‘India is colonising itself’ by Arundhati Roy and Shoma Chaudhuri
News Flash - It was all pre-planned. The CM knew.
CPM to sell industrial plan to cadres.
Still Bleeding: ” The ongoing road blockade in Nandigram has helped create a massive inflow of vegetables at the local “haat†this winter. Locals say they have never seen such a glut, ever seen neighbouring Haldia town took off. This unwanted fallout of the agitation against land acquisition in the two blocks of East Midnapore, underscores the fragile nature of the economy of the regio”
Bose said, “The judiciary, legislature and executive are the three pillars of democracy. If one pillar becomes proactive and attacks like a big crab, democracy is in peril. I hope the good will finally prevail.†(he was talking about the high court, btw)
Fancy fancy. Just use a rock the next time.
Prakash Karat: What really happened in Nandigram.
Dudha’s team roped in a local advertising agency to make short movies and slide-shows depicting how the entire area would be developed and the job opportunities that would open up. “We even showed them inspirational Bollywood movies and assured them we would make them equity owners in the SEZ. We also promised jobs to two persons from each family. In some areas we even signed lease agreements with farmers for 25-30 years with the condition to convert the leasehold into freehold in three years,†he said. ["a lesson" from Haryana]
Chandan Dey - ‘Hunger: What Happened in Nandigram‘
Nandigram Update
Sunday,29 April,2007
Today at Satengabari,Ranichak, Jambari village in the Nandigram II Block 22 houses of CPI(M) supporters were ransacked, looted and torched. As a result, 2 CPI(M) supporters (Dilip Mondal(19) and Mahitosh Karan(42)) were killed brutally, 3 others kidnpped,6 women wounded and tortured. Among them were one 60 yr old lady, Heron Bibi, whose arm were broken. House of Sri Pratap Sau, CPI(M) leader were looted and set fire.
Why this happened?
On 25th April Smt Mamata Banerjee, TMC leader conducted a meeting at Garchakraberia where it was announced ‘we must remove all red flags from Khejuri, Nandigram and Haldia.’ That the incident was pre-planned can be seen from the fact that the incident occurred at 6 am and by 7 am TMC finished to send complaint letters to the President, Prime Minister and the Governor.
But why this violence was necessary for the anti Left-Front conbine after 14th March and after repeated declaration, notification by the Administration that no land will be taken at Nandigram for the proposed Chemical Hub. Why the opposition are boycotting repeated all-party peace meetings called by the local administration, the DM, SP or the BDO.
Because after the incident of attack on the CPI MLA of Nandigram Constituency Md Ilyas on 27th April at Chowrangee Bazar, Nandigram, the villagers began to question the TMC leaders what were they going to achieve. As a result local leaders of the opposition were at low spirits. To bolster the leaders and to terrorise the villagers this plan was hatched by Kolkata-based Babus and Bibis.
But when will people of Nandigram be able to live in peace. Will no sane Indian question the leaders of Bhumi Raksha Committee, when the Govt. has already officially notified long before 14th March that land of Nandigram will not be touched, why the roads (23) are still dug, culverts and bridges destroyed, the Left Front especially the CPI(M) supporters, cadres, leaders were driven out of their homes from the villages of Nandigram I & II Blocks and the houses looted and torched, Panchayat Offices burnt, CPI(M) Offices in different places were attacked and set fire, armed looteras on motorcycles hiding their faces with cloth patrolling the pathways of the villages, searching and scanning of any new person entering the cordoned area. No Govt. Official including the Police are allowed to move into the area to discharge official duties since Jan 3rd. About four thousand people are forced to stay in makeshift camps in undescribable agony. Their only ‘crime’ is to support the CPI(M) Party. The students of these families are not being able to attend schools, many could not appear at the annual exams, as a result they have lost one academic year. All developmental work has been suspended in the area. The Govt. fund sanctioned by different Central and State Agencies amounting to about ninety million rupees could not be utilised to ameliorate the inhabitants’ living condition.
Will you please question? Will the leaders of strange extreme-right-extreme-left-moderate combination answer? Has they got any answer. If they had, they would attend the all-party peace meetings convened by the Administration with the aim to restore normalcy.(A total of 9 such meetings were called so far).
It appears that neither this movement in Nandigram is in the interest of the farmers nor for protecting bhumi or land. The movement is for wresting power in the village level, which has been the stronghold of the Left for years. To achieve this narrow end they want to sustain an environment of terror for a long time. But they forgot the adage “You can fool some people for some time, but not everyone for eternity.”