People's Democracy

DYFI Holds Two-Day Class For South India

THE central executive committee (CEC) of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) recently organised a two-day class for south India, at Mahabalipuram near Chennai. It was inaugurated by CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Prakash Karat who, while speaking on the occasion, discussed the post-September 11 situation in the world. He said America is trying to establish its imperialist hegemony over the world in the name of waging a war against terrorism. At the national level, the BJP is playing the role of an American agent in the subcontinent. There is a competition between the ruling elites of India and Pakistan to outwit each other in their effort to become an American agent in the Indian subcontinent.

The class started with N N Krishnadas, all-India president of the DYFI, hoisting the flag. DYFI general secretary Tapas Sinha dwelt on the issue of unemployment, saying that in the post-independence period in the country it is for the first time that the government data have showed a negative rate of employment growth. It is a question of great concern for every youth and every citizen of the country.

Around two hundred delegates from Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh participated in the two-day class. Former DYFI president and a CPI(M) Central Committee member M A Baby took a class on the subject of global economy and its impact on youth while former Kerala University vice chancellor Dr G Balamohan Thambi took a class on dialectical and historical materialism. (INN)