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PRESS RELEASE: ANTI RELIANCE SEZ PANCHAYAT AT GURGAON 13.7.2008 |
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Written by Janhastakshep
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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Farmers from five villages near Gurgaon – Khandsa, Narsingpur, Mohammedpur, Gadauli Khurd and Harsaru - are opposing the transfer of 1,395 acres of land to Reliance Industries by Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation (HSIIDC) for setting up a SEZ in the region. Farmers have been up in arms against SEZ to be set up over an area of 25,000 acre from Garhi Harsuru to Badli at the Farrukhnagar-Jhajjar Road. The proposed Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway is also to pass through the same area. The total proposed investment is about $30 billion with more than 10,000 acre for “infrastructure, residential, leisure and entertainment and commercial establishment” with only 6500 acre outlined for industries.
After visiting the affected areas 8th July 2008 a Janhastakshep, Campaign Against Fascist Designs team comprising of; Ish Mishra, Sachin and Ramesh went to a Panchayat called by Haryana Kisan Mazdoor Bhoomi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti. For many villagers the situation remained the same, since the 30th of June, the police barricades have only been partially removed causing great inconvenience to the villagers, creating a curfew like situation. The heavy police presence was creating a general sense of fear among the villagers. At Harsaru village, there were heavy earth moving machinery, cranes and work for construction of the wall continued amidst heavy presence of private security guards and the police who prevented all villagers from using the public road. The police cases against 33 people who are leaders or farmers protesting the SEZ were also still in force.
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CPI(ML) Demonstration against India-US Nuclear Deal |
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Written by cpimlnd
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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On July 12, 2008 at 1130 AM, activists from Delhi Committee of CPI(ML) New Democracy held a demonstration at Parliament Street New Delhi against the Manmohan Singh led UPA Government’s racing to finalize the anti-national India-US Nuclear Deal. This deal is one more step towards tying India to the apron strings of US strategic interests and US imperialism’s foreign policy. The protestors burnt an effigy of Manmohan Singh and raised slogans of “Manmohan-Sonia traitors and liars!” “Manmohan Singh- Resign!” and “No to strategic tie up with America!” Secretary of Delhi State party, Com. Aparna spoke about, how the Manmohan Singh government is trying to reduce the entire debate on the very serious issues raised by the US-India Nuclear deal to merely a case of borderline numbers in Parliament. Not only does it mean that US imperialism is going to decide India’s nuclear policy, by tying it to American strategic designs; it is riding rough shod over the Indian people’s proud history of anti imperialist struggles. The need of the hour is to mobilize people of the country to oppose both the nuclear deal and the strategic tie up with America. Dr. Mrigank, (President, Naujawan Bharat Sabha) spoke about the huge costs of India to separate civilian and military facilities, it invests the US with the right to scrap the deal with return of all facilities and no compensation of our costs of separation if the US President decrees India’s actions are hostile to its foreign policy, or will further India’s own nuclear military programme. He dismissed the BJP’s contention ‘of an Indian law’ to save us from the Hyde Act, which binds US government’s nuclear deals with India questioning as to what difference it would make so long as US continues to be guided by the Hyde Act and called this BJP proposal as a ploy of deception. Ridiculing the UPA government’s contention of nuclear energy as an ‘alternative’, he said it is an expensive form; even the US projects it for less than 3% of our needs; for India, solar, wind and small hydro electric projects are the viable options. Dr. Animesh Das (President Delhi, IFTU Committee) demanded that all parties opposing the deal should also commit that they will scrap the deal once they came to power or support any Govt. in future. Regarding the BJP, the country is still wondering about their pronouncements to quit WTO and to throw Enron into the Arabian Sea, which they made while out of power. Similarly the Parliamentary Left can hardly expect the people to forget that Indo-US military exercises were conducted, even in Kolkata, military ties with Israel expanded during the UPA –Left rule and The Left supported UPA government voted against Iran at IAEA in clear subservience to the US. The Left supported UPA government has been supporting the US led puppet regime of Karzai in Afghanistan and training their military. He said that parliamentary Left has to answer why it permitted the Manmohan Singh government to approach the IAEA in November 2007 when the anti-national nuclear agreement and Hyde Act dictates were crystal clear-was it not for non intervention in repression on Nandigram peasantry? CPI(ML) New Democracy demands: 1. The scrapping of the nuclear deal and resignation of Manmohan Singh. 2. No to strategic tie up with US imperialism 3. Parties opposing the deal give commitment to scrap the deal when in direct or indirect power
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Written by cpimlnd
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
PRESS PRELEASE 21.06.2008
SUPPORT GORKHALAND
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Lenin ist) New Democracy staged a protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 21st June 2008 in support of the demand for Gorkhaland.
Speaking on the occassion, party leaders criticised the deployment of troops in the region to suppress the movement and the use of section 144 when the protestors were using peaceful relay hunger strike to make their point.
The party leaders pointed out that the area for which a seperate State was being demanded had never originally been a part of West Bengal. The area under question took shape when the British annexed parts of Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim in 1866. It was kept by the British as an "excluded area" till 1935 and "partially excluded area" till 1947 and it was given to the state of West Bengal only after 1947, they contended.
They argued that when so many other states had been re-organized since 1947, the demand for Gorkhaland should not be treated as an "untouchable topic". Leaders of the undivided Communist Party of India had supported the demand for "Gorkhastan" which was now being referred to as "Gorkhaland", the party leaders pointed out. According to CPI(ML) New Democracy, the reason why the State of West Bengal did not want to part with this region was its tremendous economic potential. Tea, Tourism and Timber industries of the area earn enormous revenues which are not even partially put for development of the area, which remains poor and backward.
Delhi Committee CPI(ML) New Democracy condemns the CPM's attempt to subvert the agitation specially by trying to whip up Bengali chauvinism to divide the people living in the Gorkhaland area.
CPI(ML) New Democracy supports the demand for Gorkhaland and demands that the army be called off and democratic rights be restored.
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