Amartya Sen Nobel laureate says ‘‘PROHIBITING THE USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR INDUSTRIES IS ULTIMATELY SELF-DEFEATING'

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen speaks to Sambit Saha of The Telegraph on land acquisition for industrialisation, one of the most important issues facing Bengal and large parts of the country.

Q: What are your views on farmland acquisition for industry and the Singur-Nandigram controversy?Amartya Sen: That is a very complicated question and has many aspects. Let me separate them out.First of all, the need for industrial priority in West Bengal, which is a big long-term question and an extremely important issue.

It is sometimes underestimated the extent to which Bengal has been de-industrialised. Bengal was one of the major industrial centres in the world, not only in India. In European writings, Bengal has again and again come up as being one of the most prosperous areas in the world as an industrial base. The kind of reputation that some parts of Italy gained later.It is often said that historically, Calcutta was founded 300 years ago by Job Charnock but it is also true that there was an urban settlement based on trade and industry, apart from agriculture, in this area. This we see not only from Indian records but also from the writings of Ptolemy and Pliny the Elder. The Europeans were aware of that.

Very near from Calcutta, there were industrial areas of huge prosperity. There is also mention in the writings of Fa Hien who came here in 401 and spent 10 years. He went back by boat. He took the boat from Tamralipta, which is very close to Calcutta. Effectively, it was greater Calcutta. So this has been a trading and industrial area for a very long time.When Charnock came and the Battle of Plassey happened, there was not only English but the French, the Portuguese, the Spanish, the Flemish and the Danish merchants. They were all interested in the industrial products of this area. Under the British, there was de-industrialisation of classical industry but new industries came in the form, for example, of jute. But gradually that went off after Independence and there was further de-industrialisation.The policy of the Communist Party itself was not well thought-out. The industrial agitation may have given the workers a little bit more rights, but they lost many more rights by the industries withdrawing out of Calcutta.Jyotibabu was aware of the problem and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has tried to carry the understanding forward by trying to make it possible to have a big industrial base here. And it is extremely important.It is also very important to recognise that production of industrial goods was based on the banks of the Hooghly and the Ganges, which are fertile areas anyway. So to say that ‘this is fertile agriculture land and you should not have industry here’ not only goes against the policy of the West Bengal government but also against the 2,000-year history of Bengal.This is where industry was based because even though the land may be very fertile, industrial production could generate many times more than the value of the product produced by agriculture. The locations of great industry, be it Manchester or Lancashire, these were all on heavily fertile land. Industry has always competed against agriculture because the shared land was convenient for industry for trade and transportation. Q: What about land acquisition?Sen: I think some mistakes were made and the government should admit it and to some extent the government has admitted it.Singur’s location could be questioned because there were some other locations one could have thought of like Kharagpur. But one of the difficulties is that Calcutta has such a huge attraction that it is very much easier to attract engineers and managers to an industrial base near Calcutta for the Tatas than in Kharagpur. And this is a dominant factor. Because Calcutta has such reputation.I recently wrote in a book edited by Gopal Gandhi on Gandhi and Bengal about Gandhi’s relationship with Bengal. Interestingly, the first day he arrived in Calcutta in 1896, he went to see a play. In his stay of six days, he went to see another play. So here is a Gujarati arriving here, but he is so interested in the cultural life of Calcutta that he goes to see two plays in six days. So you just can’t say that because it is fertile land, you cannot allow managers and industrialists to be based in Calcutta and they have to be based in district towns. So the locational decision of Singur was probably not wrong.Q: What are your views on the compensation paid for land?Sen: The government paid much higher price than the value of the land in the free market. From that point of view, it was fair. Had there been no industry, they would have got the best value for the land. (Had the land not been taken for industry, the price they got would have been considered the best value, Sen explained.)Where there is a mistake in the government’s thinking, and I think it is a big mistake of a tactical kind, is not to recognise that if this land were available for industry in general, and not just for the Tatas, the value of the land would have been much greater. While the compensation paid is greater than the value of the land seen as agricultural land, the compensation paid by the government is less than what the value would have been had it been free for competition with industries. If you are part of the market economy, then you have to take into account what the value of the land would have been had it been freely available for industry. So there is an issue to be addressed. I think it is a mistake, an honest mistake and it can be corrected in the future.Nandigram is a much more complex issue. There is a question whether that kind of operation was needed, whether it was the right place. But I have not studied it in the way I have studied Singur. So I won’t comment.Q: What, according to you, are the other issues here?Sen: It is now very important for both the government and the Opposition to avoid violence. There is never a case for violence. The government’s policing has been in some cases over-strong. I understand that some Opposition parties have now created ‘free regions’ where they would not allow anyone to come in. That is also violent activity. It is not in line with Indian tradition of non-violence. The government and the Opposition have to recognise that. It is possible that in the past, the violence committed by the government was greater, but from what I hear, it is possible the opposite might be the case now.Whichever way it may be, we don’t have to judge. But it is extremely important that in a free country, any people can come in and go out from any place they like and you cannot establish restriction of movement either by the government or the Opposition. This is a subject for rational discussion, which has become so impossible as everything is politicised now. Ultimately, those who want to prevent industrialisation of Bengal do not look enough at the interest of the people of the state. They may intend well, but they are not serving the interest of Bengal’s working class or peasantry. The prosperity of the peasantry in the world always depends on the number of peasants going down. That is the standard experience in the world.It is not that historically agricultural production goes up so much that they become hugely rich on that basis. Bengal has done very well in terms of agriculture compared to other states. But that has not made Bengal immensely prosperous. In countries like Australia, the US or Canada, where agriculture has prospered, only a very tiny population is involved in agriculture. Most people move out to industry. Industry has to be convenient, has to be absorbing.When people move out of agriculture, total production does not go down. So per capita income increases. For the prosperity of industry, agriculture and the economy, you do need industrialisation. Those in effect preventing that, either by politically making it impossible for an industrialist to feel comfortable in Bengal or making it difficult to buy land for industry, do not serve the interest of the poor well.The Communist Party made a mistake earlier when it drove industries out by union action, which was intended to create benefits for workers but ended up making the workers having no job. Second time it is happening now, not from the Communist Party but from the Opposition, preventing industrialization, which is not in the interest of Bengal in general and the poor in particular. So if Bengal is to regain what it used to be — being one of the richest in the world — industrialisation has to happen.Prohibiting the use of agricultural land for industries is ultimately self-defeating. Q: Why not develop other areas in Bengal where land is less fertile and build infrastructure so that industry goes there?Sen: You have to bring industry everywhere. But there is no way in which you will be able to avoid industrialisation around Calcutta, any more than you could have avoided it in London, Lancashire, Manchester, Berlin, Paris, Pittsburgh. You will find industry will come up where there are advantages of production, taking into account also the locational preferences of managers, engineers, technical experts as well as unskilled labour.But we should not make the mistake of thinking that somehow while you are trying to attract business based on the market that the government can say: ‘I want you to go to Siliguri and that is where you are going to be.’ That is not the way the market economy works. The market economy has many imperfections, on which I have written extensively. But it also creates job and income and if the income goes up, government revenues go up, so there is money available for education and healthcare and other things.So in order to do that, you have to give the market economy the operational rational of choosing one location over another, depending on their market-based calculation. You cannot be governed by the market but nor can you ignore the logic of the market if you want to use the market as one of the instruments in advancing the country. So the whole idea of thinking in highly bureaucratic terms that ‘I want it in Siliguri and Bankura but not here’, that is not going to work. That is not the way industry functions in a market economy.

Souce: www.ganashakti.com

NOZM CHOMSKY REPLIES ON MAOIST BRUTALITIES IN INDIA

From: Noam Chomsky <chomsky@mit.edu>
Reply to: "R. Vijayan" rvijayan.vijayan@gmail.com
Date: Dec 17, 2009 7:52 PM

Subject: Re: AN OPEN LETTER TO NOAM CHOMSKY

Mailed by: Mit. Edu

I received the letter directly from Mr. Mukherjee, we corresponded about it, and I believe he agrees that there is no point sending it to one of the signers of the petition but that it should be directed to the organizers. As in the case of all petitions on human and civil rights, there was debate among those close to the situation about what to include and what to omit, and a compromise was reached. Then others, like me, remote from the situation, signed when the basic drift seemed acceptable and those who initiated it trustworthy.There is no necessary action on my part.

NC

MAOISTS AND THEIR PHILOSOPHY - AN OPEN LETTER TO NOAM CHOMSKY FROM NIRMALANGSHU MUKHERJI

“[We publish below an open letter to Noam Chomsky, written in the wake of his endorsement of a statement against 'Operation Green Hunt', issued recently by a large number of intellectuals in India and in the US. Nirmalangshu's letter is important because it raises some very serious questions that are being brushed under the carpet by sections of the radical intelligentsia. Unlike Nirmalangshu, I would not put 'radical' within scare quotes, since it is precisely this that highlights the immense tragedy of our times. Radical intellectuals - truly radical intellectuals - once again find themselves caught in this situation where in order to oppose state violence, they will wilfully turn a blind eye to the violence of armed nihilist gangs, simply because these claim to speak on behalf of the oppressed - a claim that Nirmalangshu's letter exposes in all its falsity. He lays bare how the politics that goes by the name of 'Maoism' (i.e. CPI-Maoist) believes in violently erasing all other voices of opposition to and criticism of the state, but that of itself. This brand of politics in fact lives in symbiosis with the state - delegitimizing all forms of mass democratic politics. At this moment one deeply misses the courageous voice of the late Balagopal - recently slightingly dubbed a 'liberal humanist' by a spokesperson of the Maoists, at a meeting meant to salute his memory. I cannot help recalling here the feeling of immense sadness many of us were overcome by, watching and hearing speakers at this meeting (in Delhi) for Balagopal - speakers who were ungenerous, if not carping and outright dismissive of the courage of conviction that was Balagopal. AN]

Dear Prof. Chomsky,

I saw your support to the statement issued by Sanhati in the form of a letter to the prime minister— endorsed by some intellectuals from India and abroad. Three points are transparent: (a) the Indian government is planning a massive armed operation in the tribal-hilly areas in the eastern part of the country, (b) the poorest of the poor and the historically marginalised will suffer the most in terms of loss of lives, livelihood and habitat, and (c) for whatever it’s worth, an all-out campaign by democratic forces is needed to resist the armed invasion of people’s habitat by any party. To that extent, the statement does bring out the urgency of the matter.

What is not so transparent from the statement is the condition that has brought about this state of affairs. It is said that large-scale neo-liberal policies—including formation of SEZs and encroachment of tribal habitats for mining and other forms of exploitation—has led to mass impoverishment. So, in desperation, the poor have allegedly taken up arms to defend themselves.

