The All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) on Friday resolved at its three-day workshop to launch a nationwide campaign titled ‘Save India-Change India’ to protect the democratic and secular fabrics of the country.
The AIFB alleged that democracy and secular fabrics of the country are under serious threat under the present Narendra Modi Government.
The Forward Block would mobilize the workers, peasants, youth, students, women and the marginalized people to wage a relentless mass action across the country from August 15 to December 31 2017 to mark the 75th year of August Kranti movement.It has already started a special campaign from August 9 till October 21, the foundation day of Azad Hind Sarkar established by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, during which the party units across the country will organise rallies, public meetings and seminars.
The Forward Bloc will celebrate its platinum jubilee throughout the year October 21, 2018 till October 21, 2019.
It urged upon the Central Government to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to declassify all the files related to Netaji, INA and Azad Hind Government. The party demanded that the Union Government accept the Mukherjee Commission Report which proved that Netaji didn’t die in the alleged plane crash in 1945.The party would start a special campaign on this demand from August 18 2017 onwards.
Former MP and party general secretary Debabrata Biswas announced these programme on the concluding day.
While GR Shivashankar (Karnataka) delivered on the issues of working class and G Devarajan delivered on Youth issues, Raghav Sharan Sharma and Hafiz Alam Sairani on peasant issues and Shyamal Roy spoke on student issues.
Delegates and leaders paid floral tributes to Netaji Subhas statue at Rasulgarh Square and took oath to work for safeguarding the Constitution.