CPI CENTRAL COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON TELANGANA

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 30, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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:entral Commitee Resolution on. Telangane
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The following is an unedited. eight-paragraph RO3 iution of the Central
Comnittev (CC) of the Communist rarty of India kC.eI) dateil JUne 1951 and
cirpulated to trusted party members by secret party courier:
fetelutien on TeIanane
Lu eertain sections of the Party as well. an in eircles which have been friendly
to ;he struggle of the Telangana peasants, questions have been raised regarding
the policies and methods to be pursued in the struggle going on for the last
five years.
The CG -wishes to strPss that;,while it is the right and duty of comrades and
.J'arty units in all !firts of the country to make suggestions to the CC about the
tack. to be adopted in the Telaw:ana struggie,'it is primarily the peoele
ef Telen4ane who nuat decide tha ssue hiic the CPI is proud to -state that
it 3tood with the pee de arid led them in their heroic resistance- to oppressioo,
it :11.-ihot aet like the High Command of-Conpyese, which decides u?on struggles
no eentlnues, hampers or withdraws them without reference to the will of the
masiee concerned.
Durre. the last 1:ep': years since the intervention, all 2rogresAve section:3,0f
th ioo Ie have come to realise the falsity of the claims made that the inter,
lention wee intended to abolish aqiquated feudal ruie of the Aizam and intro
-ones je:.ocratic reforms it wee their united demand expressed throu&n
huuiroc,s of elietinge, deeiionstrations and ap,faais that forced the to
eorffaute the death s-enteree paosed on the twelve heroic Telangana fighters
Theohout India, the question of abolishing feudal landlordissu and introducing
,r1:1.n reforms, 30 E;EI -to sive land to the peasaut end sole the .people's food
_ori has been torpedoed y the reactionary 'Jested nterests entrenched behirai
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Under such conditions. to protect Tel a* to preserve the geira of the -c' of
oeesas and agr, wole%ers vto fought and von land, reduction of rent and int,ree
alqd froedom froTa forced labor :la to 6havr the 1..re.y to really aohieve atr,rariaa
relori7o and not :aereiy paper promises
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as" At -the same times the CC wishes to state that it ie prepared to solve the
problem by negotiation and eettlemente intended to preserve sad protect the
interests of the peasantry and the people and to restore peaceful oonditione
in lee. area,
It is believed in some circler that the struggle an Telangana is being fought
in erear to overthrow the Nehru Government* The Cireles ienore the fact that
the reruggle of the peasants for latd and againet the oppression of the feudal
lamaeres and the Nit= began in 194e long Woes the Nehru Gorts came into
exigaerees And it oontinued even after its entry into the Nisam States solely
ti treteot the peasant against the lendlorde who euro now being reinstateaby the
110111-1k Oovernment in alliance with Nisane to overthrow ohose rule it had
esteneibly entered the States Eenoes it ehould be ?leer to all that the
atreanae of the Telangana peasapts was neither begun nor continued to overthrow
the Eohtu Government but to do Ilfw with f?da1 oppreseions toad everyone desiring
the proerees of our ooantry would agree that to struggle to end feudal landlord
oppreesion is right and neoeteary because that alone on give us foods empleirment
prosperity and freedeme
Keepaee this in minds the CO decides to direot tho PE .
(I) To review the problem of Telangana in order to find two aad gas=
te epsure suocoot of the struggles
epneals to all Party units and PM W to popularise- the dad of the
Te'eaegena peasante and to mobilise support of workers. peasants and
thosoeople against repression and military atrocities in TeIaagena*
(5). enoeale to democrats of all ehadea to protect the Telangana people
aeem repressions oarried out by military occupations and
(a) rees forward the follosting dement% of the aeasantry before all the
seeple with e viee to seoure their aotivc entervertion0
80 Demende
) Ale lands tbat are being cultivated by the peeeants and ages workers
theald continue in their poasession and enjoyments No oultivating
aeasart and agrs worker shall be evicted from lard* All lande foroibly
reazod from the peasants ehould be reetoreds
(X) Right of tribal people to free uxe and sale of forest produce and freedom
te oultivate forest lands under their oeu eleeted Panaheyate*
(3) VIalage admieistration to be carried on by Panohes t elected by all the
vaalaeore including semen.:
(4) Ienediate withdraull or all armed forces and diebanding of homeguards;
(5) ae:aaso of all political prisoners: oonvieted or detained* Withdrawal
Lease* and eaaaellation of collective fines,
(6) elehdrneal of ban on Andhra Nahaeabha snd Communitt Fusty; restoration
oivil liberties;
(7) Constituent Azsemby elected by universal adult franchise to decide tha
feeure of the Nisam dynasty and the diesolution ea the Wderabed State
Y-Si:,11 linguistic province:1 of Anahrap Nahareshtra nnd Karnatek it oomplete
eegional autoaoey to tribal areas*"
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