[Reader-list] Fwd: [foil] Press Release: Savage State Terror inNandigram!

Thu Mar 15 20:24:32 IST 2007

I was wondering if it was merely coincidental that Bush, Blaire and
Bhrashtacharya (sorry for spelling mistake) have their surname beginning
letter b. The letter B also starts some abusive words I feel so tempted to
use for these *3* but for the list...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeebesh Bagchi" <jeebesh at sarai.net>
To: <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:20 AM
Subject: [Reader-list] Fwd: [foil] Press Release: Savage State Terror 
inNandigram!

> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: nilanjan hajra <nhajra at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 9:59:03 AM
> Subject: FW: Fwd: [foil] Press Release: Savage State Terror in
> Nandigram!
> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:28:59 +0000
>
> In addition to the protests listed below against Buddhadeb
> Bhattacharjee-led
> CPI(M) government's well planned (for over two months) and calculated
> murder
> (the police IG was constantly in touch with the Chief Minister) of at
> least
> 20 farmers in Nandigram, the following leading theater personalities
> (as far
> as I know, there may be some more) of West Bengal have resigned from the
> West Bengal Natya Academy, refusing to have any connection with the
> killers:
>
> Mr. Bibhas Chakraborty
> Mr. Monoj Mitra
> Mr. Ashoke Mukhopadhyay
> Mr. Kaushik Sen
> Mr. Bratya Basu
>
> Bratya Basu has written a moving piece in Bengali daily Ek Din on farmer
> Haradhan Bag's suicide after losing his land in Singur to the TATA
> MOTORS.
>
> EK DIN Editor Suman Chattopadhyay in a signed front page Editorial has
> compared the Nandigram murder to Jaliwanala Bagh.  West Bengal's
> Governor
> Gopal Krishna Gandhi in his reaction has said, "the news has filled
> me with
> cold horror" (reproted in all major channels and dailies).
>
> Lawyers in large numbers, irrespective of party affiliations, have
> taken to
> the streets across West Bengal in protest.
>
> CPI(M) Politbureau Members Biman Bose, Brinda Karat and Sitaram
> Yechury have
> justified the police action.
>
> We appeal to all human beings to join the protest in whatever
> possible form.
>   Please also forward these mails to as many as you can especially
> outside
> West Bengal.
>
> In Solidarity,
> Nilanjan Hajra.
> Kolkata.
> - ------------------------------------------------------
> Dear All,
>
> A situation of terror has been created by the ruling
> C.P.M Government and party in Nandigram over the past
> few days. The matter reached a head as a huge
> contingent of 4000-5000 comprising the Police Force
> along with Para-Military, Rapid Action Force and
> Combat Commando Force attacked Nandigram in the name
> of "Operation Nandigram". This has come as a
> repressive measure in the face of protest and local
> movement (Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee (Committee
> to Prevent Farmland Eviction)) by the people of
> Nandigram against the forceful land acquisition for
> proposed SEZs (Salim Group, Indonesia) in the area.
>
> This is the second instance of violence in the area,
> the first being in early January when 6 people were
> killed. The last instance was provoked in the wake of
> the local adminsitration serving notices for land
> acquistion. After country wide crticism and protests
> againt the state government, the Chief Minister had
> issued a statement that no land would be acquired in
> Nandigram if the people are not willing. Despite this
> statement government has continued to maintain
> pressure in the area through deployment of armed
> forces. This clearly shows on whose side the Fascist
> West Bengal Government is.
>
> Today, on Wednesday morning the armed forces broke
> fire on the people as a result of which 20 people have
> been killed and over 200 injured. The State Government
> and West Bengal police are still not declaring the
> numbers dead and injured. A huge protest movement has
> spread accross West Bengal. In every district
> rallies,demonstrations, road-blockages are being
> organised.In Kolkata a protest in the Rajya-sabha and
> other places is going on. National Hawker Federation
> and
> Hawker Sangram Committee is also strongly condemning
> this barbaric fascist action of West Bengal government
> and organizing rallies all over Kolkata. Reporters
> from all the major media institutions are also being
> forcefully stopped from covering and reporting the
> reality. Two reporters of TARA BANGLA News were
> threatened by CPM party caders and are now missing.
>
> WE APPEAL TO ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY TO
> CONDEMN THIS FASCIST MOVE BY THE GOVERNMENT TO
> PRESSURISE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO GIVE UP THEIR ONLY
> SOURCES OF LIVELIHOODS. WE SEE THIS NANDIGRAM POLICE
> FIRING AS A MASS KILLING LED BY THE GOVERNMENT WHO
