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Mr. Pankajakshan, said here today that some of the decisions taken at the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China yesterday was alarming. Inaugurating the 8th national conference of the UTUC, he said that the most apprehensive aspect of the developments in China was the move to implement the concept of "socialist modernisation''. Calling upon the delegates to the UTUC conference to take a serious note of the developments, he said that China's proposed move towards "socialist modernisation'' had perturbed the minds of Marxist-Leninists the world over. Mr. Pankajakshan wondered about the future of socialism in the event of modernisation getting affected. "The fact is that the Chinese Government accepted market economy years ago by giving that concept a new nomenclature thereby confusing all concerned," he said He expressed relief at the drifting away of the war clouds which had gathered over the West Asia region. "But it could well be a temporary phenomenon since it cannot be construed that the United States will give up its vested interests in the oil-rich Gulf region," he said. Mr. Pankajakshan said that as leaders of the Left parties in the country, the CPI(M) and the CPI had failed to perform their duty of countering the growth of the BJP and other communal forces. He said the CPI(M)'s soft corner for the Congress in forging a national alliance against the BJP and the CPI following suit was a faux pas. "The fact is that the Congress itself rebuffed the initiative taken by the CPI(M)," he said. He said that the so-called Congress opposition to communalism had no sincerity. Moreover, even at this stage, the Congress was not prepared to come out openly against the ongoing economic reforms which that party had pioneered in the early 1990s. He wanted the CPI(M) and the CPI to take note of the fact that the Congress had never extended support to the Left in those States ruled by the Left parties. He said that the communal divide in Gujarat was the creation of the BJP and the Sangh Parivar. The move was aimed at mustering community votes. He said that minority communities could not be fully absolved of creating trouble. Condemning the proposed ''Hindu Sovereignty Yatra'' of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Gujarat, Mr. Pankajakshan alleged that the `Gaurav Yatra' led by the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, had spewed violence through its entire route. The UTUC general secretary, Sunil Sen Gupta, presided over the inaugural session. The RSP West Bengal unit secretary, Debabrata Bandhopadhaya, delivered the keynote address. The UTUC State president, P.K. Divakaran, and the RSP leaders, V.P. Ramakrishna Pillai, N.K. Premachandran MP, Kshithi Goswami, T.J. Chandrachoodan, K. Shankaran Nair and A.A. Aziz, MLA, addressed the gathering.
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