This picture is wrong in (i) ascribing the so-called armed struggle to the people, and (ii) being silent about the ’specific’ source of the current aggression by the state, namely, the armed operations of CPI (Maoist). The statement is otherwise right about the ‘general’ situation: sinister neo-liberal policies, growing impoverishment and marginalisation of the poor, and the resulting anger thereof.

Hundreds of organisations working at the grass roots level across the country are engaged in a variety of struggles against state repression and the insidious economic policies of the government. This includes many Gandhian, liberal and leftist organisations and individuals. Importantly, some of these—such as the organisations led by veteran activists Kanu Sanyal and Asim Chatterjee, among many others in Bengal, Andhra, Bihar, Orissa and elsewhere—also subscribe to maoism and are known initiators of the original naxalbari movement. Thus, the labels ‘maoist’ and ‘naxalite’ apply to a much wider category of organisations and individuals than the CPI (Maoist). Needless to say, even the wider category of maoists, not to mention just the CPI (Maoist), forms a tiny fraction of the broad democratic resistance to the policies of the state. The current armed operations of the state are directed ostensibly against the CPI (Maoist) in the areas under its control.

The state of course makes no such distinction in public; by identifying the wider category with the narrower one, it is constructing the opportunity to target the entire left-democratic fraternity in due course. To put the point differently, although the undeclared target of the state covers the entirety of left-democratic forces—as evidenced, for example, in the growing attacks on industrial workers especially in the private sector—the declared target currently consists of CPI (Maoist) and its area of control. The significance of this specificity is wholly missing from the statement you endorsed.

The identification of CPI (Maoist) with the entire resistance movement suits CPI (Maoist) as well. Its Supreme Commander recently declared from his hideout from a guerrilla-controlled area: ‘People, who are the makers of history, will rise up like a tornado under “our party’s leadership” to wipe out the reactionary blood-sucking vampires ruling our country … our party’s influence has grown stronger and “it” has now come to be recognised as the only genuine alternative before the people.’ (Open magazine). We will evaluate the factual content of this declaration below.

For now, it is interesting to note the character of the propaganda: somehow the propagandist interests of CPI (Maoist), the state, and the corporate media suitably converge. The Supreme Commander’s claim is grimly endorsed by the prime and the home ministers of India; according to them, the ‘naxalite menace’ is the greatest threat to internal security. It is also endorsed by the corporate media: the ‘menace’ is said to have spread in 15 of about 25 states, and in 180 of about 500 districts of the country—the numbers accelerating each month to encourage the prospect of a ‘civil war’ soon across the country. The Central government frequently convenes high-profile meetings of chief ministers, secretaries, and police chiefs of the country to meet the challenges posed by the menace. Cutting-edge special forces, carved out of the paramilitary forces, are being constructed and deployed in ‘naxal-infested’ areas. In recent months, even the army and the air force are beginning to enter into the picture. Naxalite actions—widespread arson, mass killings, and the ability to take on the security forces—are prominently reported in the corporate media with ill-concealed awe. This strand of the naxalite movement never had it so big in its close to 40 years of existence in hideouts in remote jungles.

As for the factual content of this dramatic story, I will briefly record some facts that do not find a place in the three-pronged propaganda.

- CPI (Maoist) is a comparatively new organisation formed in 2004 when two naxalite factions Maoist Coordination Committee (MCC) and People’s War Group (PWG)—located primarily in some tribal-inhabited jungle areas in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh respectively—decided to join hands after fighting a bloody war for area-control among themselves for close to two decades. By 2006, CPI (Maoist) was almost completely wiped out from Andhra after their presence there for close to forty years. They also lost major areas in Bihar. The organisation has basically shifted to two of the most backward, tiny, and newly-formed states of Jharkhand and Chatthisgarh. As noted, even there, their presence is basically centered in the areas of dense forest and adjacent tribal-dominated villages, especially in the Bastar district. Ostensibly, as the jungles extend from their headquarters, they have also developed some hideouts and some armed squads to create enough violence to mark their ‘presence’ in West Bengal, Orissa, and elsewhere. To sum, they have essentially failed to emerge out of portions of jungles of eastern India after over four decades of campaign for this particular strand of ‘Marxism-Leninism-Maoism’.

The organisation has no presence whatsoever in the vast agrarian and industrial terrains of the rest of the country. It has no trade union, no peasant organisation worth its name, no penetration in the dalit, youth, and women’s movements. But it seems to have captured the imagination of sections of elite, urban, and ‘radical’ intelligentsia in Calcutta and Delhi who have impressive connections with some Indian intellectuals settled in universities abroad, as the statement you endorsed highlights (earlier, this intellectual support used to come from Bombay and Hyderabad). The phenomenon is historically familiar.

‘The only genuine alternative before the people’ is viewed as a terrorist organisation by none other than Kanu Sanyal and many other active maoists, not to speak of broad spectrums of left parties and organisations most of whom do not find a representation in the statement. The basic reason why Sanyal calls CPI (Maoist) ‘terrorists’ is as follows.

Ever since its inception in 1969, this brand of maoism rejected all classical forms of mass struggle and adopted the sinister doctrine of individual annihilation of ‘class enemies’. ‘Class enemies’ typically consisted of hapless, poorly armed police constables, petty landlords and traders, and an assorted category of ‘informers and traitors’. Most notably, the category of ‘class enemies’ also included grass-root cadres—not their leaders—of the parliamentary left. In the states of West Bengal and Andhra, where this campaign originated, the parliamentary left was typically the only organisation present at the grass root. The annihilation of these ‘class enemies’—typically, middle peasants, school teachers, party wholetimers, etc—effectively meant capturing of areas, by means of guns and knives, already under the left. To that end, the squads first targetted their own maoist fraternity who refused to subscribe to their murderous politics. After the ‘renegades’ were silenced, the next target was cadres of CPI(M), CPI, etc.

This ‘red terror’ basically led to the dismantling of democratic movements in the erstwhile red bastions. In West Bengal, a neo-fascist regime of the Congress Party won the elections handsomely and watched the mutual killings of the left with glee. Once the task was accomplished, the government turned on the maoists and the remaining left and white terror ruled West Bengal for five years. During the nightmare, all forms of democratic movements virtually disappeared from the state as lumpen youth accompanied by paramilitary forces roamed the streets.

In time, almost all of the initiators of this campaign realised their grave mistakes and those who survived encounters, long imprisonment, and psychological collapse, returned to classical mass lines in a variety of forms, including participation in the elections. However, a fragment continued the murderous politics in the jungles of Andhra and Bihar in the form of two organisations MCC and PWG, later unifying into CPI (Maoist), as noted.

Two recent—and contrasting—events in the neighbourhood throw significant light on the consequences of this brand of politics. In Sri Lanka, a vast freedom movement of Tamil nationalism arose about three decades ago. As the movement became progressively militant, it gave rise to a formidable militarist organisation: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). LTTE declared armed struggle, systematically eliminated all other groups advocating Tamil liberation, took to the jungles, and launched a civil war.

There were several rounds of ‘negotiations’ between the government and the LTTE, often with international effort. LTTE refused to give up arms and join the democratic process; thus, it used each pause in the hostilities to consolidate its forces. After over twenty years of bloody war with Sri Lankan security forces, resulting in incalculable suffering of Tamil people, the LTTE was recently wiped out from Sri Lanka. The calamity facilitated the emergence of a neo-fascist regime in Colombo; it also left behind nearly a million hapless Tamil refugees at the mercy of this government. With all moderate forces from both the sides eliminated from the scene, the Tamil freedom movement is now faced with a historical setback after over hundred thousand deaths.

The Supreme Commander (cited above), whose organisation was trained in guerrilla warfare by former commandos of LTTE, agrees with the consequences: ‘There is no doubt that the movement for a separate sovereign Tamil Eelam has suffered a severe setback with the defeat and considerable decimation of the LTTE. The Tamil people and the national liberation forces are now leaderless.’ But he puts the blame elsewhere: ‘The jingoistic rallies and celebrations organised by the government and Sinhala chauvinist parties all over Sri Lanka in the wake of Prabhakaran’s death and the defeat of the LTTE show the national hatred for Tamils nurtured by Sinhala organisations and the extent to which the minds of ordinary Sinhalese are poisoned with such chauvinist frenzy.’ Nonetheless, he hopes that ‘the ground remains fertile for the resurgence of the Tamil liberation struggle. Even if it takes time, the war for a separate Tamil Eelam is certain to revive, taking lessons from the defeat of the LTTE.’ Although he is prepared to learn—perhaps, tactical—‘lessons’, he does not seem to have any problems with the militarist, sectarian, and exclusivist politics of the LTTE.

In sharp contrast, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN(M)) also launched a civil war against a ruthless feudal monarchy protected by the Royal Nepalese Army after all democratic methods failed. The war lasted nearly a decade with the CPN(M)-directed People’s Liberation Army dominating vast terrains of the country with massive popular support. The basic point to note is that what CPN(M) strove for during the armed struggle—republic, constituent assembly, supremacy of the parliament created by universal franchise, etc.—India already has. Once that was achieved in Nepal, a genuine armed struggle—far far superior than anything Indian ‘maoists’ have ever envisaged—was immediately brought to a halt. CPN (M) proved its point by winning over 40% of the seats in the interim parliament after the republic was established. With this mandate in hand, innovative, peaceful but militant processes were then adopted to broaden the democratic base even in a context in which the possibility of a counter-revolution orchestrated by the ousted monarch, the army and the ruling elites of India loomed large.

The current impasse in Nepal is about the supremacy of the parliament over the army. As the leader of CPN(M) Prachanda points out, the democratic movement is at a crossroads due to this seminal conflict. Indian republicanism addressed and solved that problem 60 years ago.

During the war, PWG—followed by CPI (Maoist)—maintained close contact with CPN(M). But after the CPN(M) joined—in fact, established—the democratic process in Nepal, the CPI (Maoist) does not find any lessons to be learned. This time the blame is on CPN(M). As the Supreme Commander puts it: ‘It is indeed a great tragedy that the CPN(M) has chosen to abandon the path of protracted people’s war and pursue a parliamentary path in spite of having de facto power in most of the countryside.’ In a letter to CPN(M), CPI (Maoist) ‘advised’ the former not to give up armed struggle until the ‘old order’ is smashed and the CPN (M) is able to seize power all by itself to usher in ‘new democratic revolution’. However, the Supreme Commander remains optimistic since ‘given the great revolutionary traditions of the CPN(M), we hope that the inner-party struggle will repudiate the right opportunist line pursued by its leadership, give up revisionist stands and practices, and apply minds creatively to the concrete conditions of Nepal.’ So, the statesman-like leadership of Prachanda is ‘revisionist’.

