PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2011 ID-51901
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Operation Green Hunt and People's Resistance .
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A civil war situation is building up in the regions of central and eastern India encompassing the regions of Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal and adjoining areas inhabited primarily by the adivasis. More than 100,000 soldiers of the Indian security forces are already operating in these regions, and these forces are being increased to 2,50,000. Central paramilitary forces such as CRPF, IRS, ITBP, CISF, along with Grey Hounds, CoBRA and other special forces, state police and Special Police Officers, state-sponsored vigilante gangs like Salwa Judum, Sendra, Nagarik Suraksha Samiti, Tritiya Prastuti Samiti, Harmad Vahini, Sunlight Sena etc., all are being pitted against the adivasi people. The special units of the army such as the Rashtriya Rifles are being readied for deployment, air force helicopters and drone surveillance aircrafts are brought in to strengthen the war operations. The government is taking help of intelligence input from US defense satellites as well, as was revealed during the joint paramilitary operations in Lalgarh, West Bengal. .
This war is being fought by the Indian government at the behest of the corporates and for their benefit, targeting the life and livelihood of lakhs of adivasis. The peasants who are largely deP,engent on land, forests and rivers for their livelihood, particularly the adivasis, have refused to give up their' resources for corporate plunder. Inheritors of a glorious legacy of uncompromising anti-colonial struggles, the adivasi masses have organized themselves against age-old exploitation and oppression, against forcible land-acquisition for big projects, and for defending their lives and livelihood. .
Though the state is presently targeting the adivasi-inhabited regions for its war offensive, this war is not against the adivasis alone. It is against all the oppressed people who have chosen the path of resistance. Nor is it only against the Maoists, but is against any and every people's movement and organization that questions or challenges the Imperialist-dictated policies of the government. .
We must demand that the Indian government must stop this war waged against the people of central and eastern India, and must immediately and unconditjonally withdraw its anned forces from these regions. All the MoUs and agreements with foreign multinationals and Indian corporations for the plunder of natural resources of the people must be scrapped, and the land forcibly acquired for such projects must be restored to their rightful owners. In addition, the rights of the people over land and forests must be acknowledged. .
Speal<ers .
P A Sebastian (Secretary, CPDRJ, MumbaiJ, .
Prof. Amit Bhaduri fCESP, JNUJ, .
Tridib Ghosh (Vice President, PUCL, Jharl<handJ .
Damodar (Visthapan Virodhi Jan Vil<as Andolan, JharkhandJ .
Prof. Chaman LaI (CIL, JNUJ and others .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2011 ID-51901
.
l~4zo lD-.
Operation Green Hunt and People's Resistance .
.
A civil war situation is building up in the regions of central and eastern India encompassing the regions of Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal and adjoining areas inhabited primarily by the adivasis. More than 100,000 soldiers of the Indian security forces are already operating in these regions, and these forces are being increased to 2,50,000. Central paramilitary forces such as CRPF, IRS, ITBP, CISF, along with Grey Hounds, CoBRA and other special forces, state police and Special Police Officers, state-sponsored vigilante gangs like Salwa Judum, Sendra, Nagarik Suraksha Samiti, Tritiya Prastuti Samiti, Harmad Vahini, Sunlight Sena etc., all are being pitted against the adivasi people. The special units of the army such as the Rashtriya Rifles are being readied for deployment, air force helicopters and drone surveillance aircrafts are brought in to strengthen the war operations. The government is taking help of intelligence input from US defense satellites as well, as was revealed during the joint paramilitary operations in Lalgarh, West Bengal. .
This war is being fought by the Indian government at the behest of the corporates and for their benefit, targeting the life and livelihood of lakhs of adivasis. The peasants who are largely deP,engent on land, forests and rivers for their livelihood, particularly the adivasis, have refused to give up their' resources for corporate plunder. Inheritors of a glorious legacy of uncompromising anti-colonial struggles, the adivasi masses have organized themselves against age-old exploitation and oppression, against forcible land-acquisition for big projects, and for defending their lives and livelihood. .
Though the state is presently targeting the adivasi-inhabited regions for its war offensive, this war is not against the adivasis alone. It is against all the oppressed people who have chosen the path of resistance. Nor is it only against the Maoists, but is against any and every people's movement and organization that questions or challenges the Imperialist-dictated policies of the government. .
We must demand that the Indian government must stop this war waged against the people of central and eastern India, and must immediately and unconditjonally withdraw its anned forces from these regions. All the MoUs and agreements with foreign multinationals and Indian corporations for the plunder of natural resources of the people must be scrapped, and the land forcibly acquired for such projects must be restored to their rightful owners. In addition, the rights of the people over land and forests must be acknowledged. .
Speal<ers .
P A Sebastian (Secretary, CPDRJ, MumbaiJ, .
Prof. Amit Bhaduri fCESP, JNUJ, .
Tridib Ghosh (Vice President, PUCL, Jharl<handJ .
Damodar (Visthapan Virodhi Jan Vil<as Andolan, JharkhandJ .
Prof. Chaman LaI (CIL, JNUJ and others .
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