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10th February is the
memorable day in the history of Bastar. On that day in 1910 the local Adivasi
people had formed their own government while fighting against British
imperialists. While fighting against their dacoit forces, people of Baster
succeeded in maintaining their own government for three months. But ultimately
people’s government could not sustain for the cruelty and oppression of the
fortified armies of the imperialist power it crumbled and was ripped apart in a
short period of three months. But the aspiration of having their own government
had never eroded from the minds of these people. Although, they commemorate Flag
Day on 26th January and 15th August every year as a ritual, they don’t have an
iota of belief that this is an independent country and they have their own
government. But the symbol of people’s power, ‘Bhoomkal’ (the great people’s
upsurge) is still the synonym of people’s unity and people’s self-respect. Those
people are very much enthusiastic about People’s Government. They have firm
determination. Seeing the enthusiasm of the people, this year on 10th February
in commemoration of the Bhoomkal, a big meeting was held in Nelnar
village as a symbol of People’s Power. Men and women from every hutment of Mard
hills streamed into Nelnar, carrying Red Flags and their traditional arms in
their hands. Ten thousand people gathered there, remembering Padiyours
(revolutionaries) who sacrificed their precious lives fighting against
imperialists of that time, pledged to establish the Jantana Sarkar, which was
their long cherished dream. The Party leaders, sitting on the dais also
commemorated the sacrifies of those martyrs and paid tribute to them. They
addressed the people there and told that to fulfill the dreams of those martyrs
they have to smash feudalism and imperialism and for this task people’s war is
to be advanced with the perspective of establishing base area in Dandakarnya.
And only through this war our people’s democratic state could be sustained, they
added.
The PGA soldiers
including militia in hundreds were keeping vigil on all the roads for the
security of leaders of the CPI(ML)(PW) and the people present in the day-long
program. Armed people’s soldiers guarded all the roads with full care so that
the enemy could not reach there from any of the roads. This Bhoomkal
meeting in the Mard hills was really a historic event. TV journalists from
Sahara Samay and BBC Network came there to cover the whole event.
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