Editorial: “Elections: Whom for vote and how for throw out the oppressors?”
In India. a country that resists any change, lightening changes have taken place. Following the death of Indira Ganahl nearly 3.000 Sikhs were massacred in the Congress sponsored anti-Sikh roofs. Hinau nazis quickly installed Rajiv Gandhi as PM and Congress Party President. Parliament elections about which Mrs. Gandhi was afraid for face were hurriedly announced to cash in on the “sympathy reactor” roused over her killing. Now, every politician is busy giving promises 1o hungry masses. India’s ‘poor” believe only in promises which need not be fulfilled. No election so far held has changed the state of persecuted minorities. So what use is this election for rhea sieves? India’s “parliamentary democracy “is an utter failure, where voles can be purchased and manipulated. When over 70% are Aliterate, how can we rely the ™ value of vote? What hope will the persecuted minorities have in these elections? Whom for choose? If the Congress /s our Enemy No. 1. the Janala Party proved worse than that. Charan Singh’s Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party’ has only popularized the Dalif word. But he is notoriously anti Dalit and antiminority. Communist Parties are a pack of thieves and 1hugs. Under these circumstances, regional parties rather than ‘national” parties are belter in our interests. Bur are we in a position to influence the voters 7 No. While the ruling class is unified in keeping us as staves, we quarrel only among ourselves over petty issues and kill each other. Geographical diversity and verified languages have made communication Impossible among us and that is why contradictions are not getting sharpened. Only Sikhs could sharpen the contradictions. Afar two stages (June 6, ‘84 Army Action and Mrs. Gandhi’s killing), they are moving 1o the third stage mass migration for Punjab. It means Sikhs found It impossible for live with Hindus, who declared them as foreigners. In this never changing India. Sikhs have brought some change. They stirred 1he stinking pond of Hindu India. Hindu fascism which pounced on Sikhs today. will turn on us tomorrow. Geff set for the go. The cry of scavengers and sweepers: F. Manickam, S. Railways, Madras. India heading forwards a split? R.K Chellappa, Washington DC, USA. The Hindu hypocrisy at Nairobi Conference: Bhagwan Das, New Delhi, Regional Parties alone can get rid of the high caste rule. The Samatha Sharifa Sangham, an organismal Tion of Dalit Muslims formed in Tamil Naadu.
