By PTUDC Karachi
Comrade Hardil Kumar was a revolutionary fighter and he was an enlightened vanguard soldier of class war against poverty and capital accumulation. He died on 3rd February. Although he was born in a family which was among most oppressed layers, Hindu minority, of Pakistan’s society yet he always stood for the cause of socialist revolution. To pay homage to his irreconcilable struggle for revolution; Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign (PTUDC) and The Struggle organised condolence reference for Comrade Hardil Kumar on 10th March at Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Hall Karachi.
Many people belonging from different factions of society attended the reference. With anguish of sudden death of a comrade, the audience turned to pay tribute to him. After observing a two-minute silence for the comrade, formally program was opened. Speakers include Shiekh Majeed (PIA union leader), Manzoor Razi (Railways Worker Union), Ramesh Kumar (Pakistan Paramedics), Changez Malik (PTUDC Rawalpindi), Ilyas Khan Advocate, Basharat Ali (President JKNSF), Qamar Zaman (Editor Mazdoornama), Anwer Panwar (President PTUDC Sindh), Nazar Mangal (Central President PTUDC), Bakht Niaz Advocate (Organiser PTUDC Bannu-KPK), Engineer Nathumal and Dr Lal Khan (International Secretary PTUDC). The speakers while addressing said, “Hardil Kumar was just like his name had a very charming personality. Sincere heart and trust was his identity among all others. He had great courage to play a role in the struggle against injustice, exploitation and oppression. His only crime was to born in poverty and beleaguered. From ordinary daily wage worker to a shoemaker his life is full of struggle. Due to his struggle, the business community tried to deprive him of his livelihood but, against all odds, he fought. Comrade Hardil was injured in a traffic accident and had worst psychological and physical sufferings. Narrow circles of religious minorities hurt nerves of progressive people, due to this stress they suffer alienation and his undermined wounds aching heart into a clinical depression. With the help of his comrades, he struggled to break boundaries of reactionary family structures but he could not be free. The efforts of colleagues were not able to free him from the oppression of backward and conservative structures.
This crony capitalism is responsible for the death of Hardil Kumar, we will take revenge of his death by a successful socialist revolution in this region. Although anguish is there but the real tribute to him will be fulfilling his life goal of revolutionary struggle to establish a classless society through a socialist revolution.
