On the 24th November, 2025, at a most critical phase in the revolutionary communist movement in India, it is most commendable that the 6th State Conference of the Revolutionary Students’ Front (RSF) was organized at Vivekananda Hall in Jadavpur University. The name of Kolkata was dedicated as Koteshwar Rao Nagar, Jadavpur University was dedicated as Basavaraju Auditorium, and Vivekananda Hall was named Hidma Stage. The first session of the conference sparked of with two minutes of silence in memory of the immortal martyrs of the New Democratic Revolution of India. The conference then hit off with revolutionary mass songs performed by the cultural team of the Revolutionary Students’ Front, Lal Lanthan. After that, the message of the conference was read out in front of all comrades present and the representatives of the fraternal organizations. Then, messages from the national and international fraternal organisations were read.
Speeches were delivered by Comrade Sushil Thakur on behalf of the Sangrami Shramik Manch, Comrade Sukumar Kayal on behalf of the Sangrami Krishak Manch, Comrade Debjit Bhattacharya from the Bibadi Patrika, Comrade Siddheshwar Biswas and Comrade Srijan Dutta from the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP), and Comrade Abhijit from Bikolpo Dumdum magazine. Comrade Bipasha Sarkar performed mass songs on behalf of the Manabi magazine. Through the programme of the mass songs commemorating women comrades waging a battle for a society extinguishing exploitation in India and across the world, the women comrades of the RSF delivered the message of advancing the struggle for women’s liberation. After that, Comrade Souhardya Kar spoke on behalf of the former Executive Committee.It was attended by revolutionary democratic activists like Ravi Narla and Prashant Rahi, who both addressed it.
At the beginning of the second session, the draft of the Political and Organizational Report covering the period from the last conference of the RSF in 2019 to this year 2025 was presented. A discussion session was undertaken with the members present, where they discussed their opinions and questions on various political issues. In the closing session of the conference, the election of the new Executive Committee (EC) was conducted on the basis of the proposals of the previous committee. From the newly elected Executive Committee, Comrade Tathagata was elected as the General Secretary of the RSF and Comrade Arghyajit was elected as the Spokesperson. Comrade Tathagata addressed the gathering on behalf of the new EC. After that, everyone united singing the song of international revolutionary communists, The Internationale. Finally, the conference concluded with the performance of people's songs by Lal Lanthan.
The Revolutionary Students Front symbolises the ideology of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and stands out as one of the two to three organisations in India resurrecting the path of the Andhra Pradesh Radical Students Union. In recent times in India no students group as consistently, resolutely and intensely stood by the revolutionary movements led by Maoist forces in Dandakaranya, condemned Operation Kagar and conducted political propaganda against tide of Brahmanical fascism.
Even if quantitatively small, the Revolutionary Students Front has made qualitative impact in illuminating Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and Naxalbari.
The group has also organised concerted campaigns and protest against attacks on Muslims, Dalits and Bangladeshi immigrants as well as more than often waved the banner protesting the genocide of Israel in Gaza.
An impressive part of RSF’s agenda was resurrecting the ‘Go to Village’ campaigns of the Andhra Pradesh Radical Students Union model, in 2023. Here it made an intensive exploration of rural areas,integrated with the peasantry, and related the politics of naxalabri with cultural programmes.
It has made it a habit to illuminate martyrs like Charu Mazumdar,Kanhai Chaterjee and Kishenji as well as Bhagat Singh and his comrades In recent times it undertook powerful campaigns in memory of Basava Raju and Hidma..
The organisation has undertaken massive propaganda campaign combating the Hindutva ideology, exploring or tracing it’s roots in RSS leaders like Hegdewar and Moonje and projecting how it is resurrected today.
The group has raised it’s voice against suppression of dissent in Kashmir and the stripping of rights of it’s people.
RSF condemned the surrendering of Maoist leaders like Sonu, as well as Kobad Ghandy , categorising them as traitors, and stood by the CPI) Maoist) stand.
All revolutionary democrats should congratulate the Revolutionary Students Front for unwaveringly illuminating light of revolutionary resistance against neo-fascist tide and resurrecting the glorious spirit. of Naxalbari. -to plant seeds for new roses to bloom to extinguish revisionism and proto-fascism.
Harsh Thakor
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