PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2004 ID-43249
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. AISA Shahadat Saptah 23-31 March 2004 .
From Bhagat Singh to Comrade Chandrahekhar. The Legacy L/vee On.... .
On 31 March, 1997, Comrade Chandrashekhar, who had twice been President ofJNUSU, was shot dead while addressing a street comer meeting in Siwan, Bihar. Chandu, as he was popularly known, had returned to his hometown. Siwan, as a full-time activist of the CPI(ML), to work to organise movements of the rural poor. He was killed by goons on the ordeTS of notorious mafia don and RID MP Mohd. Shahabuddin. .
Every year, AISA organises a Shalladat Saptah all over lhe country in sainte lo the legacy of commitment and sacrifice of youth dedicated to social change, from Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru (23 march 193 1) to revol.utionarypoet Avtar Singh Paash (23 March 1988) to Chandrashekhar (31 March 1997). .
This year, as we observe the Shahadat. Sapta.h, we also salute tbe memory ofth.ose young people of out times. who have sacrificed tJ1ei r li\'CS in order to speak out against injustice. Along with Chandu. we also salute Navccn Babu. a student of JNU who also bcc<1mc a rcYolutionary activist, and was killed in an encounter by Andhra Police. We remember Satycndra Dubey, who was killed for exposing corruption in the PM's pet Highway Project. We salute Manju, the young woman activist ofCPI(ML) from Jcllanabad, whose assertion the feudal, barbaric Ranveer Sena sought to silence with bullets. Manju's memorial, built in her village by the local poor people, has been vandalisM several times by her killers, who roam scot-free. We honour Sarita and Mahesh who were killed in Gaya. And we honour t11e memory of the American Rachel Come and British Thomas Hundall who were brutally killed by the Israeli army in March last year, for defying their own imperialist governments and resisting the demolition ofPalestinian homes. .
This year, during the Shahadat Saptah, we will interact with people's movements, through film screenings, street plays, talks and processions. On 22 March, we will launch the Shahadat Saptah with the screening of Sanjay Kak's documentary on the Narmada movemen~ Words on Water, followed by a Public Meeting addressed by Sanjay Kak, NBA activist Chittaroopa PaUt and writer Arundhatl Roy. This year, the annual Chandrashekhar Memorial Lecture will be delivered by noted economist and social activist Jean Dreze, on 26 March. .
Sbahabuddin has not even been chargesheeted for Chandrashekhar's murder. While he continues to receive RID patronage, he is also being wooed and protected by the NDA. In the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, Shahabuddin will once again be a candid<llc. His terror continues unabated -although be is currently in jail for the kidnapping and murder ofanother CPI(ML) activist, he is in Hospital instead,from where he moves freely We have launched a s.JGNATIJRR CAMPAIGN appealing to the President or India and the CEC to intervene to check his terror during the elections. In 1997, JNU students faced police repression to lead a rcnu1rkablc movement to protest their comrade's murder. This year, once again, we appeal to JNU students to keep alive the struggle against Chandrasbekhar 's killer by participati ng widely in the signature campaign. .
Through the Shahadat Saptah, letus salute the memoryof the martyrs and renew our commitmentto the struggles for which they gave up their fives. Mnm~ '():)~. Prcs:icleot AT~.A JNl l JntC'<~hRr AhmAd Gf'nrrnl Slv-rt'Hirv _ATSA. fNl l .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2004 ID-43249
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. AISA Shahadat Saptah 23-31 March 2004 .
From Bhagat Singh to Comrade Chandrahekhar. The Legacy L/vee On.... .
On 31 March, 1997, Comrade Chandrashekhar, who had twice been President ofJNUSU, was shot dead while addressing a street comer meeting in Siwan, Bihar. Chandu, as he was popularly known, had returned to his hometown. Siwan, as a full-time activist of the CPI(ML), to work to organise movements of the rural poor. He was killed by goons on the ordeTS of notorious mafia don and RID MP Mohd. Shahabuddin. .
Every year, AISA organises a Shalladat Saptah all over lhe country in sainte lo the legacy of commitment and sacrifice of youth dedicated to social change, from Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru (23 march 193 1) to revol.utionarypoet Avtar Singh Paash (23 March 1988) to Chandrashekhar (31 March 1997). .
This year, as we observe the Shahadat. Sapta.h, we also salute tbe memory ofth.ose young people of out times. who have sacrificed tJ1ei r li\'CS in order to speak out against injustice. Along with Chandu. we also salute Navccn Babu. a student of JNU who also bcc<1mc a rcYolutionary activist, and was killed in an encounter by Andhra Police. We remember Satycndra Dubey, who was killed for exposing corruption in the PM's pet Highway Project. We salute Manju, the young woman activist ofCPI(ML) from Jcllanabad, whose assertion the feudal, barbaric Ranveer Sena sought to silence with bullets. Manju's memorial, built in her village by the local poor people, has been vandalisM several times by her killers, who roam scot-free. We honour Sarita and Mahesh who were killed in Gaya. And we honour t11e memory of the American Rachel Come and British Thomas Hundall who were brutally killed by the Israeli army in March last year, for defying their own imperialist governments and resisting the demolition ofPalestinian homes. .
This year, during the Shahadat Saptah, we will interact with people's movements, through film screenings, street plays, talks and processions. On 22 March, we will launch the Shahadat Saptah with the screening of Sanjay Kak's documentary on the Narmada movemen~ Words on Water, followed by a Public Meeting addressed by Sanjay Kak, NBA activist Chittaroopa PaUt and writer Arundhatl Roy. This year, the annual Chandrashekhar Memorial Lecture will be delivered by noted economist and social activist Jean Dreze, on 26 March. .
Sbahabuddin has not even been chargesheeted for Chandrashekhar's murder. While he continues to receive RID patronage, he is also being wooed and protected by the NDA. In the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, Shahabuddin will once again be a candid<llc. His terror continues unabated -although be is currently in jail for the kidnapping and murder ofanother CPI(ML) activist, he is in Hospital instead,from where he moves freely We have launched a s.JGNATIJRR CAMPAIGN appealing to the President or India and the CEC to intervene to check his terror during the elections. In 1997, JNU students faced police repression to lead a rcnu1rkablc movement to protest their comrade's murder. This year, once again, we appeal to JNU students to keep alive the struggle against Chandrasbekhar 's killer by participati ng widely in the signature campaign. .
Through the Shahadat Saptah, letus salute the memoryof the martyrs and renew our commitmentto the struggles for which they gave up their fives. Mnm~ '():)~. Prcs:icleot AT~.A JNl l JntC'<~hRr AhmAd Gf'nrrnl Slv-rt'Hirv _ATSA. fNl l .
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