Dear friends,
The Socialist Party has decided to field candidates from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Assam, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala for the Lok Sabha elections 2014. We request you to extend financial help to meet the basic expenses of the elections. You may send your cheques/drafts in the name of Socialist Party (India) or Socialist Party (India) Delhi at its Delhi office (11- Raj Pur Road, Delhi – 110054). You may also transfer the amount directly in the account of Socialist Party (India), Allahabad Bank, Ahemdabad, Bank Ac/No. 50065914767, I.F.S. Code Alla 0212227 or in the account of Socialist Party (India) Delhi, Nainital Bank, Vikas Marg, Delhi, Bank Ac/No. 1001054, I.F.S. Code NTBL0DEL065. The details of the collection/expenditure will be provided to every contributor by the treasurer of the party.
With this appeal we would like to remind you that the decision to re-establish the Socialist Party on 28 May 2011 at Hyderabad had been motivated by a strong desire to build a new, committed socialist India, and to safeguard the freedom. India’s Constitution and sovereignty have been facing danger posed by the neo-liberal onslaught for last two decades. Most of the mainstream political parties, during this period, have ignored the basic philosophy of the Constitution that seeks to insure equality and progress in all areas of life for all its citizens. Instead of following the Directive Principles of the Constitution, governments in India are following the dictates of World Bank, IMF, WTO and multinationals/corporate houses. The consequences are obvious: suicide by lakhs of farmers, large scale displacement, scams, price rise, unemployment, illiteracy, disease, crime and fundamentalist tendencies that threatened the country’s internal and external security.
The control of neo-liberal forces over the country’s economy, politics, culture and education is becoming increasingly dangerous. Our independence, achieved after long struggle and sacrifices by lakhs of Indians is under great threat. India was enslaved and looted for 250 years by one East India Company. Now the precious resources of the country are being looted by hundreds of multi-national companies that have infiltrated into every sector including the Defence. Instead of confronting the neo-imperialist invasion, India’s present political establishment, already hounded by corruption, communalism, casteism and family rule etc., has becomes its agent.
The Socialist Party is committed to the idea of establishing alternative politics and system based on the legacy and philosophy of freedom fighters and socialist thinkers like Acharya Narendradev, Jai Prakash Narayan, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Achyut Patwardhan, S.M. Joshi, Yusuf Meharally, Sane Guruji, Kamla Devi Chattopadhyay, Aruna Asaf Ali, Madhu Limaye, Kishan Patnaik and Surendra Mohan.
We hope that you will join hands with us to make this long and difficult struggle successful by contributing some amount out of your hard earned money.
Bhai Vaidya (president), Justice Rajindar Sachar (senior member) Kuldip Nayar (special invitee to national executive), Pannalal Surana (chairman, parliamentary board), Sandeep Pandey, Akhai Achumi, Balwant Singh Kheda, Mohammad Shoab (vice-presidents), Dr. Prem Singh, Omkar Singh, Nurul Ameen (general secretaries), Jayanti Panchal (treasurer), Dr. Abhijit Vaidya (president, Socialist Yuvjan Sabha), Varsha Gupte (president, Socialist Mahila Sabha), Girish Pande (president, Uttar Pradesh), Renu Gambhir (president, Delhi Pradesh), Bala Saheb Patankar (president, Maharashtra), Rajshekharan Nayar (president, Kerala), Dr. Sri Ram Arya (president, Rajasthan)
