DYFI was formed in Ludhiana on 1st, 2nd and 3rd November 1980.Prior to its formation, the leaders of K.S.Y.F of Kerala, Socialist Valibar organisation of Tamilnadu, Nav Jawan Sabha of Punjab, DYFI of West Bengal etc assembled in Delhi and gave shape
General Information
OUR AIMS
* The DYFI declares its intention to build a broad based, strong and united youth movement in India, embracing every yo
ung man and woman who pledges to fight for the upliftment and betterment of our youth as a whole.
* It pledges to fight for the full democratic rights of youth.
* It stands for the uncurtailed right to democratic and independent expression and movement, and the right to form assemblies and associations of youth.
* It seeks to organize and mobilize youth to fight against the forces of authoritarianism and dictatorship, and in defense of the uncurtailed democratic rights and freedom of our people.
* It works for the right of youths to participate in the activities of public bodies through the representatives of the organized youth.
* It strives to inculcate among the young men and women a sense of responsibility and secular and democratic consciousness as citizens of the multi-national Indian Union, so that they fight against every manifestation of discrimination and oppression based on race, sex, caste, religion, language and region, and to work for communal harmony, secularism, democracy and social equality.
* It fights for the establishment of a scientific and democratic educational system which will be easily accessible for all boys and girls.
* It makes sustained efforts to inculcate among the youth progressive social, cultural and moral values, and to fight against all manifestations of backward and decadent culture and obscurantist outlook on life.
* It expresses its strong desire, and works for the establishment of fraternal and cordial relations with other youth organizations in our country which stand for secularism, democracy, and social advance, and expresses its readiness to have united action with other youth organizations on commonly agreed issues and demands.
* The DYFI takes active part in the struggle for the liquidation of all forms of colonialism and neo-colonialism and in the struggle against the fetters of monopoly capitalism and feudal and semi-feudal landlordism in our national economy, and thus pave the way for the establishment of popular democracy and a socialist order of society.
* The youth as an integral part of society shall extend its solidarity to all the democratic struggles of the workers, peasants, middle class and all other progressive strata and individuals, and it seeks the co-operation and support of all other democratic forces for the cause of youth and their struggles.
* The DYFI makes sustained efforts to imbibe and spread the ideas of anti-imperialism, national independence, democracy and socialism. It extends its solidarity and support to all the forces fighting for national independence, democracy, peace and socialism, and against the forces of war and aggression.
