SOLVE IMMEDIATELY THE LAND PROBLEM OF
ADIVASIS IN KORAPUT DISTRICT!
STOP REPRESSION AGAINST THE STRUGGLE OF
ADIVASIS IN ANDHRA – ORISSA BORDER AREA!!
Friends,
Today, the problem of Koraput district is a point of debate among all. The Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh is carrying on the struggle for the rights over the land, water and forest in this area. The Adivasi are facing insults and repression in the course of struggle for their rights. On one side, the state and on the other side the shahukars, contractors and sundis together are building a “counter movement” in a most heinous manner by forming peace committees to suppress the Adivasi movement. It is already two months that the liquor traders and the sundis, who had usurped the lands of Adivasi, committed atrocious act on Com. Kirma and burnt down the Jadaba village. But the police arrested none. No compensation was given to the villagers whose houses were burnt down. When the Adivasi of the same village had gone to Kommuganda to bring their monthly ration rice, not only they were not given the rice, but the Panchayat Secretary Ramachandra had chased them away while beating. All the criminals together with the Shahukars, liquor traders, and BJD contractors colluded to form the “peace committee”. This “peace committee” had resorted to physical attacks against the Adivasi of Sangh in Kumbariput area, forced them to leave the villages and is imposing thousands of rupees as fine on them and destroying their properties. The “peace committee” is doing all this right in the presence of the District authorities.
Last month, a boy of 12 years old was murdered by some criminals in the midnight in a village called Pottesi in Bandugaon block. This incident had saddened every one. But the peace committee is conspiring to throw the blame for it on the Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS). As part of this, the Koraput and Andhra Police had arrested an Adivasi Youth Kithanna who went to Parvathipruam fair to sell his goats. They took him to Koraput and tortured him. Instead of arresting the criminals who had resorted to violence and atrocities against the Adivasi; the police are conspiring to foist false cases against the Adivasi who are the members of CMAS.
Katragadda is a village at one end of Bandugaon block and adjoining the Narayanapatna block. Singanna gang is pressurizing the people of this village to join their Sangh. It is already one month that the people of this village were beaten and forced to leave the village. The CMAS has given them the self confidence and sent them back to their village to protect their own crops. Singanna gang has once again came to this village and is pressurizing the people to pay Rs.50, 000/- as a fine. The Adivasi in Koraput are suffering with many other problems together with this problem.
Last year, the Adivasi had suffered a total loss of crops because of the drought. All the schemes like food for work, minimum working days have totally failed. Hundreds of people are leaving the villages and are migrating to distant places in search of work. It is usual for the people to die every day because of malaria and cholera. The CMAS is organizing the people into struggles for several years even in the midst of these horrible conditions. Yet, the rulers are not implementing the 2/56 Act in this area. Seeing the ever growing discontentment and protest among the people the central and state rulers are conspiring to suppress the movement in this area by declaring as a Disturbed Area. On the other side, they are conducting the counter movements in the name of shanti committees and Nagarik Suraksha Committee with a view to crush the struggling people. They are hatching this conspiracy only to divide the people and pave the way to give away the natural wealth minerals in the Devmali Mountains to the foreign Multi National Companies.
There is every need today for the Adivasi, dalits and non-Adivasi poor to unite against the exploitation, oppression and suppression and carry on the struggle against the policies of exploiting ruling classes. But, in this situation, the “New Democracy” party which has neither the people’s movement nor organization in this district is working day in and day out to discredit the movement led by the CMAS and its leaders. The ND party has adopted the decision in its party conference to the effect that it is not correct to form rival organizations and carry on activities in a specific area where other revolutionary groups are building the movement. But they kept this aside and are carrying on the slander campaign against our Sangh in Bandugaon area of Koraput district which will be useful to the enemy classes (they have one small village and street in this area). This slander campaign had shown no influence whatsoever on the people of this area as the people know the facts. This slander campaign is only carried on to confuse the people and the revolutionary sympathizers outside the area. There are many agency areas in Orissa where there are no revolutionary parties and revolutionary organizations. It would be very much useful if they use their energies and time to build the movement there. We appeal to them to stop the activities aimed at attacking and disrupting the co-revolutionary organization and the movement.
The statements by the CPI (Maoists) that they would kill comrades Paidamma, Arjun, the leaders of our Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh, Com. D.Varma, the secretary, Rythu Cooli Sangh, Vizianagaram District and its Joint Secretary Com. Monangi Bhaskara Rao would only gladden the landlords and pettandars in this area. Our Varma, whom they want to kill, is working as the District Secretary of Rythu Cooli Sang am for the last 15 years. He had been in the student’s organization and revolutionary politics and is working selflessly dedicating himself to the Adivasi movement. In this course, he encountered the attacks from the pettandars and went to Jail several times in false cases foisted against him. It is known to all that Com. Varma was the first accused together with Com. Bhaskara Rao and some others in the false case foisted by the Andhra Police for a drought raid carried by the Maoists on June, 17, 2009 in Panasabhadra village of Makkuva mandal in Vizianagaram District. Com. Bhaskara Rao was imprisoned in the Central Jail for a month in this case. Com. Paidamma has earned the anger and fury of pettandars and police because she led the movement against the liquor trade. She was imprisoned twice for two months on the plea that she was co-operating with the Maoists. Even today, she is pulling on her life by toiling on the land. Similarly, Com. Kendruka Arjun is a poorest Adivasi. For the last 10 years, he is working for the Adivasi leaving his home. All the people in this area know that he lost his son because of his poverty and inability to buy proper medicines for him when he was sick. We are of the view that it is a politically immature act for the CCMs of CPI (Maoist) to declare that they would kill the comrades of this kind.
We appeal to the people, the democrats, revolutionary sympathizers and revolutionary mass organizations to denounce these policies of murder. We also appeal to extend all forms of help and co-operation to the movement led by the Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh.
CHASI MULIYA ADIVASI SANGH RYTHU COOLI SANGHAM (AP)
KORAPUT, RAYAGADA DISTRICTS VIZIANAGARAM, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICTS
02.11.2009
BANDUGAON
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Publishers: Com. SRIKANTH MOHANTHY, State Convener, CHASI MULIYA ADIVASI SANGH, Orissa
Com. TANDRA ARUNA, Srikakulam District Secretary, Rythu Cooli Sang am (AP)
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