फ़ासीवाद के सवाल पर एक जरूरी बहस - भाग - 7
‘Lalkaar-Pratibaddh’ Group’s Understanding of Fascism
A Menagerie of Dogmatic Blunders
(Part – VII)
'ललकार-प्रतिबद्ध' ग्रुप की फ़ासीवाद की समझदारी
कठमुल्लावादी ग़लतियों की नुमाइश भाग - 7
• Abhinav Sinha
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𝟏𝟔. 𝐒𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚: 𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚
𝘈. “𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘦-𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥” 𝘝𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘩𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢
From page number 47 to 49 in his booklet on fascism, Sukhwinder presents a very, very brief account of fascist rise in India. He warns the readers that they should consult “other books”. Well, to say the least, after systematic dumbing down of the minds of the readers with this very, very brief account, even reading the best of the research works on fascism in India, would not be able to play the role of an antidote. We will explain why we are saying this.
First of all, any person has the right to present a brief account of any historical process. However, the usefulness of such account depends on one basic pre-requisite that it must fulfil: it must capture at least the nodal points or defining moments of that process. Sukhwinder’s account completely fails to capture the milestones or the turning points in the rise of fascism in India. It is a very poor factual account with inaccuracies. Secondly, if a Marxist presents even a very brief account of a socio-economic and political phenomenon, it must have two basic elements: one, causal analysis and two, the identification of the phases of the process. Both these elements are missing. Allow us to demonstrate this fact.
The account of Sukhwinder is a thoroughly impoverished selection of facts from a variety of sources. A reader can get a better view of things by reading Wikipedia articles on the subject, if not scholarly research works! For instance, he does not even mention the core of the ideology of Hindutva fascism, as it originated and evolved through Savarkar to Golwalkar and later. The essence of fascist ideology itself is lost in his account. Secondly, he does not discuss the basic phases of evolution of fascist ideology and organization from 1925 to 1947 (foundations of fascist ideology, origins of the cadre structure and development of a limited support base among the urban petty-bourgeoisie and upper-caste landlordist reaction), from 1948 to 1962 (period of relative downturn and sidelining of the RSS due to the assassination of Gandhi, even though the ban on the RSS was lifted very soon and the development of cadre organization and infiltration into state apparatus continued), from India’s China War (1962) to the mid-1980s (the re-emergence of the RSS in the mainstream bourgeois politics, continued growth of cadre organization, continued infiltration into the state apparatus, and beginnings of the rise of fascist social movement), the mid-1980s to 1996 (the period of first paroxysm with the demolition of the Babri Masjid when Indian fascism moved from a long ‘war of positions’ to a period of ‘war of movement’, formation of BJP or BJP-led governments in some states,