Tuesday, October 23, 2012

More trouble lies ahead...

he recent mass upsurge against the CPI(M)’s anti- people policies in Lalgarh & other places has caught on in a big way in West Bengal. More trouble lies ahead...

The Superintendent of Police, East Midnapore district, Pallab Kanti Ghosh, had told B&E on June 15 that five revolvers, 12 pieces of improvised rifles, 21 rifles, six country-made pipe-guns, 1,566 rounds of cartridges and 99 desi bombs had been seized from Khejuri. But villagers, who consider Ghosh to be a protector of CPI(M) toughies, say this is just the tip of the iceberg and that the illegal arms and ammunition in the party’s possession are far in excess of what has officially been accounted for.

The courtyard of the palatial party office at Kalagechhia in Khejuri block, which was ransacked by non-Maoist mobs, is littered with burnt papers, official documents and party flags. The half-burnt BPL cards and identity cards of the NREGA beneficiaries, which should have been kept in the panchayat’s offices, were strewn all around. The scene at the CPI(M) Zonal Committee Office at Kunjapur was no different, except that it was under lock and key. The Kamardah party office had been razed to the ground. According to the West Bengal CPI (M)’s own admission, 60 party offices are currently controlled by the opposition Trinamool Congress. Its own men, say these reports, have resigned.

So which party or group mounted those raids? Says Swapan, the younger brother of Khejuri-based CPI(M) leader Makhan Panda, “Those who came to demolish our houses are CPI(M) workers and supporters. The TMC men did their best to save us and our property. CPM leaders Kamalesh Maal and Lalu Maal were in fact supervising the ghastly operation; and others like Himangshu, Prashanta, Nirapada, who killed and beat up innocent people, now have to pay the price”.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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