[Reader-list] Police Firing In Andhra Pradesh

[Tapas Ray]

It would be good to know what Prakash Ray himself had to say on the 
issue. Listservs like this, on my understanding, are discussion fora, 
not noticeboards for pasting/posting press releases and official 
statements - unless these are accompanied by the comments of the members 
concerned.

Tapas Ray

prakash ray wrote:
 > *The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has 
issued the
 > following statement on July 28, 2007:*
 > *Police Firing In Andhra Pradesh Condemned*
 >
 > *The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly
 > condemns the killing of eight persons in police firing in Mudigonda, near
 > Khammam in Andhra Pradesh. The dead included a student and a woman. The
 > police resorted to brutal firing on people participating in a 
peaceful rasta
 > roko as part of the bandh to protest police repression and the refusal of
 > the government to concede their genuine demands. The CPI(M), CPI and 195
 > mass organisations have been conducting a peaceful movement for house 
sites
 > and land for the poor, since May 2, 2007.  The struggle entered a new 
phase
 > on July 22 with the indefinite hunger strike launched by leaders of the
 > CPI(M) and  CPI.*
 >
 > *Instead of discussing and settling the issues, the Congress 
government in
 > Andhra Pradesh resorted to brutal attacks against the people. Hundreds of
 > people were seriously injured in police lathicharges in different 
parts of
 > the state and thousands were sent to jail. Leaders including B.V. 
Raghavulu,
 > Member of the CPI(M) Polit Bureau,  P Madhu, Member of the CPI(M) Central
 > Committee and K Narayana, Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State 
Council of
 > the CPI who were on indefinite hunger strike were forcibly arrested at
 > midnight on Friday.*
 >
 > *The genuine demands of the people for house sites and land cannot be
 > suppressed by such brutal display of force.**  *
 >
 > *The Polit Bureau urges upon the government of Andhra Pradesh to 
immediately
 > concede all genuine demands. The PB also demands firm action against the
 > police officers responsible for the firing and payment of adequate
 > compensation to those killed.*
 >
 > *The Polit Bureau calls upon all its units throughout the country to 
protest
 > against this brutal police action.*
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