Centre of Indian Communists
Centre of Indian Communists (CIC) was a minor Maoist group in the Indian state of Kerala. It gathered people that had broken away from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) during 1972-1974.[1]
The CIC was founded at a convention in Cochin in December 14-15, 1974.[2][3] The convention was attended by 500 delegates, including some prominent former CPI(M) members.[2] The founding convention elected a 19-member committee headed by A.V. Aryan.[2] The convention pledged to adhere to the ideological line of the Communist Party of China, but adapting it to local conditions.[3] The convention called for the establishment of a 'people's government' through revolutionary armed struggle of workers and peasants.[2] A document of the founding convention identified Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI(ML)) as 'Indian Narodniks'.[1] It denounced the Communist Party of India for 'right-wing opportunism', the CPI(M) for 'left-wing opportunism' and CPI(ML) for 'adventurism'.[3]
CIC stayed away from participating in the efforts to unify different Maoist groups in India.[1]
CIC was one of ten Maoist groups that were banned by the Central government on July 4, 1977.[1] After the end of the Emergency the Shah Commission noted that one member of the banned CIC was detained.[4] In May 1978 The Hindu reported that members of CIC had participated in the founding of the a new party, Communist (Bolshevik) Party, in at a conference in Cochin, together with former members of CPI, CPI(M), Communist Unity Centre and the People's Democratic Front.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Manoranjan Mohanty. Revolutionary Violence: A Study of the Maoist Movement in India. Sterling Publishers, 1977. pp. xxi, 166
- ^ a b c d Indian Recorder and Digest, Vol. 21. 1975. p. 11
- ^ a b c Guy Arnold. Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International Guide. Longman, 1991. p. 135
- ^ India. Shah Commission. Interim Report, Vol. 3. Controller of Publications, 1978. p. 79
- ^ New Communist Party formed, in Data India. Press Institute of India, 1978. p. 328
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