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On the Situation in South Asia

South Asia, which has 20 per cent of the world's population, has suffered greatly from poverty, scarcity, illiteracy and
unemployment due to feudal and imperialist suppression. The people of this region have for years been dedicated and made a
series of sacrifices in the national liberation and democratic movements for their progress and liberation. It should be
comprehended that both feudal and imperialist suppression, and the just struggle of the people against it, are reaching a climax
and are heading towards the decisive collision. The more the revolutionary struggle of the people intensifies, the more the
reactionary ruling classes of Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh kneel down before imperialism, increase the
exploitation and suppression of the people and heighten state terror. The ruling classes of each country of this region are facing
severe contradictions with the heeds and aspirations of the masses. Armed national liberation movements, democratic
movements and people's war are shaking the whole region. The advancing Maoist revolutionary movement, by posing grave
challenges to the reactionary classes and presenting a concrete alternative for the masses, is another positive aspect of this
region.

The Indian monopoly capitalist ruling class, the true successor of British imperialism, has been pursuing the expansionist policy
of pressure, intervention and sabotage against the national aspirations of the people and neighbouring countries. It has been
endeavouring to quell, with guns and state terror, the aspirations of the people of Kashmir and the north-eastern states and the
new-democratic movements in Andhra and Bihar, and intensifying the pressure, sabotage and provocative activities under the
strategy of making Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as new Sikkim [referring to India's annexation of Sikkim]. With
an intention to isolate Pakistan after the end of the Cold War and fulfil its desire for regional hegemony, the Indian ruling class
has knelt down before US imperialism and has opened the door for them for the merciless exploitation (if the people of this
region under the pretext of liberalisation. The Indian ruling class has been abetting the imperialist master-plan to encircle China
and make it capitulate completely by taking India in its grip; It has been blatantly making interventions in the internal affairs of
neighbouring countries in order to enthrone its agents and advance the process of "Sikkimisation". It has been harbouring plots
to link the People's War in Nepal, which has been going on for five years, with Pakistan, China and smugglers and there by
confuse the Indian people:
 
It has been the characteristic of the Indian ruling class to conspire to use the common aspirations of national democratic
revolution against the semi-feudal and semi-colonial conditions, the distinct nature of its geo-political position and the economic, political, religious and cultural relations established among the people historically, to fulfil its regional hegemonistic aspirations.
The Indian ruling class and its aspirations have been working behind the similar policies and suppressive and terrorist intrigues
practised by the ruling classes of all the countries of the region.

This distinct condition provides a unique nature to the need, possibility and importance of unity in the just struggle of the people
of all countries of this region. Theoretically, the possibility of the direct fusion of the national liberation movement and the
proletarian movement, as stated by Lenin, can also be witnessed here. Due to the uniqueness of the economic, political, cultural and geographical conditions and the unchallenged hold of Indian monopoly capitalism, it will be very difficult for any single
country of this region to successfully complete the new national-democratic revolution and; even if it succeeds following the
distinct contradictions, it will be almost impossible for it to survive. The revolutionaries need to seriously concentrate on the fact
that a particular country, or a particular territory of a country, shall be liberated through the force of the common and joint
struggle of the people of this region following the unequal stage of development, and that it can play only a particular role of
base area for the revolution in the whole region.

Right here, all the revolutionaries of the region should pay attention to Lenin's efforts to generalise the great Russian October
Revolution of 1917, the founding of the Soviet Union, and to their experience. It is clear that real liberation is impossible unless
it becomes a part of, or serves, the world revolution on the basis of proletarian internationalism. This is the peculiarity of the
era of imperialism and proletarian  revolution. The workers have no country, and the slogan "Workers of the world, unite" has
always made the proletarian revolutionaries cautious about their international responsibility . The challenge of applying the
universal  principles of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to the particularity of the national Liberation and democratic movements of this region, under the guidance of the great idea and aspiration of proletarian internationalism, remains formidable. The unification of the struggles for the right of nations to self -determination and the proletarian movement alone can meet this
challenge. To grasp this properly, we should seriously ponder the concept of the national-democratic revolution put forward
by Lenin, after the founding of the Soviet Union and in the initial period of the Comintern, and the concept of
new-democratic revolution put forward by Mao.

When we think over this, because of the distinct conditions of this region, it becomes clear that it is inevitable for the
communist revolutionaries to devise an integrated strategy against the Indian ruling classes of the monopoly bourgeoisie and
their agents in the various countries. This inevitability has knocked on the door of the necessity of turning the region into a new
Soviet federation of the twenty-first century. Therefore, the Maoist revolutionaries in the various countries of this region are
required to debate from this height and to work out a unified understanding, an integrated strategy, an organisational
structure of a distinct kind, and long-term and short term plans of struggle.
 
Apart from the economic, political, cultural and geographical peculiarities, from the perspective of the growth of the communist
movement the region-wide influence of the Naxalbari movement led by Charu Majumdar against modern revisionism, fraternal
relations and the exchange of ideas and technical co-operation growing among the Maoist revolutionaries, and common
programmes at the people's level, etc., have been preparing the concrete basis for the fulfilment of this historical need. It is clear
that the more the revolutionary struggle develops, the more the counter-revolutionary conspiracy intensifies, and, therefore,
there is need to develop integrated efforts among the revolutionaries.
 
The process of applying the universal principles of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to the regional peculiarity will play an effective
role in waging struggle against the conspiracy of US imperialism in this region, mainly in India. Thus, the unified initiative of this
region, as an integral part of the world revolution, will make an important contribution to the world revolution. Hence, the
co-operation of mainly RIM and other revolutionary internationalist forces is essential in order to advance this process in a
natural and " scientific way. However, the important thing is the responsible initiative of the revolutionaries of the region
themselves. The road is difficult and challenging, but the future is bright; the victory of proletarian internationalism and that of the masses of the people is guaranteed.