Pakistan: Youth rally marking 82 years of Bhagat Singh hanging by British Imperialism

There are many forgotten heroes of the Liberation movement against the British Raj in the Subcontinent. Bhagat Singh and his comrades were some of those who stood against imperialism on a programme of Socialist Revolution. On 23^rd March 1931, Bhagat Singh along with his comrades Raj Guru and Sukh Dev were hanged by British Imperialism at the Central Jail in Lahore.

The Right-wing in South Asia continuously defames the struggle of Bhagat Singh by calling it merely nationalist struggle and recently the right wing of Pakistan launched a furious battle against the ideas of Bhagat singh and his legacy. Bhagat Singh stood for a Socialist Revolution in the Subcontinent.

In order to pay tribute to Bhagat Singh for his revolutionary struggle and raise awareness about his struggle among the new generation, the Progressive Youth Alliance organized a rally in Daska city on the 82 anniversary of Singhs death.

A large number of youth activists from PSF, BNT, PYO and students from different schools and colleges participated. The rally started from Rest House Chowk and ended at Fawara Chowk. During the rally, participants chanted radical slogans against so-called independence and for a socialist revolution. People of the city also supported the slogans and showed their sympathy for the rally. At the end, the rally turned into a public meeting. Comrade Sajjad, organizer PYA Gujranwala Division, criticised the so-called independence and vowed to continue the fight against Capitalism.

Comrade Umar Shahid from the PTUDC said that we salute the struggle of comrade Bhagat but we don’t support his idea of individual terrorism. Individual terrorism is not the way to the revolution but only the working class is capable of bringing socialism. Other speakers included Shehzad Ahmed, President of PYO Daska, Nasir Butt, President of PTUDC Sialkot, Comrade Kashif Ali from the Christian School in Daska, Comrade Ahsan from BNT Sialkot and Shah Nawaz Goraya, President of the People’s Lawyers Forum in Daska.

In the end all the participants pledged to continue the struggle to fulfil the Bhagat Singh’s dream of a Socialist Revolution in the Subcontinent.