Beyond the bluster, it is not difficult to discern that, no matter what, the CPI (Maoist) is not prepared to give up its fatal policies. They are not open to any debates, no one can enter their ‘liberated zones’ without unconditional support to their line. Like Prabhakaran and his LTTE, having meticulously secured hideouts for themselves in ‘impregnable’ dense forests protected by squads armed with sophisticated weapons, they are prepared to carry on ‘protracted war’ for many years before their inevitable decimation. In the process, not only will the tribals under their control suffer immensely, it will give the growingly authoritarian state a golden opportunity to smash whatever avenues of hard-won democratic resistance still remain in place.

As noted, the CPI (Maoist) has exactly two channels of ‘popular’ support: the tribals they control and a section of ‘radical’, urban intelligentsia. It is the support of the latter that gives the CPI (Maoist) significant propaganda mileage and a false impression of invincibility and popular support. By posing the current military preparations of the state only as a state vs. people conflict, the statement you endorsed effectively exonerates the CPI (Maoist) and plays into their hands.

Sincerely
Nirmalangshu Mukherji

Department of Philosopy

University of Delhi

Source : (http://kafila.org/2009/10/21/open-letter-to-noam-chomsky-nirmalangshu-mukherjee/)

OPEN LETTER FROM NIRMALANGSHU MUKHERJI, PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPY, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI TO NOAM CHOMSKY ON MAOISTS

From: R.Vijayan
To: chomsky@mit.edu
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:07 AM
Subject: AN OPEN LETTER TO NOAM CHOMSKY
Dear Sir,
With due respect, I would like to inform you that I have come across an open letter to you in the internet, (http://kafila.org/2009/10/21/open-letter-to-noam-chomsky-nirmalangshu-mukherjee/) which I attach herewith for your information and necessary action.

I donot know whether you have also seen the same.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,
R.Vijayan

CONGRESS PARTY OPENS PANDORA BOX OF SMALLER STATES TO DIVIDE THE NATION

The Congress Party has inherited all the vices of the British Rulers as to how to “divide and rule” the country. The former ruled this vast country for more than 200 years setting the people belonging to different castes, creed and religions against each other. The ultimate result was the creation of Hindustan and Pakistan. The most sufferers were the innocent people of Bengal and Punjab. Today, the Congress Party has been adopting the same suicidal policy.

The entire opposition in the country got united on the issue of unprecedented abnormal price rise due to the anti-people policies adopted by the pro-imperialist and pro-capitalist UPA Government. In order to break this unity and divert the attention of the entire nation from spiraling prices and other issues of daily life, the panicky UPA Government leaked out the confidential report of the Liberhan Committee.

The next step it adopted is to divide the people of each and every state. With this sinister aim and objective only, the UPA Government has declared the formation of a separate Telengana State. This anti-national decision has ignited the separatist and secessionist local aspirations in different states resulting in violent agitations and mayhem. The Congress Party has practically created a ‘Frankenstein’ and opened the Pandora Box of divisions, mutual hatred and separations amongst the people of different states, which has spread like wild fire throughout the country facilitating the antinational elements and terrorists. The ill calculated treacherous move of the UPA Government has already paved way to raise strong demand for the formation of the following new states.

(1) Maru Pradesh in Rajasthan
(2) Vidarbha in Maharashtra
(3) Bodoland in Assam
(4) Dimaji in Assam
(5) Karbi Anglong in Assam
(6) Separate state consisting of Karbi Anglong and North Kachad in Assam
(7) Greater Coochbihar consisting areas in Assam and West Bengal
(8) Sourasthra in Gujarat
(9) Kacch in Gujarat
(10) Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir
(11) Separate State in Tamilnadu consisting of 18 southern districts with Madurai as its capital
(12) Kalinga in Orissa
(13) Kausal in Orissa
(14) Bundelkhand in UP
(15) Paschimanchal in UP
(16) Purbanchal in UP
(17) Gorkhaland in West Bengal

(18) Kamtapuri in West Bengal

Some more are waiting in the queue. The whole exercise is nothing but a well-designed and preconceived attempt to disintegrate the country.

The Congress Party must not forget that Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru was very much against the creation of new states. In this connection, the following lines on the demand of separate statehood can be quoted from his famous book “The Discovery of India”.

“It is now stated on their behalf that separation should take place in such a way as to give them an economically balanced region. Whether this is possible under any circumstances I donot know but I rather doubt it.”

Another paragraph from the same book is very relevant in the present situation and to the Congress Party.

“I am reminded of the story of the man who killed his father and mother and then threw himself at the mercy of the court as an orphan.”

The whole country is in turmoil. Nobody is interested in price rise and other issues concerning the day-to-day life of the people. The entire credit for this goes to the Congress Party and its present cunning leadership. This is what it wanted for narrow short-term political mileage. But it must keep in mind that the fire, which it has set, will also burn it one day in the near future in the same manner as the Frankenstein which Smt. Indira Gandhi had created ultimately killed her.

NOAM CHOMSKY REPLIES ON BURNING OF RED FLAGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF KARL MARX AND OTHER PHILOSOPHERS BY INDIAN MOAISTS

From: Noam Chomsky <chomsky@mit.edu>

Reply to: "R. Vijayan" rvijayan.vijayan@gmail.com

Date: Dec 19, 2009 10:15 PM

Subject: Re: MAOISTS BURN RED FLAGS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF LENIN,
KARL MARX AND OTHER PHILOSOPHERS

Mailed by: Mit. Edu

I am not sure who you are referring to, but the human rights activists and intellectuals I know regularly condemn the crimes of the so-called "Maoists."

NC

R. VIJAYAN WRITES TO NOAM CHOMSKY ON BURNING OF RED FLAGS & PHOTOGRAPHS OF KARL MARX, FREDRICK ENGELS, LENIN, STALIN, MAO ZE DONG BY INDIAN MAOISTS

19-12-2009

From: R.Vijayan
To: chomsky@mit.edu
Sent: Dec 19, 2009 7:42 PM
Subject: MAOISTS BURN RED FLAGS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF
LENIN, KARL MARX AND OTHER PHILOSOPHERS

Dear Sir,

With due respect, I beg to invite your immediate attention to the following fact.

Again, on 18-12-09 Neo-Fascists functioning in the garb of Maoists have murdered the following persons on various false excuses in Jangalmahal Area of West Midnapur in West Bengal.

(1) Shridam Hembram, Belpahari, W. Midnapur
(2) Nishikanta Bera, Midnapur Sadar, E. Midnapur
(3) Sisir Jana, Dharampur, W. Midnapur

Almost every day they have also been not only destroying and torching the houses of CPI (M) leaders, cadres and supporters but also setting fire to CPI (M) Offices, red flags, pictures of Karl Marx, Fredrick Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Ze Dong and other leaders of Communist and Leftist movement of the world and the country as was done by the Fascists and the Gestapoes in Italy and Germany.

The anti-Communist and anti-Leftist “pseudo” intellectuals and “so-called” human right activists in India encourage the Maoists and their brutal activities by way of keeping total silence over these murders taking place almost daily in different parts of the country. But whenever the police arrest a Maoist, they make a hue and cry throughout the world in the name of “violation of human rights”.

If the Indian ‘pseudo’ intellectuals and ‘so-called’ human right activists in India are really concerned for the welfare of the tribals, they should first of all appeal to the Maoists to desist from mindless killing of innocent people and abjure violence.

If the Indian ‘pseudo’ intellectuals and ‘so-called’ human right activists continue to look into happenings with jaundiced eyes, there will be neither justice to nor welfare of the indigenous people.

As a matter of fact, they only use the indigenous people as pawns for gaining wide-spread publicity and promoting their own career and future.

Photographs in proof of my contention are attached herewith.

Sincerely yours,
R.Vijayan

FROM NOAM CHOMSKY ON MAOIST CRUELTIES

From: Noam Chomsky <chomsky@mit.edu>

Date: Dec 14, 2009 6:05 AM

Subject: Re: BRUTALITIES OF MAOISTS IN WEST BENGAL

To: Gouranga Chatterjee <chatterjeegouranga@gmail.com>

Thanks for your letter. What you say somewhat differs from the information that was conveyed by the Indian analysts who initiated and signed the petition. You should really contact them.

NC

REPRESENTATION TO NOAM CHOMSKY ON MAOIST BRUTALITIES

13-12-2009


Mr. Noam Chomsky
Professor of Emeritus of Linguistics
MIT
USA

Most Respected Sir,

I am a regular reader of “Analytical Monthly Review”. A letter dated 12th October 2009 written to the Prime Minister of India in connection with offensive against the Maoists has been published in esteemed journal of October 2009 (Vol. 7, No. 7). It contains signatures of many eminent personalities of the country and abroad including that of you. I have gone through the same very thoroughly and carefully line by line and submit hereunder my observations.

Most humbly I want to contradict the misrepresentation and misinformation made while depicting the picture of West Bengal.

(1) The agitations in Singur and Nandigram were never peaceful or democratic as stated. They were purely politically motivated and violent in all respect carried out jointly by finance capital, imperialists, anti-Communist, anti-Leftist and all fundamentalist forces in union with ‘pseudo’ intellectuals to destabilize the Left Front Government in West Bengal.

The land at Singur was not acquired for SEZ as alleged. It was acquired for an automobile factory.

Out of 997.11 acres of land acquired, the landowners of 745.11 acres of land have consented by accepting compensation to part with their land for the factory. Out of the 252 acres of land, the landowners of 125 acres of land refused to accept compensation. The landowners of the remaining 127 acres of land could not be compensated due to litigation amongst their family members though they were ready to accept the compensation. It means 87.46% of landowners have consented for the factory. Landowners of only 12.54% acres of land have refused to consent.

The total number of landowners of 997.11 acres of land is 13,491. Out of this, 11,162 landowners of 745.11 acres of land had offered the land by accepting the compensation. Their percentage is 86.66%.

540 landowners could not accept compensation due to litigation involving their 127acres of land. They had consented to offer their land for the factory. Their percentage is only 4.

The actual unwilling landowners are 1,800 who own 125 acres of land. Their percentage is only 13.34.

In short, out of 997.11 acres of land, owners of only 125 acres of land refused to part with their land. It means owners of 87.46% land have consented for the factory. Owners of only 12.54% acres of land have refused to consent. Moreover, out of 13,491 landowners, only 1,800 landowners are unwilling. It means 86.66% of landowners are willing whereas only 13.34% of the owners are unwilling.

It means more than 80% of the landowners were ready for the factory. But the resistance of only 13% prevailed over 80%. The Kolkata High Court has already declared the land acquisition at Singur legal in all respect.

The facts and circumstances compel the undersigned to come to the conclusion that the term ‘Democracy’ should be redefined afresh.

(2) If anyone goes through the developments before 14th March 2007, he will find that the Chief Minister had stated categorically that there would be no forced land acquisition in Nandigram. On 9th February the CM pointedly told in a public meeting in Khejuri that without the consent of the people of Nandigram nothing would be done. Later, on a number of occasions during the last one-month, the CM had repeatedly stated in very clear terms that the proposed Chemical Hub would be shifted if the people of Nandigram did not accept the proposal. Even after that, there was no respite from the atrocities perpetrated by the Bhumi Rakkha Committee, making it amply clear that the question was not at all that of “land acquisition” but a political strategy to maintain a forced acquisition of Nandigram by a combination of political forces.

