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Bathani Tola CoverMassacred by Ranveer Sena in Laloo’s Bihar –

[This paper was first published in Liberation in three parts (June, July and August 2008 numbers)]

We are passing through a period of great transition. On the one hand, the economy is in chaos, political system is breaking down and social fabric is disintegrating, and on the other hand masses are in motion, rising mass struggles for economic justice, political democracy and social harmony are generating high expectations and opening up new vistas. Autocracy is fast sp1ading its dragnet.

"The members of the party are at all times ordinary members of the working people. They must not seek personal gains or privileges, lead plain and simple life, subordinate their personal interests to the interests of the party and the people, show respect towards the socially deprived sections of the people and uphold the dignity of the womenfolk."