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Kavita Krishnan ‘relieved’ from CPI(ML) leadership Ms. Krishnan had requested the Central Committee to relieve her from all elected posts, and stated a need to recognise the urgency and importance of defending parliamentary democracies across the globe September 01, 2022 11:40 pm | Updated September 03, 2022 11:51 am IST - New Delhi Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation’s Polit Bureau member and a Central Committee member for more than two decades Kavita Krishnan has been relieved from the posts and responsibilities in the party over some basic differences regarding socialist regimes. Commenting on the Talking to The Hindu, Ms. Krishnan said she would continue as a primary party member, but added that she had requested the Central Committee to relieve her from all elected posts. She said she felt a need to recognise the urgency and prime importance of defending parliamentary democracies with all their flaws not just in India but in the world. Ms. Krishnan said that there was a need to recognise that really existing or past socialist regimes were and had been terrible totalitarianism, far worse than existing capitalist democracies with all their flaws. Ms. Krishnan said she needed to pursue certain troubling political questions and it was not possible for her to explore and express in her responsibilities as a CPI(ML) leader. “The party Central Committee has agreed to my request,” she said. “It was not possible to write on these questions remaining in the l...

Kavita Krishnan said she needed to “pursue certain troubling questions” that was “not possible to explore” in her party fold | Photo: Wikipedia Kavita Krishnan, one of the most prominent faces of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, on Friday quit all her party posts and responsibilities, pointing to some “troubling questions” about the Soviet Union under Stalin and the current Chinese government, and their parallels with India under Narendra Modi. She resigned as member of the CPI(ML)’s polit bureau and central committee, secretary of the party’s women wing All India Progressive Women’s Association and the editor of the party’s journal Liberation. Flagging troubling issues Krishnan said that she needed to “pursue certain troubling questions” that was “not possible to explore” in her party fold. Among questions highlighted by Krishnan are those pertaining to the Indian communists’ alleged failings in putting up a vigorous and consistent fight for protection of democracy and civil liberties against “fascism and growing totalitarianism” in India, and in flagging their subversion in “totalitarian socialist regimes” like China and Stalin’s USSR that manifested in invasion of Ukraine by Russia earlier this year. Also read: Students, activists protest Bilkis Bano rape convicts release at Jantar Mantar “For our fight for democracy against fascism and growing totalitarianism in India to be consistent, we must acknowledge the entitlement to the same democrati...

While quitting all her posts and responsibilities in the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation — including as a member of the CPI(ML)’s Polit Bureau and Central Committee, secretary of the party’s women wing All India Progressive Women’s Association and the editor of the party’s journal “Liberation” — Kavita Krishnan said that she needed to “pursue certain troubling questions” that was “not possible to explore” in her party fold. Among questions highlighted by Krishnan, a prominent Marxist feminist and civil liberties activist, are those pertaining to the Indian communists’ inconsistency in not recognising the subversion of rights in socialist regimes that have been totalitarian, such as USSR under Stalin and China, while fighting such subversions in India. More From Political Pulse • N Biren Singh: The surprise CM, the would-be unifier, and now, the man in Manipur cross-hairs • Uniform Civil Code: Cong leads charge against govt plans, but another spoke in Opp unity wheels • Court to police help, Haryana leaves nothing to chance to ensure a smooth run for Amit Shah's June 18 Sirsa rally Click here for more “The question is very simply about democracy. All my political life, the work that we have done is to advocate free thinking and the agency of people. The fact is that governments do not respect democracy – the State does not respect the people’s constitutional rights – and this can be seen in the atrocities carried out by the police including arbitrary ...

NEW DELHI: Kavita Krishnan, who has been a CPI(ML) politburo member for over two decades, has resigned from all her posts over what is being seen as ideological differences with the party. In a social media post, Krishnan said she has requested to be relieved of her duties and responsibilities over some "troubling political questions" which would not have been possible if she continued to be a CPI(ML) leader. She said there is a need to recognise the importance of defending liberal democracies with all their flaws against rising forms of "authoritarian and majoritarian populisms" not just in India but around the world. The activist said it was not enough to discuss the regimes of the former Soviet Union, its premier Instead, they were some of the “world’s worst authoritarianisms”, she said. “...For our fight for democracy against fascism and growing totalitarianism in India to be consistent, we must acknowledge the entitlement to the same democratic rights and civil liberties for all people across the world, including subjects of socialist totalitarian regimes past and present,” Krishnan said. Krishnan, who is also the national secretary of All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA), was also a central committee member of the party. A prominent civil liberties activist, Krishnan is the former secretary of JNUSU and former AISA president.

It is also worthy to note that while Kavita Krishnan lost her political career with CPI(ML) for stating a basic fact about socialist regimes, her other opinions continue to be vile and problematic. That even those vile opinions were not enough for her to continue with CPI(ML) speaks volumes about the space for dissent in the Communist ecosystem.

Kavita Krishnan Resigns from CPI(ML) Liberation Party Posts Over 'Troubling Questions' Her questions touched upon the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin and the current Chinese government, and their parallels with India under Narendra Modi. She said she can't ask such questions being in leadership roles. New Delhi: Kavita Krishnan, who has been a politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation [CPI (ML) Liberation] for over two decades, decided to leave all party posts raising “troubling questions”, which are being seen as ideological differences with the party. Although she told The Hindu that she would continue as the party’s primary member, the CPI(ML) Liberation leadership decided to remove Krishnan from party membership as well. In an announcement, posted on her Facebook page on Thursday, September 1, she said a request was made to the party’s central committee to relieve her of all party posts. “The party Central Committee has agreed to my request,” she Her questions touched upon the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin and the current Chinese government, and their parallels with India under Narendra Modi. “The need to recognise that it is not enough to discuss the Stalin regime, USSR, or China as failed socialisms but as some of the world’s worst authoritarianisms that serve as a model for authoritarian regimes everywhere,” she said, adding that she would not be able to ask such political questions if she continued in party posts. She furthe...