[Reader-list] Supporting Maoists ?

[Jeebesh]

dear All,

Here is a new notification from Home ministry. Be prepared for an  
extremely complicated unfolding around what would constitute  
"supporting". The orbit is becoming larger and it is not just the  
world out their in the forest.

warmly
jeebesh

Supporting Maoists will invite 10 year jail
Friday - May 07, 2010, 08:58am (GMT+5.5)

New Delhi (IANS) Those who speak in favour of Maoist guerrillas will  
face legal action and 10 years imprisonment, the government announced  
Thursday in a warning to civil society groups who raise voices in  
favour of Leftwing extremism.

"Any person who commits the offence of supporting such a terrorist  
organisation (like Communist Party of India (CPI)-Maoist) with inter  
alia intention to further the activities of such terrorist  
organisations would be liable to be punished with imprisonment for a  
term not exceeding 10 years or with fine or with both," a home  
ministry statement said.

It said such action would be taken under Section 39 of the Unlawful  
Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

The home ministry said the government has noticed that some Maoist  
leaders were directly contacting certain NGOs and intellectuals to  
propagate their ideology and "persuade them to take steps (and)  
support the CPI-Maoist ideology".

"General public are informed to be extremely vigilant of the  
propaganda of CPI-Maoist and not unwittingly become a victim of such  
propaganda," the statement warned.

The Leftwing extremist group and all its front organizations have been  
designated as terrorist organisations by the government.

According to the ministry, the "sole aim" of the CPI-Maoist is to  
overthrow the Indian state.

It "continues to kill innocent civilians including tribals in cold  
blood and destroy crucial infrastructure like roads, culverts, school  
buildings, gram panchayat buildings so as to prevent development


http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/national/52381/