Join in large numbers !
Protest Demonstration
outside Madhya Pradesh Bhawan, November, 6th @ 2:30 pm
Urgent
Action demanding the Madhya Pradesh Government
To
withdraw cases, against Dr. Sunilam, Sheshrao and Prahald, leaders of
Kisan Sangharshn Samiti, leading to their life sentence
Take
action against police officers who are behind the Farmers’ massacre
in Multai on January 12th 1998
Stop
ongoing forced land acquisitions in Chhindwara district for the Pench
Water Diversion Project
Release Advocate Aradhana Bhargava, Medha Patkar, Mukesh Bhagoriya and 21 other activists of KSS and other movements
Dear All,
Delhi
Solidarity Group along with other organizations is holding a
protest demonstration at Madhya Pradesh Bhawan on November 6, 2012 @
2:30 pm demanding the Madhya Pradesh Government to release Dr.
Sunilam, Suryavanshi Parmandal and Prahlad Agarwal who have been
sentenced for life on charges of murder, arson and others. The Madhya
Pradesh Government has falsely charged them for the murder of a fire
brigade driver at Multai on January 12th, 1998 when police
gunned down 23 farmers. The firing happened when farmers of Multai
protested demanding better compensation from the Digvijay Singh
Government after crop failure due to rain and cold. The core issue of
farmer’s killing has been completely ignored by the MP Government
to such an extent that not even a single FIR was registered against
those officials who ordered the firing. Instead the police booked Dr.
Sunilam & other leaders of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (KSS), who were
leading the farmers protest. In last 9 years BJP government has
withdrawn nearly 1,75,000 cases against its own workers but has
failed to do any justice to the farmers of Multai, who not only lost
their dear ones but also didn't get any justice till date and are
having to go to court on every hearing. Many of these farmers are
already dead in fact.
While the
MP Government has not yet answered such questions of subversions of
law that are adding to the culture of impunity which has become their
trend to silence voices of public interest by misleading the
judiciary, they are also imposing forced evictions & acquisition
of land on for Pench Water Diversion Project at various villages of
Chhindwara district. The project planned in 1984, which never took
off, is now being resurrected on the basis of an invalid
environmental clearance mainly to provide water to the Adani Thermal
Power Plant, which is under scanner for environmental violations
already. The arrests of KSS leaders is to suppress the strong
resistance in Chhindwara against the vested interests of the state
government and elected representatives from the region by the
Movement. Around 1,000 farmers are sitting in protest opposing the
forced acquisition to save their lands on the 31st
October 2012 at Bamanwada
village after which a huge police force is stationed there and also
Section 144 (Prohibitory orders) has been clamped to terrorise people
there.
In a brazen
act of rights violation on November 3rd,
in early morning Advocate Aradhana Bhargawa, leader KSS was arrested
and detained by the Madhya Pradesh police in anticipation of the
forced acquisition process starting on November 4th.
The arrest of Dr. Sunilam &
the detention of Advocate Aradhana Bhargawa are purposely done in
order to suppress the Farmer’s struggle of Madhya Pradesh.
Delhi
Solidarity Group condemns such vindictive move by the Madhya Pradesh
Government and its siding with corrupt political forces and using its
administrative machinary to facilitate pecuniary benefits to private
corporations.
We demand
that MP government immediately withdrawal these fabricated cases
against Dr. Sunilam & other leaders of KSS, so that they can be
released from Bhopal Central Jail. Also let there be no forcible
acquisition for the Pench Water Diversion Project or Adani Power
Plant against the wishes of the villagers, who have passed resolution
in their Gram Sabha to that effect as well.
Do
join us, in solidarity to protest state repression and in solidarity
with Dr. Sunilam and the struggling farmers and farm workers of Kisan
Sangharsh Samiti, Madhya Pradesh.
When-
2.30pm, 6th
November, 2012
Where-
Madhya Pradesh Bhawan,
2,
Bardolai Marg, Chanakya Puri, Gopi Nath, New Delhi, DL 110021
In
Solidarity,
Delhi
Solidarity Group (DSG)
Contact
Persons: Sanjeev (9958797409), Ramesh (9818111562)
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