The district administration, meanwhile called a series of all Party meetings and peace meetings, mostly boycotted by TMC, Congress and Bhumi Rakkha Committee. The last such meeting was organized on 10th March where representatives from Left Front partners and BJP were present. TMC, Congress and Bhumi Rakkha Committee declined the invitation. It was decided in the meeting that the administration would move to restore reconstruction work and normalcy in the area and anyone resisting the constitutional duties would be legally dealt with.

On 14th March, the police entered the area after prior announcements through loudspeaker. When they reached Sonachura, they were attacked with bombs and guns. In the ensuing confrontation 13 people were killed. One more person was killed due to bomb injury.

In spite of this categorical declaration, the people of Nandigram were misinformed and misled by Mamata Banerjee and her rainbow alliance of TMC-Maoists-Congress-SUCI-BJP-Muslims Fundamentalists-pseudo intellectuals incited the villagers by resorting to unprecedented distortion of facts, lies, twisting of facts, false propaganda, provocations, misrepresentations and slanders for gaining political mileage. It had nothing to do with the interests of the peasantry.

The rainbow alliance evicted thousands of supporters of the CPI (M) and other mainstream Leftist parties from their ancestral homes along with their family members. This was done to capture Nandigram and other areas for electoral gains only. Many of the CPI (M) supporters were murdered brutally. The Maoist-TMC goons raped even a school going girl Sunita Mondal.

The state government tried repeatedly to ensure the safe return of the evictees to their ancestral homes. It convened all party meetings again and again. But Mamata Banerjee and others refused to attend the same for an amicable settlement. Ultimately, the start government tried to ensure the return of the evictees with police help. It was in now way an attempt to capture the lands for SEZ as alleged.

If the intellectuals had adopted a stand neutrally, impartially and judiciously without prejudice, the unfortunate incident of 14th March 2007 could have been avoided easily. But they were so much obsessed with anti-Communism and anti-Leftism that they used even the slightest rumour or incident or pretext to malign and destabilize the Left Front Government. They, therefore, needed some dead bodies for their ulterior motive.

The result was the unfortunate incident of 14th March 2007, which cost 14 valuable lives. It could have been avoided easily if the opposition and the anti-Communist intellectuals had settled the matter with the government across the table.

After this incident, a hate and malicious campaign was launched to the effect that hundreds of workmen and children were raped and murdered by CPI (M) supporters. But the ‘pseudo’ intellectuals and the opposition could not prove even a single case of rape or murder.

Still now, thousands of CPI (M) supporters and their families remain evicted from Nandigram and Khejuri. The hoisting of red flag has been banned in Nandigram, Khejuri and other adjacent areas. If this is not anti-Communism and anti-Leftism, I do not know what else is.

(3) The developments taking place in Junglemahal areas falling under West Midnapur, Purulia and Bankura district of West Bengal have not started all on a sudden.

Shibaram Satpathi of Sarenga in Bankura was the first CPI (M) supporter who was murdered brutally by the Maoists on 10-04-01. Thereafter, Maoist-TMC goons have murdered one after another CPI (M) leader, cadre and supporter. The Maoist-TMC goons had murdered another 47 CPI (M) leaders and supporters till 01-11-2008 as detailed below.

1 Sudhir Singh Sardar, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 28-11-01
2 Anil Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 04-02-02
3 Rampada Majhi, Ranibandh, Bankura, 11-02-02
4 Puntibala Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 31-05-02
5 Icchhamati Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 31-05-02
6 Priyanka Mahato (4yrs), Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 31-05-02
7 Ajit Ghosh, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 09-07-02
8 Golap Mallik, Garbeta, Medinipur (W), 24-04-03
9 Baridbaran Mondal, Banspahari, Medinipur (W) 21-10-03
10 Asit Santra, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 02-03-04
11 Mahendra Mahato, Bandowan, Purulia, 09-07-05
12 Raghunath Murumu, Barikul, Bankura, 09-07-05
13 Bablu Mudi, Barikul, Bankura, 09-07-05
14 Rabindranath Kar, Bandowan, Bankura, 30-12-05
15 Anandamayi Kar, Bandowan, Bankura, 30-12-05
16 Kartik Singh, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 04-03-06
17 Gatilal Tudu, Barikul, Bankura, 04-03-06
18 Gumai Murmu, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 08-03-06
19 Jaladhar Mahato, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 08-03-06
20 Rabi Das, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 14-06-06
21 Snehashis Das, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 26-05-06
22 Uttam Sardar, Chandpur, Nadia, 19-06-06
23 Anil Mahato, Shilda, Medinipur (W), 19-09-06
24 Dinesh Baske, Shilda, Medinipur (W), 19-09-09
25 Pailaram Tudu, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 09-01-07
26 Rampada Singh, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 30-03-07
27 Parikshit Singh, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 30-03-07
28 Manik Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 27-05-07
29 Rohit Roy, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 10-07-07
30 Bhagirath Karmakar, Barabazar, Purulia, 01-11-07
31 Sufal Mandi, Purulia, Purulia, 20-11-07
32 Govind Singh, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 06-12-07
33 Pahalan Kumar, Balarampur, Purulia, 01-01-08
34 Mangal Mahato, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 15-02-08
35 Karam Chand Singh, Belpahari, 22-02-08
36 Subhash Mahato, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 29-02-08
37 Budhadeb Pathak, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 09-03-08
38 Mukul Tiwari, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 13-04-08
39 Jugol Murmu, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 13-04-08
40 Nabakumar Murmu, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 13-04-08
41 Kshetrapal Majhi, Arsha, Purulia, 19-04-08
42 Ganapati Bhadra, Bandowan, Purulia, 04-05-08
43 Debraj Hembram, Balarampur, Purulia, 05-05-08
44 Biswanath Mandi, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 15-06-08
45 Amar Ghugu, Patrasayar, Bankura, 04-10-08
46 Satyajit Mondal, Karanjora, Bankura, 22-10-08
47 Indrajit Muda, Banspahari, Midnapur (W), 31-10-08

The Maoists were able to create a reign of terror in the entire Junglemahal area through murder, loot and arson with the help of Mamata Banerjee and her rainbow alliance.

Then came 02-11-2008. On this date the Maoists tried to assassinate the Chief Minister of West Bengal while he was returning after laying the foundation stone of a steel plant at Shalboni. He narrowly escaped. It very naturally invited administrative action. The result was the formation of the “People’s Committee against Police Atrocities” by the Maoists. Till parliamentary elections on 30-04-2009, the following CPI (M) supporters were killed by the Maoists.

1 Panu Bouri, Patrasayar, Bankura, 14-11-08
2 Shamsur Alam Mallick, Indas, Bankura, 16-01-09
3 Nandalal Pal, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 01-02-09
4 Haradhan Majhi, Balarampur, Purulia, 03-02-09
5 Biswanath Digar, Ranibandh, Bankura, 08-02-09
6 Sujit Ponda, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-02-09
7 Durga Deshwal, Bhulabheda, Midnapur (W), 18-03-09
8 Santosh Mahato, Bhulabheda, Midnapur (W), 18-03-09
9 Kanai Kumar, Arsha, Purulia, 28-03-09
10 Ashim Mondal, Bahulabheda, Midnapur (W), 10-04-09
11 Hambir Mandi, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 21-04-09
12 Shakti Sen, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 21-04-09
13 Gopinath Murmu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 22-04-09
14 Baikunth Mahato, Supurdihgram, Purulia, 23-04-09
15 Bibhuti Singh Sardar, SD Gram, Purulia , 23-04-09

After the Parliamentary Elections the Maoists with the help of Mamata Banerjee have been trying to throw the whole of the state into utter lawlessness and anarchy. They have so far murdered 129 CPI (M) supporters in Junglemahal only.

