The Communists have created a situation which has affected the stability of the UPA Government. People are weary when a situation like this develops at the Centre. However, when such a situation occurs in the States they hardly get disturbed. Rhetoric of the comrades confuse people about their intentions.

There are some good and some bad aspects in the 123 Agreement. Though theoretically India will be free to carry out its three-tier nuclear programme at ground level, it will almost be impossible to do so in reality which would in turn cripple nuclear sovereignty. More than one clause of the Agreement is beneficial to India's development. But China does not want it to happen.

After the 123 Agreement was signed, there was talk of a similar Sino-Pak nuclear agreement. China agreed to supply nuclear reactors and other related material to Pakistan. The CPM and CPI have traditionally been opposed to any betterment of Indo-US bilateral relations. In recent decades, many Communist parties claiming to be nationalists have betrayed national interests whenever an occasion arose. The threat of withdrawal of support to UPA Government tantamounts to the same because their prime motivation is inspired by Chinese interests. When China conducted its first nuclear test in 1963, an overjoyed CPM passed a resolution supporting Beijing. When China attacked India in 1962, they did not condemn the attack and blamed India for it. They may not have said so openly but they think that Arunachal Pradesh and other border areas belong to China.

A recent event, which has gone unnoticed, is quite revealing. Everyone knows that JNU is a hotbed of politics. When China created a controversy over the inclusion of an Arunachal Pradesh IAS officer in the Indian delegation to China, the Congress backed the NSUI in JNU and discussed a resolution condemning China for showing Arunachal Pradesh as part of its territory. Instead of supporting the resolution, the CPM backed SFI, CPI backed ASFI and AISA, a Naxalite outfit, voted it out.

By voting against this resolution they supported the Chinese claim over Arunachal Pradesh. It was an anti-national act by the SFI, ASFI and AISA. It is pertinent to mention that the two most powerful politburo members of the CPM, Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury, were once presidents of the JNU students union as SFI candidates. Those who voted against the said resolution are their successors. If this is not anti-national, what is?

The Communist parties have repeated their anti-national activities. They called Subhash Chandra Bose a fascist and Tojo's dog, Mahatma Gandhi a senile old man and Nehru a running dog of imperialism. The CPI changed its colours as per the wishes of former USSR. It was officially against the Quit India Movement. It worked against the freedom struggle. When Hitler attacked Russia, their fight against Hitler instantly changed to people's war and its leaders became agents of the British in India. Some even spied on the Congress leaders for them. Official records of their spying activities are there for all to see.

All through, the CPI was heavily funded by the Soviet Union. After the collapse of Soviet Union, records of KGB being hand in glove with Indian Communists were revealed. Mitrokhin, a KGB officer, is quoted as saying that KGB funded the CPI. The CPI's policies were not based on promotion of Indian interests but to serve their fatherland, the Soviet Union. Their strategy and tactical moves, too, were styled on Soviet Union's expertise. For example, in the whole of Eastern Europe, Soviets successfully experimented with the 'United Front' strategy. They made 'United Front' with all sorts of allies, captured power, marginalised others and enjoyed monopoly of political power.

In the 60s, the CPM allied with a Congress faction headed by Ajoy Mukherjee and later marginalised it. Even in West Bengal's present Left, the same has been implemented. The CPM and its trade union CITU attacked and eliminated leaders and the trade unions of other Left parties till it attained majority of its own.

They have been dreaming for years to lead the Third Front. They have been in search of some base, particularly in Bihar and UP. But Lalu and Mulayam Singh did not give them enough space. Now, they dream of leading the UNPA. They may or may not succeed. The problem with the Communist parties is that they are accustomed to straightjacket ideological frame and mindset. That is why they have failed in West Bengal despite 33 years of rule. China too has been prisoner of communist ideology but after Mao they showed remarkable flexibility. Indian communists are clinging to a dead ideology.

Courtesy: www.dailypioneer.com, August 26, 2007