My opposition to CJP
In the last few days, much has been discussed about the CJP (Cockroach Janata party). We as Communists have been criticised that we are 'puranitical' for rejecting the movement, while others are on the fence on how they should view The CJP. Some are optimistic, some thinks it's the CIA, some others allege it's AAP.
To me, CJP is nothing more than an online page with some followers, there are people who think that CJP is 'revolutionary' just because it dares to criticise and because the younger people are associated with it.
On the front of critique, The CJP has only a single popular issue at best. The NEET paper leak and demanding resignation of The education minister.
But what's the use of it? One incompetent man would be replaced by another (If the government is feeling generous with an incompetent women perhaps to earn "naari shakti" points.) it will not change the fundamentally broken system of education.
On the front of association, The 'youth' is not class. Generations contrary to popular belief are not uniform. The interests of a 'youth' who bought the paper for lakhs is very different from the 'youth' who's preparation and coaching fees got wasted. Simply speaking there is no class or caste basis for CJP which means it will quickly turn into circlejerk for the urban upper caste youth.
Lastly, internet activism like CJP might achieve followers and might be convinient, but there could be no social progress without ground presence.
Still there is much to learn from this "bourgeois" movement.
For one the youth of our country are slowly realsing that their future is precarious and are developing consciousness. Sure its the urban youth but when your country's most privileged start to realise, it's an indication that things are not going well for capital.
There is also resistence to this Simple CJP movement as well. From those same 'middle class' and 'educated' who think the movement is too 'political' for their tastes.
One thing i want to make clear by the above line is that our country is in a very weird Position. While the failure and decay of the system is touching the privileged, they are to conscious about losing their privilege and too prejudiced to do anything aside from occasionally criticise the matters which affect them.
Any social movement which targets them is bound to fail.
On the other the marginalised sections of the population living in smaller towns and cities are probably angry with dissatisfaction too, but nobody has made any party are program which addresses their issues in a radical way.
Here is where there is the Most potential.
A mirror to the independence movement more than a century ago.