OUR PLEDGE ON REPUBLIC DAY * Let us aii defend Democracy and help extend its horizon. * Let us maintain communal harmony and consolidate national integrity. * Let us promote the cause of the working classes and strive to better their standard of living. * Let us, through our Panchayats, extend Democracy to the remotest villages. * Let us eradicate despondency in our educational system and help establish the need of the working classes in this regard. * Let us protect the interests of the agricultural labourers and small peasants and help accelerate the pace of agricultural development and land reforms. * Let us revitalize the state's industry. * Let us strengthen the co-operation between the Government and the people. * Let us ba vigilant against reactionary forces and vested interests. ISSUED BY: THE GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL