The Saga of Bihar and Jharkhand: Underground Fire Within Submerged Human Scape
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<strong> The Saga of Bihar and Jharkhand: Underground Fire Within
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Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 53
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Ranchi, Aug 27: Stating that education and employment oppurtunities
could help check the problem of extremism, which is not only a law and
order or social problem, new Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren said
today.
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Amid the reports of Flood Riots in Bihar and Singur Stand Off in
Bengal ,Our old Friend, the Robin Hood of Jharkhan, Disham Guru Shibu
Soren has become the chief Minister of Jharkhand crossing across so
many controversies the Indian Nation is quite aware of. Now Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha is a ruling party after all. The party which spearheaded
the Jaharkhand Nationality Movement once upon a time. Whereas in
Orissa, communal flare up continues.
Hardening its posture, the Trinamool Congress ruled out any compromise
with the West Bengal government or the Tata on Singur issue,
threatening to intensify the agitation and take it to the doorstep of
the state secretariat.
"Return 400 acres and we will leave Singur. But we will not bow our
heads to the CPM and the Tatas and for that I am ready to sacrifice my
life," Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, who is on an indefinite dharna
outside the Tata Motors plant since August 24 told a gathering.
"I am still holding my patience. It is not a movement by any political
party but a farmer's movement. We have already agreed that the main
factory of the plant will be set up on 600 acres. How much more blood
of farmers do they want?" she asked.
Commenting on the concern expressed over the obstruction of movement
of trucks as traffic on Durgapur Expressway, the busiest freight
corridor in the state, remained paralaysed for the fourth day today
due to Trinamool Congress's dharna in Singur, Banerjee said, "The
government is now holding brief for the truck operators after looking
after the interests of the Tatas."
"One road has been closed. Next it is turn of Chief Minister Buddhadeb
Bhattacherjee's doors to the Writer's Buildings (state secretariat) to
be closed," she said.
She said instead of two-hour road blockade across the state beginning
3 pm on Friday it would be one-hour road blockade from 4 pm. "The step
was taken considering the people's inconvenience in mind", she said.
With Bihar reeling under devastating floods, Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh will undertake a day-long aerial survey tomorrow of the worst-
affected areas to assess the damage caused by the swirling flood
waters of major rivers in the state.
The Prime Minister will fly over North Bihar which has borne the worst
brunt of the current spell of floods in the state leaving millions
affected.
Singh's visit follows demands by Bihar leaders cutting across party
lines that the Prime Minister must assess the situation himself and
sanction enough Central funds to tide over the problem.
After making an aerial survey, Singh is scheduled to review the relief
and rescue measures launched by the state government at a high-level
meeting with senior officials.
A delegation of UPA parties in Bihar led by RJD chief Lalu Prasad had
called on Singh yesterday to apprise him of the grim flood situation
in state and seek a massive relief package from the Centre.
Besides requesting the Prime Minister to visit Bihar, Prasad had asked
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to visit the state and take stock of the
flood situation in large areas of the state.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced an additional assistance
of Rs 250 crore to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and Rs 20
crore to Majuli, world's largest river island, during his two-day
visit to the state.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today that Dr Manmohan Singh had
reviewed the entire gamut of issues concerning security, development
and welfare of the people with him during his two-day visit, which
ended on Tuesday, to his home constituency.
I am closely linked with these three states besides my home states
Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh! my mother late Basanti Debi belonged to
Baripada, Orissa. Partition victim Bengali Indigenous refugees form a
significant part of Orissa population. Specially the SEZ drive in
Paradip area is involved with deportation of our people. Coastal areas
are also inhibited by our people. More over, historically Bengal,
Orissa and Bihar with Jaharkhand formed single geopolitics in recent
past. Even the United Province was included in British Presidency
area!
I am accustomed to calamities. Our life is full of calamities. We
worshipped all natural forces to face all these calamities. We
worshipped totems as we were connected with nature. We still happen to
be the people of the Past rather than those of the Present!
Past is never past for us. Past always overtakes our Present as well
as our Future.
Our people inhibited the River zone of East Bengal until they were
ejected out of their homeland. Thus , we share the legacy of
Floods,Tsunami, Earth Quake, Famine, Starvation, Poverty ,Epidemics
and all the calamities!
Our live contact with the nature always saved us as the aboriginal
tribes in Andaman and Nicobar survived Tsunami. Our folk culture, deep
rooted Natural livelihood and economy with abundance of Natural
resources, our totems, Myths, superstitions and rituals saved us for
thousands and thousands years.
We are a combined human scape and We always feel the warmth of
underground Fire within us. The human scape is often submerged,
flooded, inflicted with epidemics,cold wave, heatwave and other
calamities, but we never cease to feel the underground fire! This fire
enables us to resist the ruling class for time infinite. Indigenous
communities survive all aggressions divine or human, with this
underground fire only. Our People, thus, lead the anti imperialist War
worldwide. All the indigenous people in Americas, Africa, Europe,
Australia and Asia happen to be our blood relations as we are the
Black untouchables.
I felt the Underground fire within as well as out while I landed in
Jharia Coal Field! Since then, I am habitual to see all the indigenous
people from Himalayas to the Down South being submerged with either
Floods or Tsunami. We are depressed for time infinite. We are deprived
for time infinite. We have been kept in darkness for ever. We are
inherent of injustice and inequality. We are enslaved. We are the
submerged United geopolitics of Black Untouchables!
But we have got the Underground fire within us! So they brand us as
Demons, Dragons, Devils, Rakshas, Asurs, Terrorists, Extremists,
Separatists, Anti Nationals,Maoists and so on whenever we stand United
rock solid to defend Man and Nature, whenever we try to protect our
property the natural Resources, whenever we demand for empowerment and
awakening, enlightenment and share, participation in so called
democracy, whenever we demand to recognise our identity and right of
self determination!
They have their religion and all the holy scripts!
They have the Ruling Hegemony equipped with Military Gestapo!
They have their bloody New Galaxy Post Modern Manusmriti Apartheid
Order run by corporate MNC Zionist White Hindu Imperialism.
They are habitual of making our home killing fields.
They have hands full of Blood.
They have minds full of Venom. They play Mind control game to finish
us, our languages, our culture!
They use all the calamities against us to uproot us from life and
liberty! Most of the calamities are Man made, masterminded to
annihilate us and capture our natural resources, self sufficient
sovereign Indigenous Production system.
They call it development!
They call it Urbanisation!
They call it Industrialisation.
They call it Infrastructure!
They brand it as SEZ, Chemical Hub, Nuclear Energy, Retail chain,
Information explosion and reality show and so on!
They have all the weapons of Mass Destruction.. Nuclear, chemical,
Biological..
They have complete dominance on our soul, our spirit, our livelihood,
our life and beyond our life, our space, our galaxy!
They own all the Black Holes to send us there only!
Any flare up of the Under Ground fire sends off global alert and all
the killing instinct combined, we are targeted! They call it war of
Ideology! War of Culture! War against Terrorism. War against Maoism!
How do they work aligned!
just see!
Warning that 'fear psychosis' was being created to slow down projects
of national interest, India's corporate leader Mukesh Amabni on
Wednesday threw his lot behind Tata's Nano project in Singur saying
industry and politicians need to work together.
"A fear psychosis is being created to slow down certain projects of
national importance. This will be counter productive for the country's
economic growth, its global image as well as our ability to attract
investments from across the world," the Reliance Industries Chairman
said in a statement.
Ambani called for the Indian industry and the political leadership to
work together to meet aspirations of millions of Indians in urban and
rural areas.
Justifying its stand on scrapping of SEZ projects in Goa, the state
government has said the Centre has the power to denotify those which
are not operational within the stipulated timeframe.
"During my talks with Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, he said that
SEZ projects should be completed within a particular time or else the
Centre has the power to denotify them," Chief Minister Digambar Kamat
told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister said the State Government's stand on SEZs is very
clear and there is no change in it.
12 SEZs have been scrapped in Goa while three zones are pending
denotification. In all seven SEZ developers have filed cases in the
Bombay High Court against the State Govenment-run Goa Industrial
Development Corporation's (GIDC) move to issue show cause notice to
them seeking to revoke allotted land.
Earlier, Leader of Opposition, Manohar Parrikar had alleged that
government was not seriously applying its mind over getting rid of
SEZs.
Parrikar had said he does not doubt government's intention but felt
that it is not serious on implementation.
Replying to the contention, Kamat said that there will be no laxity in
defending the cases against SEZs in the Court.
"We will engage best of lawyers in the country," he said.
Kamat also added that he would examine the possiblity whether GIDC can
take back the land from SEZ developers under lease agreement.
Feel the striking Power of the Repressive ruling Hegemony!
Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju on Wednesday said
forces inimical to India were trying to disrupt the forthcoming
elections in Jammu and Kashmir but asserted that the government was
well prepared to neutralise any problem that may arise.
"The election process is on (in the state) and we expected that there
will be attempts to disrupt the process and infiltration is part of
that bid. But we are prepared as a nation to quell any problem that
may arise," Raju told reporters on the sidelines of a defence seminar
here.
"Forces that are behind the disruption want to show that they exist.
We are taking all efforts to see that they do not get a upper hand and
they will be neutralised," he said.
Stating that increase in infiltration and militant attacks were
anticipated as this being an election year for J&K, Raju said there
may be plans to disrupt the normal process of polling.
"That is why we are aware and prepared. It is unfortunate that this
(militant attack) is happening. I hope that it will discontinue in the
near future," he said.
Discounting the Amarnath controversy as a prime reason for the trouble
the border state faced today, Raju said row had nothing to do with the
increase in infiltration or the terror attacks. He said the terror
attacks and infiltration bids are entirely to disrupt the elections
slated for October this year.
"The Amarnath controversy has happened at a wrong time unfortunately.
But it has nothing to do with it (infiltration and terror attacks),"
the minister said.
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday "firmly condemned" the violence in
Orissa and called upon Indian religious and civil authorities "to work
together to restore peaceful co-existence and harmony between the
different religious communities!
What is the stance of the Secular UPA Centre?
Here you are!
In the wake of violence in Kandhamal and other districts of Orissa
which claimed nine lives, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said no
political party or group should be accused without proper evidence.
"Who has actually done it (killing of VHP leader Laxmanananda
Saraswati or indulging in violence that followed) we have to find out.
Some people say this party or this section of society having this kind
of ideology has done it... Let it be decided," Patil told news channel
Times Now.
"I have been in contact with the chief minister (of Orissa) and I have
told him that the incident in which the Swami was killed has to be
condemned. But it should not cause damage to others and it is the
responsibility of the state government and all of us that different
sections of society should not be attacked," Patil said.
Patil agreed that initial reports suggested involvement of Naxals in
the killing of Saraswati but said, "Unless and until it is proved who
has done it, acting against some section of society is wrong."
Saraswati, a VHP activist, had been active in the area for the last
four decades.
The Home Minister informed that 20 companies of paramilitary and
helicopters have been provided to Orissa to deal with the violence
that continues to rock the state. Minister of State for Home Sri
Prakash Jaiswal is visiting the state to take stock of the situation.
In the violence that followed the murder of Saraswati, at least nine
people have lost their lives and several have been injured. Unofficial
reports put the death toll at 14.
Fresh wave of communal violence hits Orissa 27 Aug 2008 14:05:00 GMT
Source: Trocaire - Ireland
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Orissa, a state of just under 40 million people in east India faces
many development problems. It is one of the poorest states in India
with almost half of its people living in poverty, it faces natural
disasters such as flooding and drought on an annual basis, and now it
is in the midst of communal violence that has seen at least 9 people
killed over a three day period.
Orissa has suffered from communal tension between Hindus and
Christians in the past but the current wave of violence has spread far
wider than any previous incidents. The killing of an elderly Hindu
religious leader and five of his followers in the district of
Kandhamal late on Saturday night triggered the current violence.
Despite Maoist rebels being blamed by the police for the killings many
Hindu leaders are blaming Christians for the attack and as a result a
severe backlash against Christian institutions, NGOs and communities
has been witnessed over the past 2 days. Some of Trócaire's local
partners have been caught up in the violence. Kandhamal has a history
of communal violence, the most recent being last Christmas when at
least 5 Christians were killed, hundreds of Christian owned houses and
shops were destroyed, and many churches were attacked.
The entire state was brought to a standstill on Monday when a day long
strike was called by supporters of the murdered Hindu leader.
Fanatical mobs caused mayhem at will in many pockets of the state. In
the capital city, Bhubaneswar, life was brought to a halt with all
offices and shops closed and traffic forbidden to move. Anyone who
ventured out risked facing the wrath of the mob and many people were
injured as a result.
Churches and church-run institutions were and continue to be attacked
at will across much of Orissa, not just in the Kandhamal area. The
government has imposed a curfew in the worse affected areas and Rapid
Action Force personnel have been deployed to several sensitive areas
of Kandhamal. However, this action came too late for many. At least
three people have been killed in the district and many NGOs have had
their offices looted. One Trocaire partner had their office burnt to
the ground and all their vehicles destroyed. Many staff of that
organisation are currently in hiding as police have been unable to
offer sufficient protection from the fundamentalists.
Reports from other parts of Orissa are equally depressing with
churches and Christians facing attack. In one horrifying incident a
missionary-run orphanage in western Orissa was set a light and a
female employee caught inside the building was burnt to death.
Trócaire has been working in Orissa since 1999 when the state was hit
by a devastating cyclone. We work with a mix of Christian headed,
Hindu headed and non-denominational NGOs in rural Orissa. We are
closely assessing the developments in the state and will work with our
partners and other international organisations to help those most
affected by the current violence.
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After days of political upheavals in the state, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(JMM) chief Shibu Soren was finally sworn-in as the Chief Minister of
Jharkhand on Wednesday.Soren was invited to form the government on
Monday by Governor Syed Sibtey Razi.Soren gained the numbers to form
the government in the state with the support of Madhu Koda, who
recently resigned as the chief minister of Jharkhand.
Koda, who was forced to step down on Saturday to make way for Soren,
took a U-turn and extended his support to the JMM chief after a
meeting with him and RJD chief Lalu Prasad.
"I have extended support to Shibu Soren. No one is above the UPA
(United Progressive Alliance)," Koda had told reporters.
The Koda government was reduced to a minority in the state legislature
after the JMM withdrew support to it on August 17. Koda stepped down
following advice from the Central UPA leadership.
While the Congress and the RJD announced their support to Soren, he
managed to win over eight Independents, including Koda, one after the
other.
On Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Stephen Marandi in the Koda
government also announced his support to Soren.
Soren, who was chief minister of the state for 10 days in March 2005,
had long dreamt of returning to the post. He got an opportunity when
his party supported the Manmohan Singh government in the crucial Trust
Vote on July 22.
How Shibu Soren has changed!
How the Marxists known for the land reform drive, anti imperialist
anti feudal movements, peasant and labour movements, cultural
activities, Tebhaga, Telengana, Food Movement, Rural development,
decentralisation of power and so on... have changed !
Marxists are known for their Ideology!
Shibu Soren is not an individual of Ideology!
Had Comrade AK Roy changed, I would have been shocked!
He is as intact as he always has been.
AK Roy is a man of ideology!
Just see the changing color of the Marxists!
The CPI(M) on Wednesday distanced itself from West Bengal Chief
Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's remarks that he does not support
any bandh, which has generated a country-wide repercussion, forcing
the Left allies to plan to raise the issue at its next meeting.
"This is not our party's stand," the state secretary of the party
Biman Bose, who is also the Left Front chairman, told reporters today
when his reaction was sought on the Chief Minister's anti-bandh
remarks.
Later, at a meeting to mourn the death of Harkishan Singh Surjeet
where the Chief Minister was also present, Bose said that it was the
fundamental right of workers to take recourse to strike to fulfil
their just demands.
"If workers are deprived by owners, they cannot take law in their own
hands. Strike is a weapon to fulfil their demands."
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Wednesday said
that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was responsible for breaking the
UPA coalition which had resulted in withdrawal of Left support to the
government.
Speaking at the condolence meeting of former CPI-M general secretary
Harkishan Singh Surjeet here, Bhattacharjee said that the Left's
support to UPA government was not unconditional.
"We had been opposing the 123 deal as it would undermine the country's
sovereignty," he said.
We condemn Buddha Brand and the Blind Run of the Ruling Left on the
super Highway of capitalist development.
Let us evaluate the tradition of revisionism right from PC Joshi,
Nambudaripad,Nag Bhushan Patnaik, Vinod Mishra, Jyoti Basu and
Surjeet!
Just read between the lines as uttered by comrade Buddhadeb, the
Brahmin!
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Wednesday said
that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was responsible for breaking the
UPA coalition which had resulted in withdrawal of Left support to the
government.
Speaking at the condolence meeting of former CPI-M general secretary
Harkishan Singh Surjeet here, Bhattacharjee said that the Left's
support to UPA government was not unconditional.
"We had been opposing the 123 deal as it would undermine the country's
sovereignty," he said.
He said that the Prime Minister had broken the coalition by trying to
enter into the civil-nuclear deal with the US.
The Left parties are in such a situation now that they have to ward
off dangers posed by the Congress on one side and BJP on the other.
"In this scenario, we will have to build up a separate front," he
said.
Referring to BJP, he said that although the party was not in power, it
was trying to raise its `ugly head' as manifested in the recent
violence in J&K and Orissa.
Recounting Surjeet's contribution to coalition politics, he said that
the Left parties should garner enough strength to fight communal
forces.
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Wednesday
reviewed the Singur situation at a high-level meeting at Writers'
Buildings.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary A K Deb, Home Secretary
Ashok Mohan Chakraborty, DGP A B Vohra, city police Chief Gautam Mohan
Chakraborty and IGP (law and order) Raj Kanojia, besides Industry
Secretary Sabyasachi Sen.
Kanojia said that other 'important issues' also figured in the
meeting.
He said that the police had been instructed not to be provoked under
any circumstances while keeping watch on the situation at Singur.
"Adequate police deployment has been made at Singur under the
supervision of senior officers," he said adding that the situation
there was 'peaceful' during the day.
He said that many vehicles from here were being diverted through old
Delhi road as the Durgapur Expressway was still blocked due to dharna
by Trinamool Congress activists.
He said that talks were still on to reopen one side of the expressway
to facilitate movement of stranded vehicles.
The memories of the Past haunts me violently as I witnessed joint
Rallies of JMM and Marxist co Ordination Committee led by our dearest
comrade AK Roy, the ex M.P. from Dhanbad!
I was unfortunate enough to be present in the JMM Convention when
Suraj Mandal succeeded to alienate AK Roy from JMM. Only Binod Bihari
Mahato accompanied AK Roy until he breathed last. I don`t know the
where about of Suraj Mandal, the mastermind behind the division!
I also was lucky to visit underground bases of Shibu Soren in the
forests of Jharkhand. I witnessed how unexpected changes changed the
man.
I landed in Dhanbad very dramatically. I started for Allahabad
University as soon as I got the Marks sheet of my M.A. Final exams. I
intended to complete the research work and then adjust myself in
either Nainital or Almora Campus of Kumaun University. I reached
Allahabad and took a Rickshaw to get in the house of eminent Hindi
Writer Shailesh Matiyani in Colonel Gaunj. he sent me immediately to
the University. Where I met Dr Raghuvansh, then the head of Hindi
Department. he suggested me to work in Hinidi. Then, I met Dr Manas
Mukul Das with whom I debated modern poetry for hours in Nainital. He
had already registered six students and could not accommodate me. He
introduced me to Dr Malviya and he agreed to guide me and I agreed to
assist him editing his career mag!
Dr Batrohi from DSB college had stayed with Matiyani in sixties as a
student. But the room was occupied by a close relation of Matiyanis. I
shifted myself in another Kumayooni House. Shekhar Joshi was our Ideal
as a short story writer. I used to write short stories in my earlier
days. In fact , I have got two books of short stories later. Mr Joshi
resided in a rented house , 100, Looker Ganj, Allahabad with two sons
Pratul, Sanjay, daughter Bunty and their IZA means mother. I stayed in
the house and searched for job as I had already discontinued to rely
on my family since I passed B.A... I did work as a freelance
journalist during my student life as part of mass mobilisation for
Chipko Movement. I had a post graduation degree. thus, I believed to
earn enough to support myself. I applied for Northern India Patrika
beside doing some translation work for Mitra Prakashan thanks to
Bhairab Prasad Gupta and Amarkant. editors working there.
Mr Mathur was the most powerful News Editor I have ever encountered.
He was the recruiter in Northern India Patrika and he rejected my
application. Manglesh Dabral was the magazine editor. Biren Dangwal
was also in Allahbad in those days. i befriended with Neelabh and
Ramji Roy. Very soon, I became a part of Progressive students` Union.
I have friends in SFI also.SFI friends got an accomodation for me in
Mamford Ganj.i had some tutions also. Then, manglesh suggested me to
go to JNU. Birenda and Neelabh endorsed. I was introduced to Urmilesh
and we got Vaishali express and landed in Poorvanchal hostel of JNU. I
had to do M. Phil in Linguistics. The next day, iIwas out to search
for job. I got one in Delhi Press. but I could not stay there. I was
getting some assignments and translation works.
Meanwhile, I visited my village. Where i came to know that DSB College
english department was looking for me. I just rushed to Nainital.
Captain LM sah was the head of the department. He drafted the
application and recommended it. I had to meet the Vice Chancellor. I
visited the VC office in Brook Hill. I had to wait for some time.
Meanwhile, so impulsive I had been, my student life experience and
encounters with the VC haunted me and I decided against surrendering
to the corrupt VC. i never knew, it ended my academic career.
Yes, I had been very impulsive as Namashudras are best known for. All
Indigenous communities suffer from this sever personality disorder. I
had to pay for it so often!
I returned to my village Basanti Pur and got involved in a quarrel
during a drama festival. My friend Tekka was beaten. it enraged me so
much that I stopped the show as I enjoyed the support of the youth and
students whom I used to lead.
My father was very angry. it was a hot exchange as he suggested me
that I had to be cool and work for peace!
The next day, I got a letter from Urmilesh. he had visited Dhanbad and
was offered a job in a daily News paper. He was not interested. But he
knew that I could do the job as I had a soft corner for Nationality
Movement and Jharkhand.
Immediately I rushed to JNU. I told Urmilesh that I would be working
there until next session opens. I wanted to have a feel of Indian
Economy and I believed I might get the experience in Jharkhand. In
1980, Jharkhand was a part of Bihar. I was proud of Bihar`s indigenous
History and present. i was aware of mass movements and general
consciousness and awakening in Bihar. I wanted to be a part of all
this. My family was not involved in all this vital decisions. Having
reached Dhanbad I stayed with Hindi Poet Madan Kashyap who was a sub
editor in Daily Awaz.
Brahm Dev Sharma, the editor and Bankim Babu, the manager welcomed me.
Having joined Awaz, I informed my father.
Very soon, I was involved with Jharkhand movement. Beer Bahrat talwar
was in Dhanbad and he and Man Mohan Pathak were publishing Shalpatra.
Professor Prabhakar singh and Professor BB Sharma led the pro
Jharkhand Intelligentsia.
Ak roy organised Prem Chand Jayanti. Mahashweta Debi was the chief
guest. I had read all her prominent works including Hazar Churaseer
Ma, Aranyer Adhikar, Chotti Mundra Teer and so on. In fact, I was
introducing mahashweta literature to the readers of Awaz in my column
in Awaz. Madan kashyap was to speak. but he had to leave Dhanbad for
personal work. eventually I spoke. it was my first public exposure in
Dhanbad. Mahashweta Di became a permanent Relation since that day. I
was now very close to AK Roy.
Then, I began writing on Mines accidents. I joined classes in Indian
School of Mines and CMRS. It was an interactive campaign which made me
a journalist which I never intended. coal India had to declare
officially that all mines are Unsafe and Mining is hazardous!
I got married in 1983. my wife Sabita belonged to Bijnore, U.P... She
could not adjust in the coal fields. Then I shifted in Ranchi, in
Prabhat Khabar. Finally I landed in Meerut, in 1984.
Since 1980 onwards , I am privileged to have a very responsive and
favourable readership in Bihar as well as in Jharkhand. My novel
Amerika se Savdhan was published serially in Awaz from Jamshedpur as
well as Dhanbad since 1995 to 1997...
The Kosi swallowed fresh areas in Supaul, Saharsa, Araria and
Madhepura districts of Bihar on Wednesday even as bad weather stopped
three IAF choppers from conducting relief sorties. The death toll in
the floods has mounted to 55 with nine more deaths reported from the
region.
"Nevertheless, personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF),
Special Auxiliary Police (SAP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), state
police and one column of the Army battled the elements to reach
succour to victims," Additional Commissioner of Disaster Management
Pratyay Amrit said.
With flood situation in Bihar turning grim, state Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought
central assistance of Rs 1,000 crore and one lakh tonnes of foodgrain
immediately for the affected people.
After meeting Singh, Kumar told reporters here that "the Prime
Minister has assured me all help. I am confident of getting full
support of the central government."
"I requested the PM to give the state a relief package of Rs 1,000
crore and one lakh tonnes of foodgrain, preferably rice, to be
distributed among the flood victims", Kumar said adding the PM will be
carrying out an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in Bihar
tomorrow.
Pointing out that evacuation of marooned people stuck is on the top of
his government's agenda, Kumar feared that the situation could turn
worse in the months to come when the Kosi river releases more water.
Kumar also sought boats and tents in large numbers from the Centre to
evacuate the flood victims and shelter them in safer areas.
"People in the worst-affected areas need to be evacauted early. The
evacuated people may have to be kept in safer areas for a period of
two to six months, which require a huge expenditure", the Chief
Minister said.
Kumar said the number of affected people currently is 11 lakh, which
can go up to 25 lakh if there is a further rise in the water level of
Koshi, as has been the trend during September-October.
The government is currently estimating to keep 10 to 15 lakh people in
tents, he said.
Union Minister and LJP President Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday
ridiculed the Bihar government’s claim of an “unprecedented tsunami”
wreaking havoc in five districts of the state.
The state government’s claim about the unprecedented tsunami is
ridiculous. We can say the devastation caused by the floods in Bihar
has been like that of tsunami”, Paswan told reporters at the airbase
in Purnea after making an aerial survey of the affected areas in flood-
hit Araria, Samastipur, Saharsa, Supaul, Purnea and Madhepura. He
advised the state government to give up the confrontational attitude
with the Centre, which was ready to provide all possible support and
financial assistance to tackle the situation.
“The state government was alerted by the Meteorological department
about the possibility of ravages likely to be caused by change of
course of river Kosi in downstream Nepal.
Had the state government been alert, the situation could have been
tactfully handled and the magnitude of damage minimised,” Paswan
said.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's
opposition to bandhs today invited sharp criticism from his party and
allies alike who said it was "unbecoming" on the part of a veteran
marxist like him to make such remarks.
The opposition Congress and Trinamool dubbed it as a "volte face" and
said that staging bandh was a "fundamental right" of the workers which
cannnot be curtailed at the call of Bhattacharjee.
Kerala Chief Minister and Bhattacharjee's party colleague V S
Achuthanandan resented the anti-bandh remarks.
"I don't think he had expressed such an opinion. If he had said so,
then it is wrong," Achuthanandan told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.
West Bengal CITU General Secretary Kali Ghosh said "this is his
personal belief. We have nothing to say against individual opinion.
"We believe workers will resort to strike as long as capitalism and
exploitation are there," he said pointing out that the issue raised by
Bhattacharjee should have been discussed within the party.
There were ripples within the Left Front with major partners CPI, RSP
and Forward Bloc criticising his remarks as "undesirable from a
communist leader".
Opposing Bhattacharjee's view, AITUC general secretary Gurudas
Dasgupta, MP, said, "It is very unfortunate, more so as he is a leader
of the communist movement.
"Strike is the last resort and it does not take place off and on. It
also happens in industrialised countries".
CPI leader D Raja expressed surprise over the remarks saying "staging
bandhs is a democratic right. How can it be curbed?.
Addressing an industrialists' meet yesterday, Buddhadeb had said he
was opposed to bandhs and would not allow gherao-type agitations in
the state as they were "illegal".
Reuters India reports from Patna
Food riots erupted on Wednesday in eastern India, where more than 2
million people have been forced from their homes and about 250000
houses destroyed in what officials say are the worst floods in 50
years.
One person was killed in Madhepura district when angry villagers
fought among themselves over limited supplies of food and medicines at
overcrowded relief centres.
The Kosi river in Bihar, one of India's poorest states, smashed
through mud embankments and changed course last week, unleashing huge
walls of water that inundated hundreds of villages and towns. The
floods have since killed nearly 50 people in Bihar.
Stranded villagers waved at passing helicopters and sent text messages
to local authorities from rooftops of flooded buildings.
"Time is running out for me and there is no relief in sight and I have
not eaten for days," a message from flood victim Sanjeev Kumar read.
Torrential rains have killed more than 1,000 people in South Asia
since the monsoon began in June, mainly in India's northern state of
Uttar Pradesh, where 725 people have lost their lives. Other deaths
were reported from Nepal and Bangladesh.
Some experts blame the floods on heavier monsoon rains caused by
global warming, while others say authorities have failed to take
preventive measures and improve infrastructure.
Officials said flood victims had looted grain at some places in Bihar.
Others ran for miles under helicopters that were dropping food
packets. One boy was killed and about 30 people were injured in Supaul
district when food packets fell on them.
"We have enough stock of food grains but the problem is that we have
limited means of transport to supply them among the villagers," Rajesh
Kumar Gupta, a government official in Madhepura, told Reuters by
telephone. Continued...
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Mamata plays hardball over Singur compensation deal
Bano Haralu
Wednesday, August 27, 2008, (Kolkata)
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee's unflinching stand on her
demand is forcing the government to try and work out a better
compensation package.
This, despite the government maintaining that the compensation package
by them is one of the best in the country.
For instance, for every acre of single-crop land bought in Singur the
West Bengal government paid almost Rs 8 and a half lakhs and upto Rs
12 Lakh for each acre of multi crop land.
Whereas in the neighbouring state of Orissa the maximum compensation
offered was Rs two lakh per acre in the case of the Kalinganagar Tata
steel project.
The government claims the rehabilitation scheme is also catering to
nearly 3000 employable persons from the acquired land area.
"When the land acquisition notice was issued at that time there was an
advertisement and we requested all those land losers to register their
names who are employable," West Bengal Commerce & Industries Minister
Nirupam Sen said.
As a result, nearly 3000 people have registered their names in the
WBIDC camp. Out of that, more than 500 are women and more than that
500 are agricultural people and agricultural laborers.
Their qualifications have been categorised and they are being provided
with different kinds of training so that their skill upgradation can
take place
But Mamata is neither impressed with the statistics nor the
rehabilitation scheme.
However, her demand that 400 acres should be returned could perhaps
scuttle the Nano project. That's because this land is not contiguous.
In a state like Bengal where 90 per cent of available land is fertile,
it's inevitable that land acquired for industry will include
agricultural land. But for Mamata, Nandigram or Singur are no longer
about economics but about politics.
After 30 years of Left rule the opposition have latched on to an issue
with which they can put pressure on the government.
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today.
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Amid the reports of Flood Riots in Bihar and Singur Stand Off in
Bengal ,Our old Friend, the Robin Hood of Jharkhan, Disham Guru Shibu
Soren has become the chief Minister of Jharkhand crossing across so
many controversies the Indian Nation is quite aware of. Now Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha is a ruling party after all. The party which spearheaded
the Jaharkhand Nationality Movement once upon a time. Whereas in
Orissa, communal flare up continues.
Hardening its posture, the Trinamool Congress ruled out any compromise
with the West Bengal government or the Tata on Singur issue,
threatening to intensify the agitation and take it to the doorstep of
the state secretariat.
"Return 400 acres and we will leave Singur. But we will not bow our
heads to the CPM and the Tatas and for that I am ready to sacrifice my
life," Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, who is on an indefinite dharna
outside the Tata Motors plant since August 24 told a gathering.
"I am still holding my patience. It is not a movement by any political
party but a farmer's movement. We have already agreed that the main
factory of the plant will be set up on 600 acres. How much more blood
of farmers do they want?" she asked.
Commenting on the concern expressed over the obstruction of movement
of trucks as traffic on Durgapur Expressway, the busiest freight
corridor in the state, remained paralaysed for the fourth day today
due to Trinamool Congress's dharna in Singur, Banerjee said, "The
government is now holding brief for the truck operators after looking
after the interests of the Tatas."
"One road has been closed. Next it is turn of Chief Minister Buddhadeb
Bhattacherjee's doors to the Writer's Buildings (state secretariat) to
be closed," she said.
She said instead of two-hour road blockade across the state beginning
3 pm on Friday it would be one-hour road blockade from 4 pm. "The step
was taken considering the people's inconvenience in mind", she said.
With Bihar reeling under devastating floods, Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh will undertake a day-long aerial survey tomorrow of the worst-
affected areas to assess the damage caused by the swirling flood
waters of major rivers in the state.
The Prime Minister will fly over North Bihar which has borne the worst
brunt of the current spell of floods in the state leaving millions
affected.
Singh's visit follows demands by Bihar leaders cutting across party
lines that the Prime Minister must assess the situation himself and
sanction enough Central funds to tide over the problem.
After making an aerial survey, Singh is scheduled to review the relief
and rescue measures launched by the state government at a high-level
meeting with senior officials.
A delegation of UPA parties in Bihar led by RJD chief Lalu Prasad had
called on Singh yesterday to apprise him of the grim flood situation
in state and seek a massive relief package from the Centre.
Besides requesting the Prime Minister to visit Bihar, Prasad had asked
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to visit the state and take stock of the
flood situation in large areas of the state.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced an additional assistance
of Rs 250 crore to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and Rs 20
crore to Majuli, world's largest river island, during his two-day
visit to the state.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today that Dr Manmohan Singh had
reviewed the entire gamut of issues concerning security, development
and welfare of the people with him during his two-day visit, which
ended on Tuesday, to his home constituency.
I am closely linked with these three states besides my home states
Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh! my mother late Basanti Debi belonged to
Baripada, Orissa. Partition victim Bengali Indigenous refugees form a
significant part of Orissa population. Specially the SEZ drive in
Paradip area is involved with deportation of our people. Coastal areas
are also inhibited by our people. More over, historically Bengal,
Orissa and Bihar with Jaharkhand formed single geopolitics in recent
past. Even the United Province was included in British Presidency
area!
I am accustomed to calamities. Our life is full of calamities. We
worshipped all natural forces to face all these calamities. We
worshipped totems as we were connected with nature. We still happen to
be the people of the Past rather than those of the Present!
Past is never past for us. Past always overtakes our Present as well
as our Future.
Our people inhibited the River zone of East Bengal until they were
ejected out of their homeland. Thus , we share the legacy of
Floods,Tsunami, Earth Quake, Famine, Starvation, Poverty ,Epidemics
and all the calamities!
Our live contact with the nature always saved us as the aboriginal
tribes in Andaman and Nicobar survived Tsunami. Our folk culture, deep
rooted Natural livelihood and economy with abundance of Natural
resources, our totems, Myths, superstitions and rituals saved us for
thousands and thousands years.
We are a combined human scape and We always feel the warmth of
underground Fire within us. The human scape is often submerged,
flooded, inflicted with epidemics,cold wave, heatwave and other
calamities, but we never cease to feel the underground fire! This fire
enables us to resist the ruling class for time infinite. Indigenous
communities survive all aggressions divine or human, with this
underground fire only. Our People, thus, lead the anti imperialist War
worldwide. All the indigenous people in Americas, Africa, Europe,
Australia and Asia happen to be our blood relations as we are the
Black untouchables.
I felt the Underground fire within as well as out while I landed in
Jharia Coal Field! Since then, I am habitual to see all the indigenous
people from Himalayas to the Down South being submerged with either
Floods or Tsunami. We are depressed for time infinite. We are deprived
for time infinite. We have been kept in darkness for ever. We are
inherent of injustice and inequality. We are enslaved. We are the
submerged United geopolitics of Black Untouchables!
But we have got the Underground fire within us! So they brand us as
Demons, Dragons, Devils, Rakshas, Asurs, Terrorists, Extremists,
Separatists, Anti Nationals,Maoists and so on whenever we stand United
rock solid to defend Man and Nature, whenever we try to protect our
property the natural Resources, whenever we demand for empowerment and
awakening, enlightenment and share, participation in so called
democracy, whenever we demand to recognise our identity and right of
self determination!
They have their religion and all the holy scripts!
They have the Ruling Hegemony equipped with Military Gestapo!
They have their bloody New Galaxy Post Modern Manusmriti Apartheid
Order run by corporate MNC Zionist White Hindu Imperialism.
They are habitual of making our home killing fields.
They have hands full of Blood.
They have minds full of Venom. They play Mind control game to finish
us, our languages, our culture!
They use all the calamities against us to uproot us from life and
liberty! Most of the calamities are Man made, masterminded to
annihilate us and capture our natural resources, self sufficient
sovereign Indigenous Production system.
They call it development!
They call it Urbanisation!
They call it Industrialisation.
They call it Infrastructure!
They brand it as SEZ, Chemical Hub, Nuclear Energy, Retail chain,
Information explosion and reality show and so on!
They have all the weapons of Mass Destruction.. Nuclear, chemical,
Biological..
They have complete dominance on our soul, our spirit, our livelihood,
our life and beyond our life, our space, our galaxy!
They own all the Black Holes to send us there only!
Any flare up of the Under Ground fire sends off global alert and all
the killing instinct combined, we are targeted! They call it war of
Ideology! War of Culture! War against Terrorism. War against Maoism!
How do they work aligned!
just see!
Warning that 'fear psychosis' was being created to slow down projects
of national interest, India's corporate leader Mukesh Amabni on
Wednesday threw his lot behind Tata's Nano project in Singur saying
industry and politicians need to work together.
"A fear psychosis is being created to slow down certain projects of
national importance. This will be counter productive for the country's
economic growth, its global image as well as our ability to attract
investments from across the world," the Reliance Industries Chairman
said in a statement.
Ambani called for the Indian industry and the political leadership to
work together to meet aspirations of millions of Indians in urban and
rural areas.
Justifying its stand on scrapping of SEZ projects in Goa, the state
government has said the Centre has the power to denotify those which
are not operational within the stipulated timeframe.
"During my talks with Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, he said that
SEZ projects should be completed within a particular time or else the
Centre has the power to denotify them," Chief Minister Digambar Kamat
told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister said the State Government's stand on SEZs is very
clear and there is no change in it.
12 SEZs have been scrapped in Goa while three zones are pending
denotification. In all seven SEZ developers have filed cases in the
Bombay High Court against the State Govenment-run Goa Industrial
Development Corporation's (GIDC) move to issue show cause notice to
them seeking to revoke allotted land.
Earlier, Leader of Opposition, Manohar Parrikar had alleged that
government was not seriously applying its mind over getting rid of
SEZs.
Parrikar had said he does not doubt government's intention but felt
that it is not serious on implementation.
Replying to the contention, Kamat said that there will be no laxity in
defending the cases against SEZs in the Court.
"We will engage best of lawyers in the country," he said.
Kamat also added that he would examine the possiblity whether GIDC can
take back the land from SEZ developers under lease agreement.
Feel the striking Power of the Repressive ruling Hegemony!
Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju on Wednesday said
forces inimical to India were trying to disrupt the forthcoming
elections in Jammu and Kashmir but asserted that the government was
well prepared to neutralise any problem that may arise.
"The election process is on (in the state) and we expected that there
will be attempts to disrupt the process and infiltration is part of
that bid. But we are prepared as a nation to quell any problem that
may arise," Raju told reporters on the sidelines of a defence seminar
here.
"Forces that are behind the disruption want to show that they exist.
We are taking all efforts to see that they do not get a upper hand and
they will be neutralised," he said.
Stating that increase in infiltration and militant attacks were
anticipated as this being an election year for J&K, Raju said there
may be plans to disrupt the normal process of polling.
"That is why we are aware and prepared. It is unfortunate that this
(militant attack) is happening. I hope that it will discontinue in the
near future," he said.
Discounting the Amarnath controversy as a prime reason for the trouble
the border state faced today, Raju said row had nothing to do with the
increase in infiltration or the terror attacks. He said the terror
attacks and infiltration bids are entirely to disrupt the elections
slated for October this year.
"The Amarnath controversy has happened at a wrong time unfortunately.
But it has nothing to do with it (infiltration and terror attacks),"
the minister said.
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday "firmly condemned" the violence in
Orissa and called upon Indian religious and civil authorities "to work
together to restore peaceful co-existence and harmony between the
different religious communities!
What is the stance of the Secular UPA Centre?
Here you are!
In the wake of violence in Kandhamal and other districts of Orissa
which claimed nine lives, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said no
political party or group should be accused without proper evidence.
"Who has actually done it (killing of VHP leader Laxmanananda
Saraswati or indulging in violence that followed) we have to find out.
Some people say this party or this section of society having this kind
of ideology has done it... Let it be decided," Patil told news channel
Times Now.
"I have been in contact with the chief minister (of Orissa) and I have
told him that the incident in which the Swami was killed has to be
condemned. But it should not cause damage to others and it is the
responsibility of the state government and all of us that different
sections of society should not be attacked," Patil said.
Patil agreed that initial reports suggested involvement of Naxals in
the killing of Saraswati but said, "Unless and until it is proved who
has done it, acting against some section of society is wrong."
Saraswati, a VHP activist, had been active in the area for the last
four decades.
The Home Minister informed that 20 companies of paramilitary and
helicopters have been provided to Orissa to deal with the violence
that continues to rock the state. Minister of State for Home Sri
Prakash Jaiswal is visiting the state to take stock of the situation.
In the violence that followed the murder of Saraswati, at least nine
people have lost their lives and several have been injured. Unofficial
reports put the death toll at 14.
Fresh wave of communal violence hits Orissa 27 Aug 2008 14:05:00 GMT
Source: Trocaire - Ireland
Trocaire
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the author's alone.
Orissa, a state of just under 40 million people in east India faces
many development problems. It is one of the poorest states in India
with almost half of its people living in poverty, it faces natural
disasters such as flooding and drought on an annual basis, and now it
is in the midst of communal violence that has seen at least 9 people
killed over a three day period.
Orissa has suffered from communal tension between Hindus and
Christians in the past but the current wave of violence has spread far
wider than any previous incidents. The killing of an elderly Hindu
religious leader and five of his followers in the district of
Kandhamal late on Saturday night triggered the current violence.
Despite Maoist rebels being blamed by the police for the killings many
Hindu leaders are blaming Christians for the attack and as a result a
severe backlash against Christian institutions, NGOs and communities
has been witnessed over the past 2 days. Some of Trócaire's local
partners have been caught up in the violence. Kandhamal has a history
of communal violence, the most recent being last Christmas when at
least 5 Christians were killed, hundreds of Christian owned houses and
shops were destroyed, and many churches were attacked.
The entire state was brought to a standstill on Monday when a day long
strike was called by supporters of the murdered Hindu leader.
Fanatical mobs caused mayhem at will in many pockets of the state. In
the capital city, Bhubaneswar, life was brought to a halt with all
offices and shops closed and traffic forbidden to move. Anyone who
ventured out risked facing the wrath of the mob and many people were
injured as a result.
Churches and church-run institutions were and continue to be attacked
at will across much of Orissa, not just in the Kandhamal area. The
government has imposed a curfew in the worse affected areas and Rapid
Action Force personnel have been deployed to several sensitive areas
of Kandhamal. However, this action came too late for many. At least
three people have been killed in the district and many NGOs have had
their offices looted. One Trocaire partner had their office burnt to
the ground and all their vehicles destroyed. Many staff of that
organisation are currently in hiding as police have been unable to
offer sufficient protection from the fundamentalists.
Reports from other parts of Orissa are equally depressing with
churches and Christians facing attack. In one horrifying incident a
missionary-run orphanage in western Orissa was set a light and a
female employee caught inside the building was burnt to death.
Trócaire has been working in Orissa since 1999 when the state was hit
by a devastating cyclone. We work with a mix of Christian headed,
Hindu headed and non-denominational NGOs in rural Orissa. We are
closely assessing the developments in the state and will work with our
partners and other international organisations to help those most
affected by the current violence.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220999/121984604991.htm
After days of political upheavals in the state, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(JMM) chief Shibu Soren was finally sworn-in as the Chief Minister of
Jharkhand on Wednesday.Soren was invited to form the government on
Monday by Governor Syed Sibtey Razi.Soren gained the numbers to form
the government in the state with the support of Madhu Koda, who
recently resigned as the chief minister of Jharkhand.
Koda, who was forced to step down on Saturday to make way for Soren,
took a U-turn and extended his support to the JMM chief after a
meeting with him and RJD chief Lalu Prasad.
"I have extended support to Shibu Soren. No one is above the UPA
(United Progressive Alliance)," Koda had told reporters.
The Koda government was reduced to a minority in the state legislature
after the JMM withdrew support to it on August 17. Koda stepped down
following advice from the Central UPA leadership.
While the Congress and the RJD announced their support to Soren, he
managed to win over eight Independents, including Koda, one after the
other.
On Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Stephen Marandi in the Koda
government also announced his support to Soren.
Soren, who was chief minister of the state for 10 days in March 2005,
had long dreamt of returning to the post. He got an opportunity when
his party supported the Manmohan Singh government in the crucial Trust
Vote on July 22.
How Shibu Soren has changed!
How the Marxists known for the land reform drive, anti imperialist
anti feudal movements, peasant and labour movements, cultural
activities, Tebhaga, Telengana, Food Movement, Rural development,
decentralisation of power and so on... have changed !
Marxists are known for their Ideology!
Shibu Soren is not an individual of Ideology!
Had Comrade AK Roy changed, I would have been shocked!
He is as intact as he always has been.
AK Roy is a man of ideology!
Just see the changing color of the Marxists!
The CPI(M) on Wednesday distanced itself from West Bengal Chief
Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's remarks that he does not support
any bandh, which has generated a country-wide repercussion, forcing
the Left allies to plan to raise the issue at its next meeting.
"This is not our party's stand," the state secretary of the party
Biman Bose, who is also the Left Front chairman, told reporters today
when his reaction was sought on the Chief Minister's anti-bandh
remarks.
Later, at a meeting to mourn the death of Harkishan Singh Surjeet
where the Chief Minister was also present, Bose said that it was the
fundamental right of workers to take recourse to strike to fulfil
their just demands.
"If workers are deprived by owners, they cannot take law in their own
hands. Strike is a weapon to fulfil their demands."
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Wednesday said
that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was responsible for breaking the
UPA coalition which had resulted in withdrawal of Left support to the
government.
Speaking at the condolence meeting of former CPI-M general secretary
Harkishan Singh Surjeet here, Bhattacharjee said that the Left's
support to UPA government was not unconditional.
"We had been opposing the 123 deal as it would undermine the country's
sovereignty," he said.
We condemn Buddha Brand and the Blind Run of the Ruling Left on the
super Highway of capitalist development.
Let us evaluate the tradition of revisionism right from PC Joshi,
Nambudaripad,Nag Bhushan Patnaik, Vinod Mishra, Jyoti Basu and
Surjeet!
Just read between the lines as uttered by comrade Buddhadeb, the
Brahmin!
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Wednesday said
that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was responsible for breaking the
UPA coalition which had resulted in withdrawal of Left support to the
government.
Speaking at the condolence meeting of former CPI-M general secretary
Harkishan Singh Surjeet here, Bhattacharjee said that the Left's
support to UPA government was not unconditional.
"We had been opposing the 123 deal as it would undermine the country's
sovereignty," he said.
He said that the Prime Minister had broken the coalition by trying to
enter into the civil-nuclear deal with the US.
The Left parties are in such a situation now that they have to ward
off dangers posed by the Congress on one side and BJP on the other.
"In this scenario, we will have to build up a separate front," he
said.
Referring to BJP, he said that although the party was not in power, it
was trying to raise its `ugly head' as manifested in the recent
violence in J&K and Orissa.
Recounting Surjeet's contribution to coalition politics, he said that
the Left parties should garner enough strength to fight communal
forces.
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Wednesday
reviewed the Singur situation at a high-level meeting at Writers'
Buildings.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary A K Deb, Home Secretary
Ashok Mohan Chakraborty, DGP A B Vohra, city police Chief Gautam Mohan
Chakraborty and IGP (law and order) Raj Kanojia, besides Industry
Secretary Sabyasachi Sen.
Kanojia said that other 'important issues' also figured in the
meeting.
He said that the police had been instructed not to be provoked under
any circumstances while keeping watch on the situation at Singur.
"Adequate police deployment has been made at Singur under the
supervision of senior officers," he said adding that the situation
there was 'peaceful' during the day.
He said that many vehicles from here were being diverted through old
Delhi road as the Durgapur Expressway was still blocked due to dharna
by Trinamool Congress activists.
He said that talks were still on to reopen one side of the expressway
to facilitate movement of stranded vehicles.
The memories of the Past haunts me violently as I witnessed joint
Rallies of JMM and Marxist co Ordination Committee led by our dearest
comrade AK Roy, the ex M.P. from Dhanbad!
I was unfortunate enough to be present in the JMM Convention when
Suraj Mandal succeeded to alienate AK Roy from JMM. Only Binod Bihari
Mahato accompanied AK Roy until he breathed last. I don`t know the
where about of Suraj Mandal, the mastermind behind the division!
I also was lucky to visit underground bases of Shibu Soren in the
forests of Jharkhand. I witnessed how unexpected changes changed the
man.
I landed in Dhanbad very dramatically. I started for Allahabad
University as soon as I got the Marks sheet of my M.A. Final exams. I
intended to complete the research work and then adjust myself in
either Nainital or Almora Campus of Kumaun University. I reached
Allahabad and took a Rickshaw to get in the house of eminent Hindi
Writer Shailesh Matiyani in Colonel Gaunj. he sent me immediately to
the University. Where I met Dr Raghuvansh, then the head of Hindi
Department. he suggested me to work in Hinidi. Then, I met Dr Manas
Mukul Das with whom I debated modern poetry for hours in Nainital. He
had already registered six students and could not accommodate me. He
introduced me to Dr Malviya and he agreed to guide me and I agreed to
assist him editing his career mag!
Dr Batrohi from DSB college had stayed with Matiyani in sixties as a
student. But the room was occupied by a close relation of Matiyanis. I
shifted myself in another Kumayooni House. Shekhar Joshi was our Ideal
as a short story writer. I used to write short stories in my earlier
days. In fact , I have got two books of short stories later. Mr Joshi
resided in a rented house , 100, Looker Ganj, Allahabad with two sons
Pratul, Sanjay, daughter Bunty and their IZA means mother. I stayed in
the house and searched for job as I had already discontinued to rely
on my family since I passed B.A... I did work as a freelance
journalist during my student life as part of mass mobilisation for
Chipko Movement. I had a post graduation degree. thus, I believed to
earn enough to support myself. I applied for Northern India Patrika
beside doing some translation work for Mitra Prakashan thanks to
Bhairab Prasad Gupta and Amarkant. editors working there.
Mr Mathur was the most powerful News Editor I have ever encountered.
He was the recruiter in Northern India Patrika and he rejected my
application. Manglesh Dabral was the magazine editor. Biren Dangwal
was also in Allahbad in those days. i befriended with Neelabh and
Ramji Roy. Very soon, I became a part of Progressive students` Union.
I have friends in SFI also.SFI friends got an accomodation for me in
Mamford Ganj.i had some tutions also. Then, manglesh suggested me to
go to JNU. Birenda and Neelabh endorsed. I was introduced to Urmilesh
and we got Vaishali express and landed in Poorvanchal hostel of JNU. I
had to do M. Phil in Linguistics. The next day, iIwas out to search
for job. I got one in Delhi Press. but I could not stay there. I was
getting some assignments and translation works.
Meanwhile, I visited my village. Where i came to know that DSB College
english department was looking for me. I just rushed to Nainital.
Captain LM sah was the head of the department. He drafted the
application and recommended it. I had to meet the Vice Chancellor. I
visited the VC office in Brook Hill. I had to wait for some time.
Meanwhile, so impulsive I had been, my student life experience and
encounters with the VC haunted me and I decided against surrendering
to the corrupt VC. i never knew, it ended my academic career.
Yes, I had been very impulsive as Namashudras are best known for. All
Indigenous communities suffer from this sever personality disorder. I
had to pay for it so often!
I returned to my village Basanti Pur and got involved in a quarrel
during a drama festival. My friend Tekka was beaten. it enraged me so
much that I stopped the show as I enjoyed the support of the youth and
students whom I used to lead.
My father was very angry. it was a hot exchange as he suggested me
that I had to be cool and work for peace!
The next day, I got a letter from Urmilesh. he had visited Dhanbad and
was offered a job in a daily News paper. He was not interested. But he
knew that I could do the job as I had a soft corner for Nationality
Movement and Jharkhand.
Immediately I rushed to JNU. I told Urmilesh that I would be working
there until next session opens. I wanted to have a feel of Indian
Economy and I believed I might get the experience in Jharkhand. In
1980, Jharkhand was a part of Bihar. I was proud of Bihar`s indigenous
History and present. i was aware of mass movements and general
consciousness and awakening in Bihar. I wanted to be a part of all
this. My family was not involved in all this vital decisions. Having
reached Dhanbad I stayed with Hindi Poet Madan Kashyap who was a sub
editor in Daily Awaz.
Brahm Dev Sharma, the editor and Bankim Babu, the manager welcomed me.
Having joined Awaz, I informed my father.
Very soon, I was involved with Jharkhand movement. Beer Bahrat talwar
was in Dhanbad and he and Man Mohan Pathak were publishing Shalpatra.
Professor Prabhakar singh and Professor BB Sharma led the pro
Jharkhand Intelligentsia.
Ak roy organised Prem Chand Jayanti. Mahashweta Debi was the chief
guest. I had read all her prominent works including Hazar Churaseer
Ma, Aranyer Adhikar, Chotti Mundra Teer and so on. In fact, I was
introducing mahashweta literature to the readers of Awaz in my column
in Awaz. Madan kashyap was to speak. but he had to leave Dhanbad for
personal work. eventually I spoke. it was my first public exposure in
Dhanbad. Mahashweta Di became a permanent Relation since that day. I
was now very close to AK Roy.
Then, I began writing on Mines accidents. I joined classes in Indian
School of Mines and CMRS. It was an interactive campaign which made me
a journalist which I never intended. coal India had to declare
officially that all mines are Unsafe and Mining is hazardous!
I got married in 1983. my wife Sabita belonged to Bijnore, U.P... She
could not adjust in the coal fields. Then I shifted in Ranchi, in
Prabhat Khabar. Finally I landed in Meerut, in 1984.
Since 1980 onwards , I am privileged to have a very responsive and
favourable readership in Bihar as well as in Jharkhand. My novel
Amerika se Savdhan was published serially in Awaz from Jamshedpur as
well as Dhanbad since 1995 to 1997...
The Kosi swallowed fresh areas in Supaul, Saharsa, Araria and
Madhepura districts of Bihar on Wednesday even as bad weather stopped
three IAF choppers from conducting relief sorties. The death toll in
the floods has mounted to 55 with nine more deaths reported from the
region.
"Nevertheless, personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF),
Special Auxiliary Police (SAP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), state
police and one column of the Army battled the elements to reach
succour to victims," Additional Commissioner of Disaster Management
Pratyay Amrit said.
With flood situation in Bihar turning grim, state Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought
central assistance of Rs 1,000 crore and one lakh tonnes of foodgrain
immediately for the affected people.
After meeting Singh, Kumar told reporters here that "the Prime
Minister has assured me all help. I am confident of getting full
support of the central government."
"I requested the PM to give the state a relief package of Rs 1,000
crore and one lakh tonnes of foodgrain, preferably rice, to be
distributed among the flood victims", Kumar said adding the PM will be
carrying out an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in Bihar
tomorrow.
Pointing out that evacuation of marooned people stuck is on the top of
his government's agenda, Kumar feared that the situation could turn
worse in the months to come when the Kosi river releases more water.
Kumar also sought boats and tents in large numbers from the Centre to
evacuate the flood victims and shelter them in safer areas.
"People in the worst-affected areas need to be evacauted early. The
evacuated people may have to be kept in safer areas for a period of
two to six months, which require a huge expenditure", the Chief
Minister said.
Kumar said the number of affected people currently is 11 lakh, which
can go up to 25 lakh if there is a further rise in the water level of
Koshi, as has been the trend during September-October.
The government is currently estimating to keep 10 to 15 lakh people in
tents, he said.
Union Minister and LJP President Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday
ridiculed the Bihar government’s claim of an “unprecedented tsunami”
wreaking havoc in five districts of the state.
The state government’s claim about the unprecedented tsunami is
ridiculous. We can say the devastation caused by the floods in Bihar
has been like that of tsunami”, Paswan told reporters at the airbase
in Purnea after making an aerial survey of the affected areas in flood-
hit Araria, Samastipur, Saharsa, Supaul, Purnea and Madhepura. He
advised the state government to give up the confrontational attitude
with the Centre, which was ready to provide all possible support and
financial assistance to tackle the situation.
“The state government was alerted by the Meteorological department
about the possibility of ravages likely to be caused by change of
course of river Kosi in downstream Nepal.
Had the state government been alert, the situation could have been
tactfully handled and the magnitude of damage minimised,” Paswan
said.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's
opposition to bandhs today invited sharp criticism from his party and
allies alike who said it was "unbecoming" on the part of a veteran
marxist like him to make such remarks.
The opposition Congress and Trinamool dubbed it as a "volte face" and
said that staging bandh was a "fundamental right" of the workers which
cannnot be curtailed at the call of Bhattacharjee.
Kerala Chief Minister and Bhattacharjee's party colleague V S
Achuthanandan resented the anti-bandh remarks.
"I don't think he had expressed such an opinion. If he had said so,
then it is wrong," Achuthanandan told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.
West Bengal CITU General Secretary Kali Ghosh said "this is his
personal belief. We have nothing to say against individual opinion.
"We believe workers will resort to strike as long as capitalism and
exploitation are there," he said pointing out that the issue raised by
Bhattacharjee should have been discussed within the party.
There were ripples within the Left Front with major partners CPI, RSP
and Forward Bloc criticising his remarks as "undesirable from a
communist leader".
Opposing Bhattacharjee's view, AITUC general secretary Gurudas
Dasgupta, MP, said, "It is very unfortunate, more so as he is a leader
of the communist movement.
"Strike is the last resort and it does not take place off and on. It
also happens in industrialised countries".
CPI leader D Raja expressed surprise over the remarks saying "staging
bandhs is a democratic right. How can it be curbed?.
Addressing an industrialists' meet yesterday, Buddhadeb had said he
was opposed to bandhs and would not allow gherao-type agitations in
the state as they were "illegal".
Reuters India reports from Patna
Food riots erupted on Wednesday in eastern India, where more than 2
million people have been forced from their homes and about 250000
houses destroyed in what officials say are the worst floods in 50
years.
One person was killed in Madhepura district when angry villagers
fought among themselves over limited supplies of food and medicines at
overcrowded relief centres.
The Kosi river in Bihar, one of India's poorest states, smashed
through mud embankments and changed course last week, unleashing huge
walls of water that inundated hundreds of villages and towns. The
floods have since killed nearly 50 people in Bihar.
Stranded villagers waved at passing helicopters and sent text messages
to local authorities from rooftops of flooded buildings.
"Time is running out for me and there is no relief in sight and I have
not eaten for days," a message from flood victim Sanjeev Kumar read.
Torrential rains have killed more than 1,000 people in South Asia
since the monsoon began in June, mainly in India's northern state of
Uttar Pradesh, where 725 people have lost their lives. Other deaths
were reported from Nepal and Bangladesh.
Some experts blame the floods on heavier monsoon rains caused by
global warming, while others say authorities have failed to take
preventive measures and improve infrastructure.
Officials said flood victims had looted grain at some places in Bihar.
Others ran for miles under helicopters that were dropping food
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district when food packets fell on them.
"We have enough stock of food grains but the problem is that we have
limited means of transport to supply them among the villagers," Rajesh
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Mamata plays hardball over Singur compensation deal
Bano Haralu
Wednesday, August 27, 2008, (Kolkata)
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee's unflinching stand on her
demand is forcing the government to try and work out a better
compensation package.
This, despite the government maintaining that the compensation package
by them is one of the best in the country.
For instance, for every acre of single-crop land bought in Singur the
West Bengal government paid almost Rs 8 and a half lakhs and upto Rs
12 Lakh for each acre of multi crop land.
Whereas in the neighbouring state of Orissa the maximum compensation
offered was Rs two lakh per acre in the case of the Kalinganagar Tata
steel project.
The government claims the rehabilitation scheme is also catering to
nearly 3000 employable persons from the acquired land area.
"When the land acquisition notice was issued at that time there was an
advertisement and we requested all those land losers to register their
names who are employable," West Bengal Commerce & Industries Minister
Nirupam Sen said.
As a result, nearly 3000 people have registered their names in the
WBIDC camp. Out of that, more than 500 are women and more than that
500 are agricultural people and agricultural laborers.
Their qualifications have been categorised and they are being provided
with different kinds of training so that their skill upgradation can
take place
But Mamata is neither impressed with the statistics nor the
rehabilitation scheme.
However, her demand that 400 acres should be returned could perhaps
scuttle the Nano project. That's because this land is not contiguous.
In a state like Bengal where 90 per cent of available land is fertile,
it's inevitable that land acquired for industry will include
agricultural land. But for Mamata, Nandigram or Singur are no longer
about economics but about politics.
After 30 years of Left rule the opposition have latched on to an issue
with which they can put pressure on the government.
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