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As though the
butchery of Maoists in AP and Dandakaranya are not enough the Hitlerian state
prepares for a massive crackdown on Naxalites to please their imperialist and
comprador masters.
In AP the fake
encounter of the AP State secretary of the party, Com. Madhav, is just the
latest in the series of ruthless brutality of the state. This was preceded by
the massacre of nine comrades in Rayalseema in end April 2006 followed by four
killed a few days later on May 1st; the butchery of eight in Mahboobnagar; the
killing of state secretariat leader, com Shridhar and two others; and now the
state secretary of the party together with another seven to eight. In all the
incidents senior leaders of the CPI(Maoist) Party have been martyred. But not
satisfied with this level of brutality the AP government is demanding the
introduction of the Army.
In the DK area since
the Salwa Judum terror was started last June over 250 innocent villagers have
been massacred by the marauders. But here the Maoists have been able to
effectively hit back. The latest action at Errabore village of Dantewada
district in which about 33 SPOs and Salwa Judum lumpens were wiped out, and the
camp destroyed, under the very nose of the CRPF, have created even greater panic
in the rulers, with the Chhathisgarh government also demanding the introduction
of the army.
In Bihar over hundred
have been arrested over the last few months and Jharkhand extensive combing
operations are going on. Both the states have already beefed up their forces.
Yet both the states have also been demanding the introduction of the Army.
It was not surprising
therefore that on August 9th at a top secret conclave top brass of the Naxalite
affected states and para-military forces gathered at Bhatinda (in Punjab) and
held a high level meeting with the army authorities at the local military
station. The participation of senior police officials of AP, Bihar, Jharkhand
and Chhathisgarh was reported. It was attended by various DGPs, ADGPs, IGs, and
even some of SP rank officials from these four states, along with officials from
the Indian army, the CRPF and the Intelligence Bureau. The meeting was also
attended by the Punjab DGP.
In addition the
Centre has allocated five of the most sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles,
latterly purchased from Israel, to spy on the Maoist camps and bomb them. These
are being allocated to all the effected Maoist states.
While all other
meetings, and there have been a series of them, have been held under the
auspices of the Home Ministry, this was the first to be initiated by the army in
their own headquarters. In fact the Union Home Secretary, V.K.Duggal, appears to
have become an expert on planning and execution of anti-Naxalite activities. In
just the last few months he has held a series of such meetings.
In end April itself
at a meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary, V.K.Duggal, and attended by the
Chhatisagrh Chief Secretary and DGP, besides KPS Gill, CRPF Chief and IB top
brass a tentative plan was chalked out to be vetted by KPS Gill.
But the action at
Errabore upset these plans and new plans were chalked out at a hurriedly called
meeting by the Union Home Secretary, V.K.Duggal. Present at this meeting were
Chhathisgarh Chief Secretary, IB Director, CRPF Director General, and senior
officials of the MHA. At this meeting the Centre proposed full time arming of
the SPOs, consolidation of the camps by bringing down the numbers, drawing up of
a proper security plan for the ‘relief’ camps of SJ lumpens, strengthening of
local intelligence and also enhancing the number of the CRPF.
A few days later, on
July 21st yet again a high level meeting was held in Bubhaneshwar which was
attended by the Chief Secretaries and DGPs of the Naxalite affected states.
And so the
preparations for an even more ruthless offensive are taking place. Even the web
site of this independent magazine has been illegally banned. Though this is a
legally registered magazine the rulers have banned the web site sine May 15th.
Two states, Orissa
and Jharkhand, have recently banned the Maoist Party and many mass organisations.
This was done in a crude and blatant manner to placate the mining mafia don,
Laxmi Mittal. The latter, on a recent visit to these states, had openly
threatened that he cannot be expected to invest such large sums in his mining
projects unless the Naxalites are crushed. Obviously the army and police are to
be used for the service of the likes of the Mittals, TNCs and the big time
compradors. This fact should not be missed by those who tend to equate the
violence of the revolutionaries with that of the state.
Unfortunately some
human rights activists are unable to understand the ruler’s game-plan in this
Salwa Judum campaign of using tribals as cannon fodder and tend to condemn both
the State and Naxalites for the deaths of tribals. If they do not want innocent
tribals not to be killed they should first talk of their upliftment where
thousands and thousands die each year out of hunger, disease and poverty. This
is no less a brutal violence against the lives of the people. In areas of
naxalite influence for the first time ever the tribals saw a better life — of
dignity and self-respect. For the first time ever they saw an end of their
inhuman exploitation and were able to better their standard of living.
The masses of the
country and all progressives need to strongly demand of the government to stop
the use of the para-military and the proposed use of the army against its own
people. Of course the oppressed masses will resist any onslaught on them by
these forces and beat back their offensive however ruthless it may be.
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