The killing of four and injuring many more farmers – [who were returning from a protest-demonstration in support of farmer’s demand, allegedly by a leader of ruling party BJP by intentionally mowing down these victims by car in Lakhimpur Khiri of the State of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) which will go to polls in early 2022, which are extremely important rather crucial (being in the largest State of India) even for the reelection of PM Modi in 2024] – has ignited the political scene of India also due to the fact that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi (who was arrested on her way to victims-villages) snatched the limelight from all other opposition political parties in showing sympathy & concern for these victims & their families as reported also at https://www.news18.com/news/india/priyanka-gandhi-arreste-violating-section-144-sources-4286138.html . This has created false hope among Congress party all across India that it is the beginning of the revival of Congress. Of-course this incident can revive Congress and can bring it in power in coming elections in most of the States and even at Centre if Congress projects Priyanka Gandhi as U.P. – Chief Minister candidate without alliance with any political party (because these alliances harm Congress due to compromise with ideology) and with projected verifiable commitment (which Congress has weakened over the period of time) to its core ideology of mainly the democracy, secularism, socialism, federalism, rule-of-law and territory (by incorporating these in the Constitution of Congress Party) as explained below:-
(1)- For strengthening democracy (i)- The Congress shall work for election by voting in person and hand counting of votes without machines. In addition to periodic organizational elections, it is a matter of common knowledge that elected representatives are likely to work for those who finance their elections. Hence elected representatives shall work for the party only when the party shall finance their elections hence the Congress shall finance the elections of its candidates. The Congress shall also work for the amendment in laws about funding of political parties including complete transparent funding. In order to eliminate the dominance of vulgar money power in the political process of India the Congress shall work to ensure that corporations are not allowed by law to give contributions to political parties. The legal persons (corporations / limited companies etc) are invoked only when natural persons are not available and when natural parsons (the shareholders of the limited companies who are the real owners of the limited companies) are there to contribute out of their dividends / profits or otherwise then there is no legitimate reason why corporations should be allowed to give funds to political parties and to their candidates. (ii)- In ‘Rajtantra’ the State runs the people and in ‘Prajatantra’ the people run the State hence the moral of the people has to be higher than that of the State in democracy. There is nothing wrong in giving reservation to people who believe that otherwise they can’t get a job in governments on merit. But the Congress believes that the reservation should not be given with demoralizing (hence anti-democracy) tag of oppressed (Dalit etc), and Backwards.
(2)- For strengthening secularism, The Congress believes that it is not merely the responsibility of the religious majority community the Hindus to protect secularism in India but of the religious minority community too. Hence the Congress does not approve the way the religious majority community has diluted secularism by acts of commission and the way the religious minority community the Muslims have through their acts of omission. Therefore the Congress shall support if the Muslims move the courts with following 4 petitions / writ petitions in the Supreme Court of India (SCI) :- (i)- For complete justice under Article 142 of the Constitution for reviewing the final judgement in Ayodhya dispute and for legally expected restoration of Status-quo-ante of Babri Masjid (which was demolished in 1992 in the presence of the Observer of SCI) before any final judgment in Ayodhya title suit (because otherwise it shall be lowering the authority of court which is criminal contempt even on the part of SCI under section 2 ( c) (i) read with section 16 of Contempt of Court Act). In this petition prayers should also be made that the SCI should direct the GoI to requisition ‘UN Peace Keeping Force’ (UNPKF) in case communal Hindutva forces are suspected to create law & order problem all across the country (if security forces of India can go in other countries for maintaining peace through UNPKF then security forces of other countries can also come in India for maintaining peace through UNPKF). In this petition it should also be mentioned that there was such a practice in the old days so the Hindus also demolished many temples of Jains and Buddhists but about the demolition of Hindu temples by the then Muslim invaders and rulers, Hindus are unnecessarily complaining (ii)- Under Article 13 & 14 of the Constitution for quashing of discriminatory (especially against Muslims) all Reservation laws which, in the name of backward castes, is giving reservations to also those castes of Hindus which once ruled in India (iii)- Under Article 13 & 14 of the Constitution for abolishing (because discriminatory against Muslims etc and favoring Hinduism in a secular India) all the laws related to cow protection, beef eating etc which are causing lynching of Muslims and even of so-called ‘Dalits’ in India (iv)- Regarding fixing the responsibility under sections 129, 130, 131 Cr.P.C. and punishment to executive magistrates and armed forces (who failed in promptly stopping riots Delhi 1984 & Gujarat 2002) so that any future riot (God forbid but if any) can be stopped promptly and effectively.
(v)- The Congress shall support writ petition in the SCI for plebiscite in united J&K [by getting united J&K free from outsiders as mandated by 1947 Instrument of Accession (IoA) of J&K to India the relevant part of which reads as -[Consistently with their (GoI) policy that, in the case of any State where the issue of Accession has been the subject of dispute, the question of Accession Should be decided in accordance with the wishes of the people of the State, it is my Government’s wish that, as soon as law and order have been restored in Kashmir, and her soil cleared of the invader, the question of the State’s Accession should be settled by a reference to the people. Yours Sincerely Sd/- Mountbatten of Burma]. (vi)- The Congress shall support writ petition in the SCI for ‘dual-citizenship’ for about 80 million (about 20 % of present population of Pakistan and Bangladesh) forcibly displaced and descendants of such forcibly displaced Hindus / Sikhs (as there was no provision of population transfer in ‘Indian Independence Act 1947’). The SCI should further direct the GoI to ensure through UN (because India was member of UN since 1945) or otherwise the proper law & order in present Pakistan & Bangladesh for these Hindus (Punjabis, Bengalis and Sindhis) who shall go over there (after dual-citizenship) in their motherland as their citizens either for living over there or for touring or for doing business over there or for purchasing properties over there (similarly dual-citizenship’ for Muslims forcibly displaced from India) [The SCI should be told that this illegal forced population transfer has thoroughly communalized the Indian subcontinent (also due to the fact that about 20% Hindu population was forced out from each of Pakistan & Bangladesh but Muslim population remained same rather increased little to about 15% in India and even more if illegal immigrants mainly from Bangladesh are taken into consideration). This illegal forced population transfer was the main cause of many military conflicts in this region in the past and shall be for many more in future if not reversed, through dual-citizenship] (vii)- The Congress shall work for plebiscite in Balochistan too (who’s IoA was taken in 1948 by Pakistan under military pressure despite contrary resolution by Parliament / Jirga of Balochistan) (viii)- The Congress believes in freedom of religion where every adult is free to even convert to any religion. The Congress shall work for repealing all the laws which question conversion by giving absurd objections of coercion, allurement, conspiracy, love-jihad etc .
