The Written Statement of Accused
Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutta
Bhagat Singh’s views on ‘Revolution’
I, Bhagat Singh, was asked in the Lower
Court as to what we meant by the word ‘Revolution’. In answer to that question,
I would say that Revolution does not necessarily involve a sanguinary strife,
nor is there any place in it for individual vendetta. It is not the cult of the
bomb and the pistol. By Revolution we mean that the present order of things
which is based on manifest injustice must change. The producers or the
labourers, inspite of being the most necessary element of society are robbed by
their exploiters of the fruits of their labour and deprived of their elementary
right. On the one hand, the peasant who grows corn for all starves with his
family, the weaver who supplies world markets with textile fabrics cannot find
enough to cover his own and his children’s bodies, the masons, the smiths and
the carpenters who rear magnificant palaces live and perish in slums; and in
the other the capitalist exploiters, the parasites of Society squander millions
on their whims. These terrible inequalities, and forced disparity of chances
are heading towards chaos. This state of affair cannot last; and it is obvious
that the present order of Society is merry making on the brink of the volcano
and the innocent children of the Exploiters no less than million of the
exploited are walking on the edge of a dangerous precipice. The whole edifice
of this civilization if not saved in time, shall crumble. A radical change,
therefore, is necessary; and it is the duty of those who realize this to
reorganize Society on the Socialistic basis. Unless this is done and the
exploitation of man by man and of nations by nations which goes masquerading as
Imperialism is brought to an end, the sufferings and carnage with which
humanity is threatened today cannot be prevented and all talks of ending is
undisguised hypocrisy. By Revolution we mean the ultimate establishment of an
order of society which may not be threatened by such break down, and in which
the sovereignty of the Proletariat should be recognized, and as the result of
which a world-federation should redeem humanity from the bondage of capitalism
and the misery of Imperial wars.
This is our ideal and with this
ideology for our inspiration we have given a fair and loud enough warning. If,
however, it goes unheeded and the present system of Government continues to be
an impediment in the way of the natural forces that are welling up, a grim
struggle must ensue involving the overthrow of all obstacles and the
establishment of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat to pave the way for the
consummation of the ideal of the Revolution.
Revolution is the inalienable right of
mankind. Freedom is the imprescriptible birth-right of all. The labourer is the
real sustainer of Society. The sovereignty of the people is the ultimate
destiny of the workers.
For these ideals, and for this faith,
we shall welcome suffering to which we may be condemned. To the altar of this
revolution we have brought our youth as incense; for no sacrifice is too great
for so magnificent a cause.
We are content; we await the advent of the Revolution.
“Long Live the
Revolution”
BHAGAT SINGH–B.K.
DUTTA
Source: Bhagat
Singh Papers, Acc no.716, NMML Archives
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