1 Manu Singh, Bandowan, Purulia, 15-05-09
2 Dinesh Mahato, Balarmpur, Purulia, 23-05-09
3 Bhondulal Munda, Jhalda, Purulia,, 25-05-09
4 Mamoni Kishku, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 06-06-09
5 Salku Soren, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 11-06-09
6 Shankar Tudu, Belpahari, Midnapur (W), 13-06-09
7 Asit Samanta, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-06-09
8 Naru Samanta, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-06-09
9 Prabir Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-06-09
10 Keshab Manna, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
11 Dhiraj Manna, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
12 Sanjay Mahato, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
13 Debabrata Soren, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
14 Mohan Singh, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
15 Sunil Das, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 16-06-09
16 Tapan Das, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 16-06-09
17 Sanjay Pratihar, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 16-06-09
18 Niladri Mahato, Lodashuli, Midnapur (W), 17-06-09
19 Anil Mahato, Lodashuli, Midnapur (W), 17-06-09
20 Abhijit Mahato, Lodashuli, Midnapur (W), 17-06-09
21 Badal Chandra Ahir, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
22 Sisir Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
23 Dubraj Soren, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
24 Dasarath Soren, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
25 Chaitnya Soren, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
26 Keshav Das, Nandigram, Midnapur (W), 19-06-09
27 Budheswar Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 21-06-09
28 Pranesh Ghosh, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 21-06-09
29 Naba Kumar Murmu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 26-06-09
30 Kishore Tiwari, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 26-06-09
31 Jugol Murmu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 26-06-09
32 Moloy Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 05-07-09
33 Motilal Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 05-07-09
34 Barendranath Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W 10-07-09
35 Gurucharan Mahato, Lalgarh, West Dinajpur, 11-07-09
36 Swapan Deb Singh, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-07-09
37 Tarani Singh, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-07-09
38 Gangadhar Mahato, Barabazar, Purulia, 15-07-09
39 Jaladhar Mahato, Jhargam, Purulia, 18-07-09
40 Ashok Ghosh, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-07-09
41 Fagu Baske, Belpahari, Midnapur (W), 22-07-09
42 Sagar Masant, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 30-07-09
43 Ashok Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
44 Brahmodeo Singh, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
45 Motilal Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
46 Moloy Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
47 Nirmal Mahato, Bhulabheda, Midnapur (W), 02-08-09
48 Gurucharan Tudu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 03-08-09
49 Shankar D. Adhikari, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 05-08-09
50 Gunadhar Singh, Bhulabheda, Midnapur (W), 05-08-09
51 Shaktipada Murmu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-08-09
52 Ashim Soren, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-08-09
53 Budhu Hansda, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-08-09
54 Ramkrishna Duley, Sarenga, Bankura, 15-08-09
55 Mangal Soren, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 29-08-09
56 Laxmikanta Kumar, Sindurpur, Purulia, 29-08-09
57 Bharat Hembram, Balarampur, Purulia, 30-08-09
58 Sukhdeo Mahato, Bhramarmara, Midnapur (W), 31-08-09
59 Debi Prasad Hansda, Balarampur, Purulia, 31-08-09
60 Apu Singh, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-09-09
61 Rajib Singh, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-09-09
62 Satish Singh Sardar, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-09-09
63 Sasanka Sekhar Roy, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-09-09
64 Shyam Chalak, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 07-09-09
65 Ramdas Murmu, Sarenga, Bankura, 08-09-09
66 Baneswar Murmu, Sarenga, Bankura, 08-09-09
67 Krishna Kundu, Sarenga, Bankura, 10-09-09
68 Seikh Nazrul, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-09-09
69 Kartick Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-09-09
70 Sambhu Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-09-09
71 Ajoy Patra, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 16-09-09
72 Manik Mandi, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 20-09-09
73 Budheswar Mandi, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 20-09-09
74 Bagan Mandi, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 20-09-09
75 Nimai Bisui, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 24-09-09
76 Samir Singha Mahapatra, Medinipur (W), 24-09-09
77 Radhanath Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 30-09-09
78 Anadi Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 30-09-09
79 Bhakti Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 30-09-09
80 Barun Pratihar, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 01-10-09
81 Amalendu Patra, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 02-10-09
82 Panchanan Tudu, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 02-10-09
83 Sasadhar Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 08-10-09
84 Kanai Murmu, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 13-10-09
85 Mantu Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 18-10-09
86 Ratan Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 18-10-09
87 Shital Hembram, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 19-10-09
88 Pratap Nayek, Binpur, W. Medinipur, 26-10-09
89 Tapan Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 29-10-09
90 Dilip Mahato, Belpahari, W Midnapur, 29-10-09
91 Madhab Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 31-10-09
92 Anil Mahato, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 01-11-09
93 Joyram Hansda, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 07-11-09
94 Manoranjan Mahali, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 07-11-09
95 Lakshmi Das, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 07-11-09
96 Naba Kumar Singh, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 08-11-09
97 Naresh Thapa, Jamboni, W. Midnapur, 08-11-09
98 Binod Tamang, Jamboni, W. Midnapur, 08-11-09
99 Bhaktabahadur Limbu, Jamboni, W. Midnapur, 8-11-09
100 D. Viswakarma, Jamboni, W. Midnapur, 8-11-09
101 Sashticharan Dutta, Belpahari, W. Midnapore, 15-11-2009
102 Ajit Mahato, Jhargram, W. Midnapore, 16-11-2009
103 Khudiram Mudi, W. Midnapore, 16-11-2009
104 Totan Das, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 18-11-2009
105 Samiran Das, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 18-11-2009
106 Jaganath Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 19-11-2009
107 Tapan Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 23-11-2009
108 Ashok Kotal, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 23-11-2009
109 Madan Ghosh, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 24-11-2009
110 Subimal Mali, Arsha, Purulia, 26-11-2009
111 Srikanta Banerjee, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
112 Alok Mondal, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
113 Karuna Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
114 Braja Bikash Mahato, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
115 Bomkesh Giri, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
116 Dhanapati Murmu, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 28-11-2009
117 Nimai Singh, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 03-12-09
118 Koni Singh, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 03-12-09
119 Ramchandra Laya, Arsha, Purulia, 04-12-09
120 Sanatan Pratihar, Lalgarh, W. Midnapur, 06-12-2009
121 Subol Mahato, Belpahari, West Midnapur, 08-12-2009
122 Asit Mondal, Bandowan, Purulia, 09-12-2009
123 Brahspati Mahato, Jhargram, West Midnapur, 09-12-2009
124 Manik Mahato, Jhargram, West Midnapur, 09-12-2009
125 Bijoy Mahato, Jhargram, West Midnapur, 09-12-2009
126 Robi Mahato, Shalboni, West Midnapur, 09-12-2009
127 Panchanan Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapur, 11-12-09
128 Kartik Tudu, Shalboni, W. Midnapur, 11-12-09
129 Dinabandhu Soren, Lalgarh, W. Midnapur, 12-12-09

More than 90% of the victims murdered by the Maoists in Junglemahal areas are indigenous people. They have been slaughtered by branding them as agents of police and on other pretexts. But the fact of the matter is that more than 90% of them are from the poor and weaker sections of the society such as grocers, daily wage earners, hawkers, teachers, students, artists, players, farmers and so on. They have fallen prey to the bullets of the butchers for their being the CPI (M) supporters only.

Now, the question arises, how many Maoists have been killed during this period in West Bengal. Only few. The number is undoubtedly nominal. It is, therefore, not the Left Front Government but the Maoists have unleashed a reign of terror on the people particularly tribals.

The society demands timely disposal of the dead body of even a creature. But the entire world witnessed with horror how the dead bodies of 4 poor tribal CPI (M) cadres butchered by Maoist-TMC-Congress-SUCI Alliance were kept in open for 5 days without disposal by the Maoist-TMC criminals at Lalgarh in West Bengal. Their relatives were neither allowed to come near nor touch the bodies. The Maoists and TMC workers danced and sang around the bodies in the same manner as is practiced by cannibals. Their brutality and inhumanity surpassed all limits of human tolerance and society.

Thousands of CPI (M) cadres and their families have been evicted from their ancestral homes. TMC-Maoist-Congress goons, rapists and murderers have torched their houses. They have been rendered jobless in these hard days of existence. The families of the murdered persons and others have been thrown into the streets for starvation.

The Maoists and the pseudo intellectuals talk much against Congress Party which is running government at the centre and the state sponsored terror. But all of them had actually worked actively to ensure the victory of 26 candidates belonging to the rainbow alliance of TMC-Congress-SUCI in West Bengal in the last parliamentary elections. The UPA Government at the centre survives on their support. If candidates of the Left Front had won the elections, they would not have certainly supported the Congress Party to form the government. On the other hand, they would have raised their voice vehemently against the pro-imperialist polices of the government as done in the past. Moreover, the strength of the UPA Government in the parliament would have been reduced drastically. As a result, the UPA Government could not have been successful in taking boldly and easily anti-people policies as they do now.

The Maoists and the pseudo intellectuals have thus strengthened the Congress Party and the UPA Government by way of weakening the mainstream Leftists in the country. They still do so. But they speak to the contrary shamelessly. Instead of Congress and its allies, they have targeted the mainstream Leftists as their main enemies.

In fact, the Maoists and the ‘pseudo’ intellectuals have been dancing to the tunes of the finance capital, big business houses and imperialists to weaken the Leftist movement in the country to serve the vested interests for political and monetary gains. In order to conceal their game plan they take the pretexts of indigenous people, welfare and such other words.

If they are really interested in the welfare of the indigenous people, why don’t they withdraw their support to the Congress Government? Moreover, they would have appealed to the Maoists to desist from murdering innocent indigenous people on different ploys.

The real face and mask of the Maoists and the ‘pseudo’ intellectuals and their hypocrisy stand exposed before the nation and the whole world. Their only target is the CPI (M) but not imperialism, finance capital, big business house or Congress led government at the centre.

In conclusion, it can be said that the one and the only one aim of these diehard anti-Communists and anti-Leftists is to instal a Fascist minded most reactionary person as the Chief Minister of West Bengal by destabilizing the Left Front Government. It would not be out of place to mention that the countries in Eastern Europe and Latin America have already witnessed such exercises.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,
Gouranga Chatterjee

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION INFORMED ABOUT MAOIST BRUTALITIES IN WEST BENGAL

16-12-2009

To
The Chairperson
National Human Rights Commission
New Delhi

Most Respected Sir,

I would like to invite your immediate attention to the fact that innocent people belonging to indigenous community and weaker sections of the society are being butchered in the state of West Bengal in India by outlawed ‘so-called’ Maoists in connivance with the parties ruling the Central Government led by Dr. Manmohan Singh and some ‘pseudo’ intellectuals and ‘so-called’ human rights activists. Most of the people so far slaughtered by them are having allegiance to the mainstream Leftist political party the CPI (M).

The society demands timely disposal of the dead body of even a creature. But the entire world witnessed with horror how the dead bodies of 4 poor tribal CPI (M) cadres butchered by Maoist-TMC-Congress-SUCI Alliance were kept in open for 5 days without allowing disposal by the Maoist-TMC criminals at Lalgarh in West Bengal. Their relatives were neither allowed to come near nor touch the bodies. The Maoists and TMC workers danced and sang around the bodies in the same manner as is practiced by cannibals. Their brutality and inhumanity surpassed all limits of human tolerance and society.

Thousands of CPI (M) cadres and their families have been evicted from their ancestral homes. TMC-Maoist-Congress goons, rapists and murderers have torched their houses and raped many of their females. They have been rendered jobless in these hard days of existence. The families of the murdered persons and others have been thrown into the streets for starvation.

The sycophant, spineless, sold-out ‘pseudo’ intellectuals and ‘so-called’ human rights activists did not utter even a single word to condemn these gruesome murders, rape, loot, torching and arson. The banned Maoists, pseudo intellectuals and so-called human rights activists talk much against Congress Party and state sponsored terror, but all of them had actively worked in ensuring the victory of 26 candidates of the ruling alliance in West Bengal during the last Parliamentary elections held in May, 2009.

Following is an incomplete list as on 12-11-2009 of poor people, tribals and minorities belonging to CPI (M) and other Leftist Parties and government employees butchered on and from 01-01-2001 by the “Rainbow Alliance” of Mamata Banerjee, Maoists terrorists, Congress, SUCI, Perverted Intellectuals, fake human rights organizations and a section of politically motivated media.