> STANDS ONLY IN SUPPORT OF CAPITALISTS AND ITS OWN
> SELFISH INTERESTS.
>
> WE APPEAL TO ALL CONCERNED TO
> SEND LETTERS TO THE PRIME MINISTER, PRESIDENT AND
> CHIEF MINISTER OF WEST BENGAL CONDEMNING 'OPERATION
> NANDIGRAM'
> ORGANISE PROTEST MEETINGS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN OUR
> RESPECTIVE CITIES AND REGIONS
> SPREAD THE NEWS OF THIS HENIOUS ACT OF THE GOVERNMENT
> IN WEST BENGAL
> WRITE TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR IMMEDIATE
> INTERVENTION
> FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
>
> Sudipta Moitra
> International Federation of Hawkers and Urban Poor
> National Hawker Federation
> Hawker Sangram Committee
> 16/17 College Street, Kolkata-700012, West Bengal,
> India.
> Tele/Fax: 91-22196688
> Mob: 09433972662.
> E-mails: ifhup.secretariat at gmail.com ,
> nationalhawkerfederation at gmail.com ,
> hawkersangramcommittee at gmail.com ,
> sudipta.y2k at gmail.com , saktimghosh at yahoo.com
>
> Samar Das, NAPM - 0943335946
>
> Sumit Chowdhury, NAPM - 09830249430
> sumit_chowdhary at yahoo.com
>
> In Solidarity
> Rifat Mumtaz and Manshi Asher
>
> PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS MAIL WIDELY
>
> II.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6448749.stm
>
> 'Seven die' in India farm clash
>
> At least seven people have died after police in
> eastern India fired at farmers protesting at
> industrial plans.
>
> Riot police were sent to Nandigram in West Bengal
> after protests against land being used for a planned
> chemical hub.
>
> Police confirm two deaths. Doctors say five others
> died of bullet wounds. Unrest in January claimed six
> lives.
>
> Protests have gone on despite the state government
> pledging to move the plant elsewhere. New economic
> zones are a hugely contentious issue in India.
>
>
>
> 'Regain control'
>
> Farmers in Nandigram have fiercely resisted the West
> Bengal government's plan to acquire farms for a hub
> for chemical industries by an Indonesian company.
>
>
> Six people, including a policemen, died during
> protests in the area in January.
>
> Earlier this week, the Communist-led state government
> promised to shift the proposed chemical industry hub
> out of Nandigram if locals continued to oppose it.
>
> But Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya said the
> administration would have to "regain control" over the
> area and plans to send in riot police were announced.
>
> Angry farmers along with political workers, belonging
> to the state's governing Communist party and the
> opposition Trinamul Congress, have dug up roads, burnt
> down wooden bridges and attacked government officials
> and policemen trying to enter Nandigram during the
> past two months.
>
> The BBC's Subir Bhaumik in Calcutta says it is not
> clear why Wednesday's clash happened inspite of
> government assurances to the local farmers about their
> land.
>
> On Wednesday morning, nearly 5,000 policemen set out
> to take control in Nandigram when protesting farmers
> prevented government and the police from entering the
> area.
>
> Police officials say they ran into fierce resistance
> from thousands of farmers, both men and women, at the
> village of Bankaberia.
>
>
>
> 'Lawlessness'
>
> Senior West Bengal official Prasad Ranjan Roy said the
> police fired tear gas shells to break up the protests,
> and then fired and charged through the protesting
> crowd when they came under attack.
>
>
> "Nandigram has descended into lawlessness and no
> government can simply be inactive," he said.
>
> Eyewitnesses say the local hospital is teeming with
> injured persons, many of them with bullet wounds.
>
> The Trinamul Congress has called for a statewide
> strike on Friday to protest against the police firing.
>
>
> Two allies of the Communist party have said the police
> action was "most unfortunate".
>
> The issue of farm land acquisition has generated much
> emotion in West Bengal in the past few months.
>
> The government's move to allot 1,000 acres of land to
> industrial giant, Tata Motors, to build a car factory
> in the Singur area in Hooghly district generated
> widespread protests.
>
> State governments in India are acquiring large tracts
> of land to set up special economic zones (SEZs) to
> push up employment and earnings.
>
> The federal government reckons that SEZs will bring in
> $13.5bn in investment and create 890,000 jobs by 2009
> if the ambitious plan is allowed to proceed.
>
> Critics say this is destined to become the biggest
> land grab in post-colonial India, given the lack of
> transparency and rampant corruption in government.
>
>
>
> Are you a farmer in West Bengal? Do you have relatives
> or friends who are affected by the industrialisation
> there? Use the form below to send us your experiences
> and reaction:
>
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>
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