(3)- Socialism is nothing but joint capitalism where State-capital (like private capital) will also be deployed profitably especially for the welfare of the people. Hence:- (i)- Two third of India is fully or partly dependent on farm income and farmers were committing suicide in hundreds of thousand due to non-remunerative prices of farm produce hence presently they are agitating for mainly the ‘Legally Enforceable Minimum Support Price’ (LEMSP) of presently 23 items (which farmers are demanding to increase to about 40 items including for fruits, vegetable, dairy products etc). Huge State-capital shall be required by Government of India (GoI) to build infrastructure (like outlets, mandis, godowns, cold storages, transport facilities etc) for procuring most of these 40 MSP items because despite laws for MSP the private players shall not purchase these items at MSP (as despite ‘Minimum Wages Act’ the private contractors pay less than minimum wage and get signatures on minimum wage of the poor laborers). Same shall be the fate of poor farmers also (because average land holding in India is merely less than 2 Hectares) (ii)- This huge state-capital can easily come if GoI recovers the State-capital (Income tax) of Rs about 1,000 Lakh Crore (Trillion) from about one million fake farmers, as mentioned at https://english.newsnationtv.com/article/121125-news-nation-disclosure-on-blackmoney-kharabpati-farmers-take-agriculture-route-t.html and https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Prominent-people-hiding-taxable-income-Jaitley/articleshow/51408323.cms . Hence the Congress shall work for immediate recovery of this huge amount of Rs 1,000 Lakh crore of Income tax which shall be deployed :-
(A)- To solve the problem of livelihood of the overwhelming majority of India through LEMSP and the said ‘Comprehensive Public Distribution System’ (CPDS). (B)- For financing ‘Modified Employees State Insurance’ (MESI, having adequate network of dispensaries, hospitals etc all across India) in which contributions shall be given by all employees (in organized & unorganized sectors of entire India who are not covered by any other medical insurance) and their employers and government and shall be managed by the representatives of employees, employers and government. How much this MESI is the need of the hour has been highlighted sufficiently during the Corona pandemic, especially during its second wave.( C)- For constructing residential and commercial buildings (in such residential areas) all over India which shall be given on rent to be decided by ‘Statutory Rent Commission’. This shall not only solve the problem of housing due to increased mobility in the growing service economy but shall also go a long way in urgently solving the problem of unemployment in India. (ii)- The Congress believes that providing land for business & industries is the responsibility of the government and private entities should not be expected to negotiate with farmers etc to acquire land for this purpose. Hence the Congress will work for developing government owned & maintained business and industrial areas all across India. (iii)- Small land holding has also denied the benefit of labor laws to farm laborers, the poorest of the poor. Hence the Congress shall work for larger land holding (where corporations shall not be allowed to own agricultural land) which shall facilitate labor laws in farm-sector too. (iv)- In the interest of increased employment in the country, the Congress will work for bankruptcy laws and hire & fire policy in industries with a rider that in case of fresh employment in such industries the retrenched employees will be given preference. (v)- The Congress shall work for the forfeiture of the public debts of the governments of India and of States which are beyond the consolidated funds of these government in violation of Article 292 & 293 of the Constitution and which have been incurred by taking excuse of unconstitutional ‘Fiscal Responsibility & Budget Management Act’ (FRBMA)
(4)- The Congress believes in Federalism where all civilian subjects (including natural resources) shall be with States and only martial subjects like defense, foreign affairs, currency, communication, national transports, human rights etc shall be with the Central / Federal government. Even railways shall be National and State.
(5)- No country can progress or even survive without rule-of-law. If justice is not delivered at moderate cost & promptly by Courts then rule-of-law has no meaning. Hence the Congress shall work for ensuring that:- (i)- High Courts (under their power of superintendence) shall check every file (under Article 227 of the Constitution) which comes to them from subordinate Courts (District and Lower Courts in appeal, revision writ etc) whether any presiding officer has granted adjournments unnecessarily, with commensurate punishment to erring presiding officers of subordinate Courts. (ii)- Along with full-fledged legal library the government lodging and boarding facilities at nominal charge should be provided at all the seats of appellate Courts (under supervision of Bar Council of States and of India) for advocates coming from lower Courts so that cases in appellate Courts can be contested speedily and at much lesser cost.
(6)- If Pakistan & Bangladesh do not agree for dual citizenship of about 160 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims (as mentioned above) and / or if Pakistan do not agree for plebiscite in J&K and Balochistan (after ensuring these territories free from outsiders) then India will term 1947 partition of India as illegal and will reject this partition of India and will do everything for assimilating Pakistan and Bangladesh back into India (also by keeping in view that Afghanistan doesn’t accept Durand Line).
