CALCUTTA: Mr. M.N. Roy, presiding over the 2nd conference of the All-India Radical Democratic Party here today [Dec 27], said: “The country has to make a choice. The choice is between a capitalist national government and a radical democratic people’s government. It is a choice between Fascism and freedom.”

He added: “History placed this choice before India five years ago. The Radical Democratic Party rose out of that crisis to advocate the choice of freedom. Today, dying imperialism is seeking an alliance with rising Indian Fascism. That unholy alliance must be smashed if India is to be free.” Mr. Roy said that [the present regime] must be replaced by another political regime which would promote the welfare of the people. It was the bounden duty of all who claimed to be champions of freedom to define the welfare of the people. “Nationalist India dominated by Big Business with a distinct Fascist ambition has already made the choice.

It looks towards America for patronage and protection. The ghost of British Imperialism still haunts it. Power is being transferred to Indians, but not to the British people. Big Bus­iness is stepping into the shoes of British rulers.” (Dawn, Delhi)

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2014

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