Democratic Youth Federation of India

Democratic Youth Federation of India

Abbreviation	DYFI
Formation	1980
Type	Youth Organisation
Headquarters	kerala, India
President	M. B. Rajesh
General Secretary	Abhoy Mukherjee
Website	www.dyfi.in

Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) (in Hindi भारत कि जनवादी नौजवन सभा, Bharat ki Janvadi Naujavan Sabha) is a strong and young communist organisation working in India. It is a left-wing organisation founded in its inaugural conference held from 1–3 November 1980 at Shaheed Kartar Singh Saraba village in Ludhiana, Punjab.^[1]

As of 2012, DYFI had a membership strength of 16.2 million which rose from 13.4 million in 2011.^[2] The annual membership fee of DYFI is a meager Rs. 2 and is open to all youth between the age 15 and 40 irrespective of their political ideology.^[2]

DYFI identifies itself to be an independent organisation,^[3] however a number of eminent leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) like former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya who was a former secretary of Bengal fraction and a founder Central Committee member of DYFI, Manik Sarkar - the present chief minister of Tripura - was a vice president of the organisation, M. Vijayakumar who was the speaker of Kerala legislative assembly was once former all-India president of DYFI.^[1]

Objectives

In the preamble to the constitution of the organisation which was approved in its inaugural meeting it is stated as,

The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) as a forward looking and progressive youth organisation inspired by anti-imperialist, democratic and socialist ideas takes upon itself the task of organising the young men and the young women of our country into a well-knit all India youth organisation to build a powerful youth movement to fight for a democratic and progressive social system and for the upliftment and betterment of the youth community as a whole.
— Preamble, Constitution of DYFI^[4]

Affiliations

Communism in India

Communist Party of India AITUC AIKS AIYF AISF NFIW BKMU
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CITU AIKS DYFI SFI AIDWA GMP
Communist Ghadar Party of India Naxalbari uprising Communist Party of India (M-L) Liberation New Democracy Janashakti PCC 2nd CC Red Flag Class Struggle Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) AIUTUC AIMSS AIDYO AIDSO
Abani Mukherji A. K. Gopalan Ajoy Ghosh Anand Anuradha Ghandy Avtar Singh Malhotra Azad Azhikodan Raghavan Bhupesh Gupta B. T. Ranadive Charu Majumdar E. K. Imbichi Bava E. K. Nayanar E. M. S. Namboodiripad Ganapathy Guru Radha Kishan Jagannath Sarkar Jyoti Basu Saroj Dutta Geeta Mukherjee Prasanta Sur Indrajit Gupta K. Damodaran Kishenji Kobad Ghandy Kondapalli Seetharamaiah Kosa M. N. Roy Moturu Hanumantha Rao Mohit Sen M.P.T. Acharya Narmada Akka P. Krishna Pillai Prashant Bose Puchalapalli Sundaraiah Puran Chand Joshi Shamsher Singh Sheri Shibdas Ghosh T. Nagi Reddy V. S. Achuthanandan
Tebhaga movement CCOMPOSA Telangana Rebellion Comrades Association Communist Party of French India
Communism World Communist Movement
Communism portal

DYFI is a member of World Federation of Democratic Youth.

DYFI rally in Kolkata

The DYFI affiliate in Jammu and Kashmir is called Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Youth Federation. In Tripura there is a separate body, affiliated to DYFI, called Tribal Youth Federation.

History

The organisation was formed on 3 November 1980 from its inaugural conference held at Saheed Kartar Singh Saraba Village, Ludhiana, Punjab from 31 October to 3 November. Prior to formation, the leaders of KSYF of Kerala, Socialist Valibar organisation of Tamil Nadu, Nav Jawan Sabha of Punjab, DYF of West Bengal etc. assembled in Delhi and gave shape to a Preparatory Committee. This committee conducted a conference in Ludhiana from 1 to 3 November for the formation of DYFI. The constitution and programme of the new organisation was adopted in this conference.

DYFI is very proactive in fighting against the commercialisation of education in India. In on 25 November 1994 five members of DYFI were shot dead by the state police force, when the DYFI activists protested against commercialisation of higher education at Koothuparambu in Kannur district, Kerala.^[5]

Publications

At national level, DYFI publishes the magazine Naujawan Drishti (Youth Stream). On state level there are various publications, such as Jubashakti in West Bengal, Yuvadhara in Kerala, and Yuvasangharsh in Maharashtra.

Views

Purported aims of DYFI:

Jobs for all, education for all and empowerment of youth.
It stands for communal harmony.
Constitutional approval of right to job.
Industrialisation.
Proper implementation of self-employment projects.
DYFI aims for Scientific socialism.
Promote secularism of the nation

It opposes :

Anti-democracy and sectarian movements.
Economic policies guided by International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization.
Imperialist aggression over Third World.
Industrialisation by corporate's.

Funds :

Major part of the DYFI fund is collected through its members, and at times it raises fund from the general public. For this they hold fund collection drives during a specific time by all of its units.

External links

References

1 2 Chopra, Suneet. "dyfi From Ludhiana To Amritsar". People's Democracy. CPI(M). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
1 2 "DYFI to focus on unemployment". The Hindu. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
↑ "Welcome". DYFI Kerala. DYFI. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
↑ "Constitution". DYFI Kerala. DYFI Kerala. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
↑ "Martyrs". DYFI Kerala. DYFI. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

Coordinates: 28°37′7.4″N 77°13′8.1″E / 28.618722°N 77.218917°E / 28.618722; 77.218917

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

General secretaries	P. Sundarayya (1964–78) E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1978–92) Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1992–2005) Prakash Karat (2005–15) Sitaram Yechury (2015–present)

Current Politburo members	Sitaram Yechury Prakash Karat S. Ramachandran Pillai Manik Sarkar Biman Bose Pinarayi Vijayan B. V. Raghavulu Kodiyeri Balakrishnan M. A. Baby Surja Kanta Mishra Brinda Karat Mohammad Salim Subhashini Ali Hannan Mollah G. Ramakrishnan

Chief Ministers	E. M. S. Namboodiripad Jyoti Basu Nripen Chakraborty E. K. Nayanar Dasarath Deb Manik Sarkar Buddhadeb Bhattacharya V. S. Achuthanandan

Related organisations	All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) Students Federation of India (SFI)

Newspapers	People's Democracy The Marxist Deshabhimani Daily Desher Katha Ganashakti Lok Lahar Prajasakti Theekkathir

See also	CPI(M), West Bengal State Committee

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