working classes and it also limited ‘right to protest’ by necessity for doing so in ‘peaceful
manner’ and not following this meant punishment by law (and this ladies and gentlemen now has become weapon in hands of fascistic and hindutva forces in modern time who can label which protest is peaceful or not by it’s decree).
Apart from abolishment of untouchability and Adult suffrage nothing was special about this constitution, Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) may sound good but on surface level.
But is he alone is to be blamed for all this? Nope but if he can be labelled as ‘father of Indian constitution’ then he too shall be included in collective criticism, especially when you say things like these:
>”I challenge any of the critics of the Constitution to prove that any Constituent Assembly anywhere in the world has, in the circumstances in which this country finds itself, provided such a facile procedure for the amendment of the Constitution. If those who are dissatisfied with the Constitution have only to obtain a 2/3 majority and if they cannot obtain even a two-thirds majority in the parliament elected on adult franchise in their favour, their dissatisfaction with the Constitution cannot be deemed to be shared by the general public.” — Ambedkar, 25th November 1949
This logic too, has become weapon in hands of hindutva fascism now who are reshaping Indian constitution as per their own design on yearly basis in last 15 years.
Problem is if we leave Ambedkar, the 7 drafting committee members belonged to rich feudal classes/ upper caste background hence they made no important provision for working classes. Even the entire Constituent Assembly comprised majorly of feudal classes (nearly 100 members directly came by backing of their feudal status almost without any election) and yes they cheered for him when he spoke in their tongue during his last speech in November 1949.
##Fascist undertones and shared hatred for Communism and Socialism:
>“They may not be very pleasant to some. But there can be no gainsaying that political power in this country has too long been the monopoly of a few and the many are only beasts of burden, but also beasts of prey. This monopoly has not merely deprived them of their chance of betterment; it has sapped them of what may be called the significance of life. These down-trodden classes are tired of being governed. They are impatient to govern themselves. This urge for self-realization in the down-trodden classes must not be allowed to devolve into a class struggle or class war. It would lead to a division of the House. That would indeed be a day of disaster.” — Ambedkar, 25th November 1949
Not only these line reflect on how class blind Ambedkar really was around that time but was also cut from ground reality that majority of landless classes belonged to oppressed communities (so how exactly he expected them to gain land ? By magic?), but was this the case?
>But the chief weapon in the armoury of the Hindus is economic power which they possess
over the poor Untouchables living in the village. The proposal may be dubbed escapism. But the only alternative is perpetual slavery. — Ambedkar (State and Minorities, 1947).
This was not only bizzare to see that not only he had rough idea about what class division even is, but also a clear implications that Ambedkar was intentionally parroting these influential elite and feudal classes.
Infact his speech paralleled with that of Mussolini’s himself:
>’Fascism also denies the immutable and irreparable character of the class struggle which is the natural outcome of this economic conception of history; above all it denies that the class struggle is the preponderating agent in social transformations.’ — Benito Mussolini, (Doctrine of Fascism)
So what adhered Ambedkar with the political feudal classes? Their shared disgust for Communism and Socialism itself.
>“I’m an implacable enemy of the communists” – Ambedkar (1938)
>“Can communism and free democracy work together? Can they live together? Is it possible to hope that there will not be a conflict between them? The theory, at any rate, seems to me
Suppression of Telangana rebellion, genocide and role of Ambedkar
##INTRODUCTION :
The Telangana Sayudha poratam aka Telangana Rebellion (1946-1951) was a major peasant uprising and communist-led armed struggle against feudal oppression and later, against the princely state of Hyderabad and the newly independent Indian government.
In 1946 the rebellion began after years of frustration due to failure of moderate leadership of ‘Andhra Mahasabha’ to tackle brutal Landlord controlled state and Vetti serfdom comprising mostly of dalits and adivasis under the dominion of Nizam of Hyderabad. The armed rebellion against landlords (mostly hindus) and later Nizam’s Razakars, comprised people from all caste spectrum and faith (including Muslim peasantry), but majority of ground revolution and works were led by Dalit vanguards of communist party of India despite not having any major leading position at politburo.
By mid 1948, Nizam’s grip over his state was severely falling apart due to exponential growth in popularity mass armed rebellion led by communist party. But this began to raise eyebrows of landlords and their kins beyond the borders of Hyderabad that enjoyed similar hierarchy in newly independent Indian state and feared that popularity of mass communist uprising could end their centuries of oppression in just snap of finger had it had reached their doorsteps, but this never happened.
In September 1948, Indian government launched ’operation polo’ a surprise military invasion of Hyderabad which resulted in it’s forceful annexation into Indian State, however in aftermath of this operation massive communal violence and mass genocide of Muslims began to take place which resulted in estimated deaths of 30,000-40,000 Muslims living in former princely state of Hyderabad (as per Sunderlal committee report most of which were instigated by Indian armed forces). Ironically most military Generals, elite class officers and political leaders that supervised genocide of non Muslim population of Hyderabad were later pardoned and set free by then Congress’s interim government and later Nehru’s government.
In second phase from 1948-51, the military began surprise attack on liberated 3000 Gram Rajyams (village communes) under communist rule despite their initial peaceful protest against Indian government to recognise and implement improvisations bought under Poratam’s leadership such as land redistribution, right to education & total abolishment of serfdom and landlord system. Unfortunately this fell on deaf ears of elite pro-fascist leaderships (in cruel twist of fate the military General who was leading operation was a zamindar himself).
In ‘Telengana People’s Struggle and its Lessons’ (1972) by P. Sundarayya, it recorded the graphic and brutal military repressions led by police and military against Dalits and communist leaders from arresting 4000 communist party members, torture, extrajudicial mass shooting of people’s that were suspected to support the movement, rape and mutilation (which I’ll discuss later in details). According to Professor Wilfred Cantwell Smith’s report nearly 2 Lakh people died in aftermath of operation polo including muslims and communist supporters.
Throughout the operation then secretary of Government of India V.P. Menon was in direct touch with US embassy (as revealed from 1948-49 US embassy records), assuring them to eradicate Communists in Telangana and ‘small fraction’ of communist figures in National Conference (Kashmir).
And above all these figures one person always manages to sweep under the rugs, now popular as father of Indian constitution Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar also first law minister of India (1947-52), in this article we will discuss his role in it, his anti-socialist views, pro-fascist views and debunk the revisionist attitude of recent trends by both mainstream communist parties (such as CPI-M) and falsifiers (like CPI-ML) that celebrate Ambedkar as pro-communist and radical figure.
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What’s with the sudden rise of dogmatism and lack of originality towards thought in the country?
think this warrants a discussion. In recent years, I’ve noticed a rampant rise in the worship of political leaders in India and a blind adherence to whatever narratives they set. What’s most baffling is that this comes from some of the most well read and seemingly conscious individuals people you'd never expect it from. They're not misinformed, and they seem to be doing well in other areas of their lives, yet their political views are completely warped.
Their hatred toward minorities, Dalits, and women is apparent, along with the constant ‘Himdu khatre mein hai’ victim narrative.
I’m genuinely curious what's causing this? Why are Indians becoming more bigoted by the day? In an age of technology, when the entire world is literally at our fingertips, you'd expect the opposite. So why does it feel like we’re only going backwards?
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