No. Name of the victim, Address of the victim, Date of murder

1 Ramjan Mallik, Garbeta, Medinipur (W), 23-01-01
2 Tapan Ghosh, Garbeta, Medinipur (W), 08-04-01
3 Shibaram Satpathi, Sarenga, Bankura, 10-04-01
4 Sudhir Singh Sardar, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 28-11-01
5 Anil Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 04-02-02
6 Rampada Majhi, Ranibandh, Bankura, 11-02-02
7 Puntibala Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 31-05-02
8 Icchhamati Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 31-05-02
9 Priyanka Mahato (4yrs), Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 31-05-02
10 Ajit Ghosh, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 09-07-02
11 Golap Mallik, Garbeta, Medinipur (W), 24-04-03
12 Baridbaran Mondal, Banspahari, Medinipur (W) 21-10-03
13 Asit Santra, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 02-03-04
14 Mahendra Mahato, Bandowan, Purulia, 09-07-05
15 Raghunath Murmu, Barikul, Bankura, 09-07-05
16 Bablu Mudi, Barikul, Bankura, 09-07-05
17 Rabindranath Kar, Bandowan, Bankura, 30-12-05
18 Anandamayi Kar, Bandowan, Bankura, 30-12-05
19 Kartik Singh, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 04-03-06
20 Gatilal Tudu, Barikul, Bankura, 04-03-06
21 Gumai Murmu, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 08-03-06
22 Jaladhar Mahato, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 08-03-06
23 Rabi Das, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 14-06-06
24 Snehashis Das, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 26-05-06
25 Uttam Sardar, Chandpur, Nadia, 19-06-06
26 Swapan Sardar, Chandpur, Nadia, 19-06-06
27 Anil Mahato, Shilda, Medinipur (W), 19-09-06
28 Dinesh Baske, Shilda, Medinipur (W), 19-09-09
29 Pailaram Tudu, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 09-01-07
30 Rampada Singh, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 30-03-07
31 Parikshit Singh, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 30-03-07
32 Manik Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 27-05-07
33 Rohit Roy, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 10-07-07
34 Bhagirath Karmakar, Barabazar, Purulia, 01-11-07
35 Sufal Mandi, Purulia, Purulia, 20-11-07
36 Govind Singh, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 06-12-07
37 Sisir Chatterjee, Mangalkote, Burdwan, 01-01-08
38 Pahalan Kumar, Balarampur, Purulia, 01-01-08
39 Ramprasad Mondal, Chapra, Nadia, 02-01-08
40 Mangal Mahato, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 15-02-08
41 Karam Chand Singh, Belpahari, 22-02-08
42 Subhash Mahato, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 29-02-08
43 Budhadeb Pathak, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 09-03-08
44 Mukul Tiwari, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 13-04-08
45 Jugol Murmu, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 13-04-08
46 Nabakumar Murmu, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 13-04-08
47 Kshetrapal Majhi, Arsha, Purulia, 19-04-08
48 Sridam Das, Khoirashole, Birbhum, 22-04-08
49 Ganapati Bhadra, Bandowan, Purulia, 04-05-08
50 Debraj Hembram, Balarampur, Purulia, 05-05-08
51 Biswanath Mandi, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 15-06-08
52 Niranjan Mondal, Nandigram, Medinipur (E), 06-08-08
53 Dulal Garu Das, Garupara, Medinipur (E), 07-08-08
54 Firoj Mondal, Chakdah, Nadia, 01-09-08
55 Satyanarayan Ganguli, Dubrajpur, Birbhum, 05-09-08
56 Sunil Halsana, Chakdah, Nadia, 16-09-08
57 Mansoor Alam, Goalpokhar, Dinajpur (N), 17-09-08
58 Nandalal Mistri, Rajnagar, Birbhum, 22-09-08
59 Amar Ghugu, Patrasayar, Bankura, 04-10-08
60 Prodyut Maiti (Naru), Khejuri, Midnapur (E), 10-10-08
61 Mahidul Seikh, Harirampur, Dinajpur (S), 14-10-08
62 Alauddin Molla, Haroa, 24, Parganas (N), 20-10-08
63 Kutub Mondal, Galsi, Burdwan, 21-10-08
64 Satyajit Mondal, Karanjora, Bankura, 22-10-08
65 Debi Prasad Singh, Ausgram, Burdwan, 24-10-08
66 Shankar Rauth, Canning, 24, Parganas (S), 27-10-08
67 Indrajit Muda, Banspahari, Midnapur (W), 31-10-08
68 Seikh Sanai, Khoirashole, Birbhum, 04-11-08
69 Mrinal Sarkar, Nakasipara, Nadia, 05-11-08
70 Namita Sarkar, Nakasipara, Nadia, 05-11-08
71 Mazid Seikh, Baharampur, Murshidabad, 12-11-08
72 Panu Bouri, Patrasayar, Bankura, 14-11-08
73 Sheetkantha Mondal, Kandi, Murshidabad, 21-11-08
74 Mostaque Ahmad, Bolepur, Birbhum, 21-11-08
75 Qurban Seikh, Mayreswar, Birbhum, 11-12-08
76 Gaja Mohammad, Islampur, Dinajpur (N), 13-12-08
77 Uttam Roy, Jangipara, Hooghly, 16-12-08
78 Arshad Ali, Dalkhola, Dinajpur (N), 23-12-08
79 Dilip Manna, Purshura, Hooghly, 23-12-08
80 Dasrathi Ghosh, Bhatar, Burdwan, 12-01-09
81 Shamsur Alam Mallick, Indas, Bankura, 16-01-09
82 Motibur Rahaman, Kushmundi, Dinajpur (S), 26-01-09
83 Sujit Dasgupta, Dumdum, 24, Parganas (N), 27-01-09
84 Sambhu Dasgupta, Dumdum, 24, Parganas (N), 27-01-09
85 Nandalal Pal, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 01-02-09
86 Haradhan Majhi, Balarampur, Purulia, 03-02-09
87 Biswanath Digar, Ranibandh, Bankura, 08-02-09
88 Sujit Ponda, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-02-09
89 Nurul Islam Dewan, Raina, Burdwan, 22-02-09
90 Jharna Mandi, Dhaniakhali, Hooghly, 26-02-09
91 Sumana Mandi, Dhaniakhali, Hooghly, 26-02-09
92 Tapas Mondal, Naihati, 24, Parganas (N), 03-03-09
93 Saiyad Ali Bhuiyan, Jaipur, Bankura, 11-03-09
94 Subol Kajli, Khejuri, Midnapur (E), 14-03-09
95 Subodh Barik, Mugberia, Midnapur (E), 15-03-09
96 Ansar Ali, Gangarampur, Dinajpur (S), 17-03-09
97 Himadri Patra, Boga, Midnapur (E), 17-03-09
98 Gopal Mondal, Beharampur, Murshidabad, 18-03-09
99 Soharab Ali Dewan, Raina, Burdwan, 18-03-09
100 Durga Deshwal, Bhulabheda, Midnapur (W), 18-03-09
101 Santosh Mahato, Bhulabheda, Midnapur (W), 18-03-09
102 Bijay Shaw, Titagarh, 24, Parganas (N), 18-03-09
103 Kanai Kumar, Arsha, Purulia, 28-03-09
104 Ganesh Das, Bhagwanpur, Midnapur (E), 28-03-09
105 Ashim Mondal, Bahulabheda, Midnapur (W), 10-04-09
106 Hambir Mandi, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 21-04-09
107 Shakti Sen, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 21-04-09
108 Gopinath Murmu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 22-04-09
109 Baikunth Mahato, Supurdihgram, Purulia, 23-04-09
110 Bibhuti Singh Sardar, SD Gram, Purulia , 23-04-09
111 Bhaben Dig, Haripal, Hooghly, 27-04-09
112 Manowar Hossain Jamadar, Amta, Howrah, 07-05-09
113 Kashinath Mondal, Jangipur, Murshidabad, 07-05-09
114 Chandu Dolui, Bagnan, Howrah, 08-05-09
115 Seikh Saidul, Bagnan, Howrah, 08-05-09
116 Seikh Babua, Bagnan, Howrah, 08-05-09
117 Seikh Aksar, Nandigram, Midnapur (E), 09-05-09
118 Abdullah Khan, Nandigram, Midnapur (E), 09-05-09
119 Mahiuddin Khan, Tamluk, Midnapur (E), 10-05-09
120 Joynal Molla, Canning, 24, Parganas (S), 13-05-09
121 Manu Singh, Bandowan, Purulia, 15-05-09
122 Momtaj Seikh, Raninagar, Murshidabad, 16-05-09
123 Arvind Mondal, Chari Antapur, Maldah, 17-05-09
124 Bibek Barman, Goksadanga, Coochbihar, 19-05-09
125 Kartik Mohaladar, Ratua, Maldah, 22-05-09
126 Dinesh Mahato, Balarmpur, Purulia, 23-05-09
127 Manoranjan Naskar, Bishnpur, 24, Pgs. (S), 23-05-09
128 Santosh Barman, Nandigram, Midnapur (E), 25-05-09
129 Bhondulal Munda, Jhalda, Purulia,, 25-05-09
130 Apurba Ghosh, Krishnanagar, Nadia, 28-05-09
131 Nuruddin Seikh, Rampurhat, Birbhum, 31-05-09
132 Sayantika Rakhit, BN Nagar, Midnapur (E), 01-06-09
133 Khalek Molla, Haroa, 24, Parganas (N), 02-06-09
134 Dinesh Deb Singh, GR Pur, Dinajpur (S), 06-06-09
135 Govind Samanta, Panshkura, Midnapur (E), 06-06-09
136 Mamoni Kishku, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 06-06-09
137 Kinkar Dolui, Panchla, Howrah, 08-06-09
138 Salku Soren, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 11-06-09
139 Sitabur Seikh, Lalgola, Murshidabad, 11-06-09
140 Ikramul Haque, Beharampur, Murshidabad, 12-06-09
141 Shankar Tudu, Belpahari, Midnapur (W), 13-06-09
142 Asit Samanta, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-06-09
143 Naru Samanta, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-06-09
144 Prabir Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-06-09
145 Keshab Manna, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
146 Dhiraj Manna, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
147 Sanjay Mahato, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
148 Pabitra Das, Nandigram, Midnapur (E), 14-06-09
149 Debabrata Soren, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
150 Mohan Singh, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-06-09
151 Tuntuni Jana, Amedabad, Midnapur (E), 14-06-09
152 Falguni Mukherjee, Mangalkote, Burdwan, 15-06-09
153 Sunil Das, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 16-06-09
154 Tapan Das, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 16-06-09
155 Sanjay Pratihar, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 16-06-09
156 Niladri Mahato, Lodashuli, Midnapur (W), 17-06-09
157 Anil Mahato, Lodashuli, Midnapur (W), 17-06-09
158 Abhijit Mahato, Lodashuli, Midnapur (W), 17-06-09
159 Badal Chandra Ahir, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
160 Sisir Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
161 Dubraj Soren, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
162 Dasarath Soren, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
163 Chaitnya Soren, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-06-09
164 Keshav Das, Nandigram, Midnapur (W), 19-06-09
165 Siraj Khan, Itaru, Galsi, Burdwan, 21-06-09
166 Ajay Rauth, Haldia, Midnapur (E), 21-06-09
167 Budheswar Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 21-06-09
168 Pranesh Ghosh, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 21-06-09
169 Naba Kumar Murmu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 26-06-09
170 Kishore Tiwari, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 26-06-09
171 Jugol Murmu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 26-06-09
172 Moloy Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 05-07-09
173 Motilal Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 05-07-09
174 Pinki Khatun (8 yrs), Domkol, Murshidabad, 09-07-09
175 Barendranath Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W 10-07-09
176 Gurucharan Mahato, Lalgarh, West Dinajpur, 11-07-09
177 Abijit Mondal (11 years), Uluberia, Howrah, 13-07-09
178 Swapan Deb Singh, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-07-09
179 Tarani Singh, Shalboni, Midnapur (W), 14-07-09
180 Gangadhar Mahato, Barabazar, Purulia, 15-07-09
181 Jaladhar Mahato, Jhargam, Purulia, 18-07-09
182 Ashok Ghosh, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 18-07-09
183 Fagu Baske, Belpahari, Midnapur (W), 22-07-09
184 Arghya Samanta, Raina, Burdwan, 27-07-09
185 Ananda Das, Rajganj, Jalpaiguri, 28-07-09
186 Sagar Masant, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 30-07-09
187 Ashok Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
188 Brahmodeo Singh, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
189 Motilal Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
190 Moloy Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
191 Nirmal Mahato, Bhulabheda, Midnapur (W), 02-08-09
192 Gurucharan Tudu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 03-08-09
193 Shankar D. Adhikari, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 05-08-09
194 Gunadhar Singh, Bhulabheda, Midnapur (W), 05-08-09
195 Shaktipada Murmu, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-08-09
196 Ashim Soren, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-08-09
197 Budhu Hansda, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-08-09
198 Ramkrishna Duley, Sarenga, Bankura, 15-08-09
199 Madar Ali Molla, Canning, 24, Parganas (S), 17-08-09
200 Samrendranath Konai, Madgram, Birbhum, 18-08-09
201 Anirul Islam, Rajarhat, 24, Parganas (N), 23-08-09
202 Mangal Soren, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 29-08-09
203 Laxmikanta Kumar, Sindurpur, Purulia, 29-08-09
204 Madan Mondal, Garulia, North 24, Parganas, 29-08-09
205 Bharat Hembram, Balarampur, Purulia, 30-08-09
206 Sukhdeo Mahato, Bhramarmara, Midnapur (W), 31-08-09
207 Debi Prasad Hansda, Balarampur, Purulia, 31-08-09
208 Abu Ali Mondal, Baruipur, 24, Pargansas (S), 03-09-09
209 Hashem Mondal, Baruipur, 24, Pargansas (S), 03-09-09
210 Mirazul Seikh, Beldanga, Murshidabad, 04-09-09
211 Azmat Seikh, Beldanga, Murshidabad, 04-09-09
212 Ketabul Seikh, Kaliachak, Maldah, 04-09-09
213 Apu Singh, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-09-09
214 Rajib Singh, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-09-09
215 Satish Singh Sardar, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-09-09
216 Sasanka Sekhar Roy, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 06-09-09
217 Shyam Chalak, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 07-09-09
218 Ramdas Murmu, Sarenga, Bankura, 08-09-09
219 Baneswar Murmu, Sarenga, Bankura, 08-09-09
220 Abhiram Das, Nanur, Birbhum, 08-09-09
221 Krishna Kundu, Sarenga, Bankura, 10-09-09
222 Bakul Seikh, Lalgola, Murshidabad, 11-09-09
223 Ramen Ghosh, Lalgola, Murshidabad, 12-09-09
224 Seikh Nazrul, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-09-09
225 Kartick Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-09-09
226 Sambhu Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 13-09-09
227 Ajoy Patra, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 16-09-09
228 Dilip Dhara, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 17-09-09
229 Zikaria Seikh, Baryan, Murshidabad, 20-09-09
230 Manik Mandi, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 20-09-09
231 Budheswar Mandi, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 20-09-09
232 Bagan Mandi, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 20-09-09
233 Nimai Bisui, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 24-09-09
234 Samir Singha Mahapatra, Medinipur (W), 24-09-09
235 Rafique Molla, Patharpratima, 24, Parganas (S), 25-09-09
236 Susanta Dhara, Ausgram, Burdwan, 27-09-09
237 Radhanath Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 30-09-09
238 Anadi Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 30-09-09
239 Bhakti Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 30-09-09
240 Barun Pratihar, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 01-10-09
241 Amalendu Patra, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 02-10-09
242 Panchanan Tudu, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 02-10-09
243 Lakhman Sarkar, Ausgram, Burdwan, 05-10-09
244 Sasadhar Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 08-10-09
245 Seikh Hashibul, Khanakul, Hooghly, 09-10-09
246 Kanai Murmu, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 13-10-09
247 Mantu Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 18-10-09
248 Ratan Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 18-10-09
249 Shital Hembram, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 19-10-09
250 Dibakar Bhattacharjee, Sankrail, W. Midnapur, 20-10-09
251 Swapan Roy, Sankrail, W. Midnapur, 20-10-09
252 Basanta Pakhira, Khanakul, Hooghly, 24-10-09
253 Pratap Nayek, Binpur, W. Medinipur, 26-10-09
254 Jayfal Mondal, Suti, Murshidabad, 27-10-09
255 Dhajen Mondal, Murshidabad, 27-10-09
256 Tapan Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 29-10-09
257 Dilip Mahato, Belpahari, W Midnapur, 29-10-09
258 Tushar Ghosh, Bongaon, N. 24 Parganas, 31-10-09
259 Madhab Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 31-10-09
260 Anil Mahato, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 01-11-09
261 Saifunissa Bibi, Khanakul, Hooghly, 04-11-09
262 Joyram Hansda, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 07-11-09
263 Manoranjan Mahali, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 07-11-09
264 Lakshmi Das, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 07-11-09
265 Naba Kumar Singh, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 08-11-09
266 Naresh Thapa, Jamboni, W. Midnapur, 08-11-09
267 Binod Tamang, Jamboni, W. Midnapur, 08-11-09
268 Bhaktabahadur Limbu, Jamboni, W. Midnapur, 8-11-09
269 D. Viswakarma, Jamboni, W. Midnapur, 8-11-09
270 Ishaq Seikh, Kaliachak, Maldah, 11-11-2009
271 Sashticharan Dutta, Belpahari, W. Midnapore, 15-11-2009
272 Ajit Mahato, Jhargram, W. Midnapore, 16-11-2009
273 Khudiram Mudi, W. Midnapore, 16-11-2009
274 Totan Das, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 18-11-2009
275 Samiran Das, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 18-11-2009
276 Jaganath Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 19-11-2009
277 Bhanguram Hansda, Kotwali, W. Midnapore, 19-11-2009
278 Tapan Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 23-11-2009
279 Ashok Kotal, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 23-11-2009
280 Madan Ghosh, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 24-11-2009
281 Subimal Mali, Arsha, Purulia, 26-11-2009
282 Srikanta Banerjee, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
283 Alok Mondal, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
284 Karuna Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
285 Braja Bikash Mahato, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
286 Bomkesh Giri, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
287 Rassel Seikh, Kaliachak, Maldah, 28-11-2009
288 Dhanapati Murmu, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 28-11-2009
289 Manowara Bibi, Bishnpur, 24, Parganas (S), 02-12-09
290 Animesh Mitra, Bongaon, 24, Parganas (N), 02-12-09
291 Nimai Singh, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 03-12-09
292 Koni Singh, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 03-12-09
293 Ramchandra Lay, Arsha, Purulia, 04-12-09
294 Bholanath Khutia, Moyna, East Midnapur, 05-12-09
295 Gurupada Mondal, Moyna, East Midnapur, 05-12-09
296 Sanatan Pratihar, Lalgarh, W. Midnapur, 06-12-2009
297 Subol Mahato, Belpahari, West Midnapur, 08-12-2009
298 Asit Mondal, Bandowan, Purulia, 09-12-2009
299 Brahspati Mahato, Jhargram, West Midnapur, 09-12-2009
300 Manik Mahato, Jhargram, West Midnapur, 09-12-2009
301 Bijoy Mahato, Jhargram, West Midnapur, 09-12-2009
302 Robi Mahato, Shalboni, West Midnapur, 09-12-2009
303 Panchanan Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapur, 11-12-09
304 Tilok Tudu, Shalboni, W. Midnapur, 11-12-09
305 Dinabandhu Soren, Lalgarh, W. Midnapur, 12-12-09

