[Reader-list] Political Violence in WB

[A. Mani]

CITU DEMANDS IMMEDIATE STOPPING OF POLITICALLY SPONSORED VIOLENCE
AGAINST CITU UNIONS IN WEST BENGAL
>From India News Network (INN)

New Delhi, May 27: The CITU Secretariat meeting held on 26-27 May 2011
at New Delhi expressed grave concern over the continuous violence and
atrocities engineered by the hoodlums of Trinamool Congress and
Congress on the trade unions and other mass organizations in different
parts of West Bengal in the aftermath of the Assembly
elections-result. Since May 13, already twelve were killed including
two with a child burnt alive, which demonstrates extreme barbarism in
the process of politically sponsored violence by the ruling regime.

Reports of physical assaults on the leaders, activists and even
members of trade unions and other organizations, severely injuring
many, and forcing the workers  to leave CITU and join TMC led trade
unions are pouring in every day. The preliminary reports contain
information of incidents involving violent capturing of CITU
affiliated union offices by armed TMC goons in different parts of the
state; tearing off CITU flags, posters, placards, festoons, banners
etc; ransacking of CITU offices etc. In many places, the employers
also joined the armed TMC goons in intimidating and forcing to leave
the CITU union.

Apart from incidents at various locations in Kolkata involving CITU
trade unions in industries including Taxi and Auto Rickshow operators,
Street Vendors, districts like Howrah, both the 24-Parganas,
Bardhaman, Birbhum, Coochbehar also witnessed continuous violence,
hurling of bombs in the office, extortion of huge money from the
common workers and residents at gun-point.

The Secretariat of CITU condemns such vindictive and barbarous
atrocities and violence on the workers and common people perpetrated
by the ruling TMC-Congress led regime keeping the law and order
authority a silent onlooker to such grievous and continuing incidents
of arsons, physical assaults, loot, extortions and killings.

CITU demands upon the State Govt to out a stop to such continuing
politically sponsored violence and atrocities on trade unions, workers
and common people throughout the state.

CITU also appeals to all trade unions irrespective of affiliations to
raise their voice against such politically sponsored violence on trade
unions and mass organization with is designed to empower the employers
and capitalists to benefit from terrorizing and weakening the workers’
organizations. Continuity of such politically sponsored violence is
also an assault on democratic set up putting the peoples’ interests
into jeopardy.

CITU Secretariat calls upon all its affiliated unions, state
committees and industrial federations to unleash a countrywide
campaign against the politically-sponsored violence on trade unions,
workers and common people in West Bengal and observe a
“Campaign-cum-Protest Week” on 6th to 11th June 2011 through
public-meetings, issuing pamphlets in thousands detailing the
barbarous atrocities on the workers and people in West Bengal,
rallies, processions etc all over the country.
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