Thanks Comrade Vijay Singh is not Alive to Watch Demolition of his Heritage

 

Thanks Comrade Vijay Singh is not Alive to Watch Demolition of his Heritage

What is now happening to Marx's theory has, in the course of history, happened repeatedly to the theories of revolutionary thinkers and leaders of oppressed classes fighting for emancipation. During the lifetime of great revolutionaries, the oppressing classes constantly hounded them, received their theories with the most savage malice, the most furious hatred and the most unscrupulous campaigns of lies and slander. After their death, attempts are made to convert them into harmless icons, to canonize them, so to say, and to hallow their names to a certain extent for the “consolation” of the oppressed classes and with the object of duping the latter, while at the same time robbing the revolutionary theory of its substance, blunting its revolutionary edge and vulgarizing it. [LENIN in STATE AND REVOLUTION 1917]

 

Lenin’s above comment was not only about past but future also. For latest proof, one needed to be at Chinmay Mission auditorium, Delhi to witness it happening on April 25, 2026.  It was the venue of Remembrance Meeting organized by the family for Professor Vijay Singh, “a distinguished academic, Marxist theorist, and an outstanding scholar of Soviet and Russian history” who passed away on April 17 after teaching history for more than 3 decades at Satyawati College of University of Delhi at the age of 80. He also edited a reputed Marxist theoretical journal Revolutionary Democracy, a peerless journal on developments of Marxian theory and practices. He also acted as a bridge between Indian Communists and Communist parties of Asia specially Pakistan, Africa, Europe and Latin America.  According to a press report [https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/at-memorial-for-atishis-father-fond-remembrance-songs-of-revolution-and-aap-leadership-in-the-front-row-10655944/]

According to a press report a close comrade of his, Gautam Mody remembering him stated: “Vijay was a proud communist for whom in the first instance communism derived from the simplest forms of humanism – of love, concern, and empathy for each other. For Vijay, the solidarity between people was not an abstraction. It derived from basic human relations…Vijay’s understanding as a political thinker and activist was rooted in the unshakable understanding that robust theory alongside a reading of history are necessary for analyzing a contemporary situation correctly. It’s only through this that a political program for societal change can evolve that is not opportunistic. Opportunism for Vijay was what stalled the advance of progressive ideas and change.” It was a truthful Remembrance!

Renowned musician Vidya Shah presented a few of Vijay’s  favourite songs/compositions. Among the numbers she sang was Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s stirring revolutionary nazm Hum dekhenge, the Bhakti hymn Man lago mera yaar fakiri mein, attributed to Sant Ravidas, and Gopal Das Neeraj’s progressive poem Ab toh mazhab koi aisa bhi chalaaya jaye, jismein insaan ko insaan banaaya jaye.

In this Remembrance Meeting “seated in the front row at a solemn function to honour the memory of Prof Vijay Kumar Singh, the father of former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, was AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and his wife Sunita, Kejriwal’s former ministerial colleagues Manish Sisodia, Satyender Jain, and Imran Hussain, and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh. Former Speaker of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha Ram Niwas Goel, AAP MLA Jarnail Singh, and former MLA Dilip Pandey were among the other AAP leaders present at the commemoration at Chinmaya Mission on Saturday.

It was brazen denigration of the revolutionary ideology to which Comrade Vijay was committed till last days of his life. If he was alive and present he would have died of shock once again. He fearlessly stood for rights of working class both white-collar and blue-collar, minorities, women and demarginalized. He stood against Brahamanization of universities, administration and judiciary. He was dead against removal of Article 370, repression of people of Jammu & Kashmir, Muslim youth, student activists. He was a trade unionist. What is the record of AAP as a political party vis a vis the above-mentioned commitment of Comrade Vijay? AAP complimented all the repressive agendas RSS-BJP rulers; removal of Article 370, anti-working-class policies, granted permission to incarceration of Muslim and young political activists. Kejriwal and his party joined RSS-BJP in witch-hunting of Muslims during 2020 Delhi violence. AAP wanted photos of Laxmi and Ganesh on Indian currency replacing Gandhi.

It was brazen denigration of Comrade Vijay and his ideology that Kejriwal, the perpetrator sat in the front row!  

Comrade Vijay taught at Delhi University for 35 years and last years of his as teacher were spent fighting RSS takeover of the University. Atishi, her daughter oversaw Delhi University colleges (28 fully or semi funded by Delhi Government) for many years and later CM of Delhi. Did she resist this takeover? Absolutely not. In fact, during her tenure these colleges, including her father’s own college turned into RSS controlled colleges.

Comrades of Vijay Singh must come forward to save him from this AAPIZATION!

Shamsul Islam

April 26, 2026