Apart from this, 41 police personnel 1 doctor, 1 nurse, 4 government employees on duty were also killed by Maoists. Shankar Samanta and many others murdered at Nandigram and Khejuri by them are not mentioned in the above list.

During Singur and Nandigram episodes, the National Human Rights Commission was very much active. As a humble citizen of the country I believe and trust that your esteemed organisation will also give the same importance and seriousness to the serious violation of human rights by Maoists and their allies in West Bengal.

With regards,

Yours sincerely,
R.Vijayan

THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNING & MANAGEMENT, NEW DELHI REWARDS MAOIST PATRONISERS AND MAOIST INTELLECTUALS

In order to encourage, enthuse and embolden the Maoist butchers and their unprecedented brutal violence, Mamata Banerjee and her team of ‘pseudo’ intellectuals, the so-called educational institution under the name and style the “Indian Institute of Planning & Management, New Delhi” has announced a reward of Rs. 5,00,000 each to Mamata Banerjee, Painter Subhaprasanna, Pradip Basu, Mahasweta Devi, Sunanda Sanyal and Medha Patkar for the ‘so-called’ salvage of democracy in West Bengal from the clutches of the Stalinist Party the CPI (M).

This private politically motivated so-called management educational institution has forgotten to accomplish the following tasks also.

· It should have also rewarded publicly Ganapati and Kishenji, topmost Maoist leaders who are organizing brutal murders of CPI (M) leaders, cadres and supporters in West Bengal every day. The management institute should not forget that the Maoist butchers and rapists had also worked sincerely with all force and resources side by side of Mamata Banerjee and her ‘pseudo’ intellectuals for the defeat of the CPI (M) in the last parliamentary elections.

· It is not understood why Gopal Krishna Gandhi, “Friend, Philosopher and Guide” of Mamata Banerjee and her rainbow alliance of Maoist-TMC-Congress-SUCI, has been ignored by IIPM. If he had been awarded, his unprecedented service to the cause of the Maoists and Mamata Banerjee would have been on record.

· IIPM has also forgotten to take into account the blind anti-Leftist and anti-democratic role of Joy Goswami, Aparna Sen, Bratya Basu, Jogen Chowdhury, Arpita Ghosh, Shaoli Mitra, Bibhas Chakraborty and other pseudo intellectuals.

· It is not also understood why they have left out leaders of Muslim and Hindu fundamentalist leaders who had also played a vital role in the defeat of the CPI (M).

· The institute have also done injustice to a few print media such as “Ananda Bazaar Patrika”, “Dainik Bartaman”, “The Statesman”, and “Pratidin” that are indulged in slanderous campaign, untruthfulness, derogatory imputations, inaccuracy, partiality, unfairness, indecency, fraudulency, deception, dishonesty, distortion of fact, manufacture and concoction of false & fake news against the CPI (M).

· The announcement of rewards proves that the IIPM is not only an educational institution. It is more than that. The mask of IIPM being a purely political organization working in the garb of an educational institution has slipped off. It is also in fact engaged in one-sided blind anti-Leftist politics in the country. So, it should get itself registered immediately as a political organization instead of engaging in hypocrisy, fraudulency and cheating. It is not understood why this political organization works in the guise of an educational institution. It should throw off the mask of an educational institution and land in direct politics in the interest of ethics and honesty.

