NAXALITE MOVEMENT 23 political and personal credibility of individuals. While on two major points Naxalites of all description are in full agreement—their allegiance to Mao's thought, and the demand for the release of political prisoners-on practically every other point, differences between them are too wide to be bridged in the near future. I am grateful to many friends who helped me in various ways in preparing this paper, in particular to Biren Roy, a known trade unionist of Calcutta, and Hira Singh, a lecturer of Sociology in Delhi University. 1 Biplap Dasgupta, The Naxalite Movement, Allied Publishers, Delhi, 1974. a Quoted in Sfulinga (a Bengali journal published by the North Bengal Bihar Border regional committee, a pro-CM organisation), No 1, 1974. * Ibid., p 18. Even Kami Sanyal was castigated for not Unconditionally accepting* Mazumdar's leadership. See also Dasgupta, op cit., pp 159-160. 4 Dasgupta, op cit., p 232. » Liberation, October 1974—June 1975. * Ibid. 7 'Problems and Tasks before the Party*, a review by the extended central committee meeting ofGPI(ML) of the period from November 1971 to June 1974, Ibid, * 'Indian Revolution and its Path,' a document produced by the central committee ofCPI(ML) on 22 April 1975, Liberation, June— July 1975. » The Problems and Tasks before the Party*, op cit. 19 Sfulinga, op cit., no 2, 1974. They even argued, quoting Mao, that "setback is necessary". ^ Ibid. n Ibid. 19 **Like Lin Piao, Mazumdar can now be made the scapegoat for all the failings of CPI(ML) in 1967-72". See Dasgupta, p 233. 14 See Dasgupta, op cit., p 195, for the details. u See Dasgupta, op cit., Chapter 6 for details. 1* Dasgupta, op cit., pp 189-190. 17 Liberation, October 1974—June 1975, op cit. 19 UCCRI(ML), "Mao Tsctung will live in our hearts for ever", resolution of the central committee on the death of Comrade Mao Tsetung pp 36—37. 19 Eight historic documents on the uncompromising struggle against revisionism by our respected leader Charu Mazumdar. Published in Bengali by North Bengal-Bihar border regional committee of CPI (ML). Although their existence was known at the time of writing the book (p 6), it was not until recently that these came into possession. 20 Dasgupta, op cit., p 204. al Liberation, October 1974—January 1975, op cit. a2 Ibid. 18 Liberation, June—July 1975, op cit. «4 Ibid. a< Dasgupta op cit., see pp 192-193 for an account of the difference between Mazumdar and Ashim Chatterjee on this subject. ^ Liberation, October 1974—January 1975, ep cit. 27 Dasgupta, op cit., p 205, 28 Liberation October 1974—January 1975. w Liberation, June—July 1975. 99 Liberation, November 1975—February 1976. 81 'Our tactical line and the COC critic of Andhra* Liberation, August—October 1976. This article also mentioned the agreement reached between the COG and the