[Reader-list] Supporting Maoists ?

[Pheeta Ram]

I wonder what happened in that "prominent" university PC visited day before
yesterday. The notification has come right after his visit. What infuriated
PC so much?

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:

> 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/
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