· This institute earns crores and crores of rupees in the form of capitation fee without any mercy. Instead of rewarding politically motivated individuals, it should set up schools, colleges, hospitals and other public utility infrastructures in areas predominantly inhabited by tribals and weaker sections of the society, if it is really interested in their upward improvement. It should also provide more than 50% of seats for them free of cost, if it is really interested in their welfare.

· A Congress leader has very correctly commented recently during a panel discussion in a TV channel that it needs more than crores to purchase an MP in New Delhi whereas the pseudo intellectuals can be purchased easily by way of throwing few coins at them. The way in which IIPM rewarded the intellectuals corroborates the same. It is also beyond doubt this so-called educational institution finances these anti-Leftist politicians, pseudo intellectuals, Maoists and terrorists.

SO-CALLED INTELLECTUALS ENCOURAGE MAOISTS TO CARRY OUT GENOCIDE OF TRIBALS

Most of the people so far butchered by Maoists at Lalgarh and other parts of West Bengal are poor tribals, people belonging to weaker sections of the society and Muslims mostly having allegiance to CPI (M). The society demands timely disposal of the dead body of even a creature. But the entire world witnessed with horror how the dead bodies of 4 poor tribal CPI (M) cadres butchered by Maoist-TMC-Congress-SUCI Alliance were kept in open for 5 days without disposal by the Maoist-TMC criminals at Lalgarh in West Bengal. Their relatives were neither allowed to come near nor touch the bodies. The Maoists and TMC workers danced and sang around the bodies in the same manner as is practiced by cannibals. Their brutality and inhumanity surpassed all limits of human tolerance and society.

Thousands of CPI (M) cadres and their families have been evicted from their ancestral homes. TMC-Maoist criminals and murderers have torched their houses. They have been rendered jobless in these hard days of existence. The families of the murdered persons and others have been thrown into the streets for starvation.

The so-called innocent and impartial Governor of West Bengal is silent over unprecedented slaughter of innocent people because he thinks that they have no right to survive for their political allegiance to the CPI (M). His conscience wakes up suddenly as and when Mamata Banerjee, Maoists and perverted “so-called” intellectuals demand and desire. Shame on the Governor and the imperialist agents in the guise of so-called intellectuals!

The sycophant, spineless, anti-Communist intellectuals, few politically motivated media and so-called human rights activists are busy in receiving Free AC Railway Passes, money packets and other favours and gratis from imperialists, finance capital, big business houses, Mamata Banerjee and landlords for their shameful anti-national role and service for financial gains.

So far more than 350 innocent people have been butchered on and from 01-01-2001 by the “Rainbow Alliance” of Mamata Banerjee, Maoists terrorists, Congress, SUCI, Perverted Intellectuals, fake human rights organizations and a section of politically motivated media.

Out of this 350, more than 100 are tribals. Following is an incomplete list as on 30-11-2009 of poor tribals butchered so far.

No. Name of victim, Address of victim, Date of murder

1 Sudhir Singh Sardar, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 28-11-01
2 Anil Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 04-02-02
3 Rampada Majhi, Ranibandh, Bankura, 11-02-02
4 Puntibala Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 31-05-02
5 Icchhamati Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 31-05-02
6 Priyanka Mahato (4yrs), Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 31-05-02
7 Mahendra Mahato, Bandowan, Purulia, 09-07-05
8 Raghunath Murmu, Barikul, Bankura, 09-07-05
9 Bablu Mudi, Barikul, Bankura, 09-07-05
10 Kartik Singh, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 04-03-06
11 Gatilal Tudu, Barikul, Bankura, 04-03-06
12 Gumai Murmu, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 08-03-06
13 Jaladhar Mahato, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 08-03-06
14 Uttam Sardar, Chandpur, Nadia, 19-06-06
15 Swapan Sardar, Chandpur, Nadia, 19-06-06
16 Anil Mahato, Shilda, Medinipur (W), 19-09-06
17 Dinesh Baske, Shilda, Medinipur (W), 19-09-09
18 Pailaram Tudu, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 09-01-07
19 Rampada Singh, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 30-03-07
20 Parikshit Singh, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 30-03-07
21 Manik Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 27-05-07
22 Bhagirath Karmakar, Barabazar, Purulia, 01-11-07
23 Sufal Mandi, Purulia, Purulia, 20-11-07
24 Govind Singh, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 06-12-07
25 Pahalan Kumar, Balarampur, Purulia, 01-01-08
26 Ramprasad Mondal, Chapra, Nadia, 02-01-08
27 Mangal Mahato, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 15-02-08
28 Karam Chand Singh, Belpahari, 22-02-08
29 Subhash Mahato, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 29-02-08
30 Jugol Murmu, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 13-04-08
31 Nabakumar Murmu, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 13-04-08
32 Kshetrapal Majhi, Arsha, Purulia, 19-04-08
33 Debraj Hembram, Balarampur, Purulia, 05-05-08
34 Biswanath Mandi, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 15-06-08
35 Sunil Halsana, Chakdah, Nadia, 16-09-08
36 Debi Prasad Singh, Ausgram, Burdwan, 24-10-08
37 Shankar Rauth, Canning, 24, Parganas (S), 27-10-08
38 Indrajit Muda, Banspahari, Medinipur (W), 31-10-08
39 Haradhan Majhi, Balarampur, Purulia, 03-02-09
40 Biswanath Digar, Ranibandh, Bankura, 08-02-09
41 Jharna Mandi, Dhaniakhali, Hooghly, 26-02-09
42 Sumana Mandi, Dhaniakhali, Hooghly, 26-02-09
43 Durga Deshwal, Bhulabheda, Medinipur (W), 18-03-09
44 Santosh Mahato, Bhulabheda, Medinipur (W), 18-03-09
45 Hambir Mandi, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 21-04-09
46 Gopinath Murmu, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 22-04-09
47 Baikunth Mahato, Supurdihgram, Purulia, 23-04-09
48 Bibhuti Singh Sardar, Supurdihgram, Purulia , 23-04-09
49 Manu Singh, Bandowan, Purulia, 15-05-09
50 Dinesh Mahato, Balarmpur, Purulia, 23-05-09
51 Bhondulal Munda, Jhalda, Purulia,, 25-05-09
52 Mamoni Kisku, Binpur, Medinipur (W), 06-06-09
53 Salku Soren, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 11-06-09
54 Shankar Tudu, Belpahari, Medinipur (W), 13-06-09
55 Prabir Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 13-06-09
56 Sanjay Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 14-06-09
57 Debabrata Soren, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 14-06-09
58 Mohan Singh, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 14-06-09
59 Niladri Mahato, Lodashuli, Medinipur (W), 17-06-09
60 Anil Mahato, Lodashuli, Medinipur (W), 17-06-09
61 Abhijit Mahato, Lodashuli, Medinipur (W), 17-06-09
62 Sisir Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 18-06-09
63 Dubraj Soren, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 18-06-09
64 Dasarath Soren, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 18-06-09
65 Chaitnya Soren, Goaltore, Medinipur (W), 18-06-09
66 Budheswar Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 21-06-09
67 Moloy Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 05-07-09
68 Motilal Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 05-07-09
69 Barendranath Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 10-07-09
70 Gurucharan Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 11-07-09
71 Tarani Singh, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 14-07-09
72 Gangadhar Mahato, Barabazar, Purulia, 15-07-09
73 Jaladhar Mahato, Jhargam, Purulia, 18-07-09
74 Fagu Baske, Belpahari, Midnapur (W), 22-07-09
75 Sagar Masant, Goaltore, Midnapur (W), 30-07-09
76 Brahmodeo Singh, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
77 Motilal Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
78 Moloy Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
79 Ashok Mahato, Lalgarh, Midnapur (W), 31-07-09
80 Nirmal Mahato, Bhulabheda, Medinipur (W), 02-08-09
81 Gurucharan Tudu, Bhulabheda, Medinipur (W), 03-08-09
82 Gunadhar Singh, Bhulabheda, Medinipur (W), 05-08-09
83 Shaktipada Murmu, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 06-08-09
84 Ashim Soren, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 06-08-09
85 Budhu Hansda, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 06-08-09
86 Mangal Soren, Binpur, Medinipur (W), 29-08-09
87 Bharat Hembram, Balarampur, Purulia, 30-08-09
88 Sukhdeo Mahato, Bhramarmara, Medinipur (W), 31-08-09
89 Debi Prasad Hansda, Balarampur, Purulia, 31-08-09
90 Apu Singh, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 06-09-09
91 Rajib Singh, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 06-09-09
92 Satish Singh Sardar, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 06-09-09
93 Ramdas Murmu, Sarenga, Bankura, 08-09-09
94 Baneswar Murmu, Sarenga, Bankura, 08-09-09
95 Manik Mandi, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 20-09-09
96 Budheswar Mandi, Medinipur (W), 20-09-09
97 Bagan Mandi, Medinipur (W), 20-09-09
98 Nimai Bisui, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 24-09-09
99 Radhanath Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 30-09-09
100 Anadi Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 30-09-09
101 Bhakti Mahato, Shalboni, Medinipur (W), 30-09-09
102 Barun Pratihar, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 01-10-09
103 Panchanan Tudu, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 02-10-09
104 Sasadhar Mahato, Lalgarh, Medinipur (W), 08-10-09
105 Kanai Murmu, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 13-10-09
106 Mantu Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 18-10-09
107 Ratan Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 18-10-09
108 Shital Hembram, Binpur, Midnapur (W), 19-10-09
109 Pratap Nayek, Binpur, W. Medinipur, 26-10-09
110 Tapan Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 29-10-09
111 Dilip Mahato, Belpahari, W Midnapur, 29-10-09
112 Madhab Mudi, Belpahari, W. Midnapur, 31-10-09
113 Anil Mahato, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 01-11-09
114 Joyram Hansda, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 07-11-09
115 Manoranjan Mahali, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 07-11-09
116 Naba Kumar Singh, Binpur, W. Midnapur, 08-11-09
117 Ajit Mahato, Jhargram, W. Midnapore, 16-11-2009
118 Khudiram Mudi, W. Midnapore, 16-11-2009
119 Jaganath Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 19-11-2009
120 Bhanguram Hansda, Kotwali, W. Midnapore, 19-11-2009
121 Tapan Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 23-11-2009
122 Ashok Kotal, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 23-11-2009
123 Subimal Mali, Arsha, Purulia, 26-11-2009
124 Karuna Mahato, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
125 Braja Bikash Mahato, Binpur, W. Midnapore, 27-11-2009
126 Dhanapati Murmu, Shalboni, W. Midnapore, 28-11-2009
127 Satya Kinkar Hansda, Goaltore, W. Midnapore, 30-11-09

Apart from this, Maoist-TMC goons have killed more than 200 people belonging to other castes, 41 police personnel, 1 doctor, 1 nurse, 4 government employees on duty. Shankar Samanta and many others murdered at Nandigram and Khejuri by them are not included in the above list.