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Programm Path and Constitution by CPI (ML) ND PDF
Programm Path and Constitution by CPI (ML) ND PDF
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Party Constitution
Adopted by the Special Congress of
CPI (ML) in 1980
Page No. 59
PROGRAMME
(Passed in Special Congress of CPI(ML) in 1980 and
Adopted by All India Party Congress April, 1992)
35. The people's democratic state will carry out the fol-
lowing tasks:
August, 1996.
CHAPTER - III
People's War is Our Path
The Communist Revolutionaries in India should
deeply study the experience of the Great October
Revolution of 1917 in Russia under the leadership of
Lenin and Stalin and the experience of the Great
Chinese Revolution under the leadership of Comrade
Mao. They should also study the experiences of the rev-
olutionary struggles of the various countries in the world,
particularly those of the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin
America.
CHAPTER - IV
Mobilize the People for People's War
Unleash Class Struggles - Combine the Immediate
with the Basic
CHAPTER - V
Tactics of Struggle on Various Fronts
The key task in the Armed Agrarian Revolution is
the creation of Base Areas in the countryside. For this,
the major forces of our Party should concentrate among
the peasants. In our country also mountains and forests
are better suited to create base areas than plain areas.
Base areas arise even in the plain areas as the revolu-
tionary movement advances, but base areas built in the
plains cannot withstand for a long time without the sup-
port from the people or forests and hilly regions.
Experience has taught us that we cannot sustain the for-
est movement without a strong peasant movement and
other people's struggles in the plain areas surrounding
the forest areas and proper coordination between both.
Self-Defence Squads
Even during the stage of the Anti-feudal struggles,
the landlord-goonda-police will launch attacks to sup-
press the peasant movement. Besides building demo-
cratic movements to oppose these attacks and repres-
sion both in that area and other areas, the Party units
should lead the people to resist this counter-revolution-
ary violence. In case the people are not yet prepared for
such resistance, the militants and cadres of the Party
should not allow themselves to be arrested. They should
On Other Fronts
*Amendments passed in
PREAMBLE
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is
the political Party, advanced detachment and the high-
est form of the class organization of the Indian proletari-
at. It is the political core leading the Indian people in rev-
olution.
Name :
ARTICLE II
Flag :
The flag of the Party is the red flag with a white hammer
and sickle. The-ratio of length and breadth will be 3:2.
ARTICLE III
Membership :
* ARTICLE XI:
Structure of the Party :
1. Party's organizational structure consists of com-
mittees from lowest to highest level. The lowest is
the party unit constituted on the basis of area of
residence or work. Above these are Party commit-
tees at different levels composed of odd numbers.
These are panchayat committees, local / thana /
mandal / taiuq or block committees, zonal, SDLCs,
DLCs, district, area/regional committees, provin-
cial committees and central committee. There may
be special units or committees constituted for spe-
cific tasks and their status may be defined by the
committees constituting them.
ARTICLE XII
Election and Functions of the Central Committee :
ARTICLE XIII
Provincial, Regional and District Organs:
1. The highest organ in the province, area/region or
district shall be the provincial, area/regional or dis-
trict conferences which will elect the provincial,
area/sregional and District Committees.
2. The rights and functions of the provincial, regional
or district Party organs are similar to those enu-
merated in the article concerning the Party struc-
ture and functions of the Central Committee, their
functions being confined to the province,
area/region or district and their decisions taken
being within the limit of the decisions taken by the
next higher Party organ.
3. Every provincial, area/regional or district organ will
decide its own strategic and tactical tasks.
4. The provincial, area/regional or district confer-
ences will be held preceding the Party Congress.
ARTICLE XIV
Primary Units :
1. The primary unit of the Party is Party cell, organ-
ized on the basis of occupation or territory.
6. The cell is the living link between the Party and the
broad masses of the people within its area or
sphere.
ARTICLE XV
Intermediate Party Organs between District and
Primary Units :
ARTICLE XVI
Party Discipline :
1. Party discipline is indispensable for preserving
and strengthening the monolithic unity of the Party,
for enhancing its strength, its fighting capacity and
its prestige among the masses and for enforcing
the principles of democratic centralism. Without
strict adherence to Party discipline the Party can-
not lead the masses in struggle nor discharge its
responsibility towards them and the revolution.
* ARTICLE XVII
Central Control Commission (CCC) :
ARTICLE XVIII
Inner-Party discussions :
ARTICLE XXII
Bye-Laws :
ARTICLE XXIII
Amendment:
The Party constitution may be amended by the
Party Congress if it deems it necessary. Under excep-
tional circumstances, the CC may, by two-third majority,
amend the Constitution subject to approval by next
Congress.
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