By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India-Maxist (CPIM) has written to Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel in search of hia authorities’s intervention to stop assaults on Christians and implementation of Forest Rights Act as demanded by tribals within the state.
Citing a few incidents of violence in opposition to locals, in a memorandum addressed to Baghel, the social gathering acknowledged that ‘intensive’ harm had been performed to houses, church buildings and other people’s belongings. However, no household or particular person had been compensated.
“We were surprised to learn that no Minister or any senior leader deputed by the Government has visited the area to meet the victims and affected people. We raise this with you because it reflects an approach which we had noted in our interactions with various officials, which is a gross underestimation of the extent of the violence against the victims, particularly women and children and their suffering. There is extensive damage to homes, churches, belongings, livelihood and yet there is not a single family or individual victim who has received any compensation nor has there been any effort to assess the darmage caused,” learn the memorandum, signed by Polit Bureau Member Brinda Karat and 4 different social gathering functionaries together with the state secretary, Adivasi Ekta Mahasabha.
The memo additional acknowledged that the propaganda of forcible conversions shouldn’t be born out by info.
It added that in keeping with officers there’s not a single case of forcible conversion reported.
“Clearly there is a political agenda behind these attacks, given the schedule for elections to the State Assembly later this year…In our meetings with different groups of adivasis, they told us that their main concern was that the Forest Rights Act was not being implemented. We had informed the oficials we met of these genuine complaints. There are two projects of iron ore mining in the Narayanpur district which is strongly being opposed by adivasis. Without taking the opinion of the gram sabhas the government is going ahead with the project,” learn the memo.
The delegation of the CPIM visited district of North Bastar– Kanker, Kodagaon and Narayanpur, the place there have been assaults on members of the christian neighborhood.
The three-day lengthy visited ended on Sunday after which the memo was despatched.
The goal of the delegation was to specific solidarity with the victims of the violence and likewise to know the way it was that such sharp divisions resulting in violence might happen amongst.
The Party additional added that round 1500 affected individuals who have been pressured to flee their villages or have been forcibly pushed out who have been in reduction camps run by the administration have now been “sent home.”
“Although assurances have been given for their safety by the administration, we met many families who have been forced to leave their homes again. They are staying with relatives or sheltering in churches….We hope that the government will take the required steps to address the issues,” the letter additionally acknowledged.
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India-Maxist (CPIM) has written to Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel in search of hia authorities’s intervention to stop assaults on Christians and implementation of Forest Rights Act as demanded by tribals within the state.
Citing a few incidents of violence in opposition to locals, in a memorandum addressed to Baghel, the social gathering acknowledged that ‘intensive’ harm had been performed to houses, church buildings and other people’s belongings. However, no household or particular person had been compensated.
“We were surprised to learn that no Minister or any senior leader deputed by the Government has visited the area to meet the victims and affected people. We raise this with you because it reflects an approach which we had noted in our interactions with various officials, which is a gross underestimation of the extent of the violence against the victims, particularly women and children and their suffering. There is extensive damage to homes, churches, belongings, livelihood and yet there is not a single family or individual victim who has received any compensation nor has there been any effort to assess the darmage caused,” learn the memorandum, signed by Polit Bureau Member Brinda Karat and 4 different social gathering functionaries together with the state secretary, Adivasi Ekta Mahasabha.
The memo additional acknowledged that the propaganda of forcible conversions shouldn’t be born out by info.
It added that in keeping with officers there’s not a single case of forcible conversion reported.
“Clearly there is a political agenda behind these attacks, given the schedule for elections to the State Assembly later this year…In our meetings with different groups of adivasis, they told us that their main concern was that the Forest Rights Act was not being implemented. We had informed the oficials we met of these genuine complaints. There are two projects of iron ore mining in the Narayanpur district which is strongly being opposed by adivasis. Without taking the opinion of the gram sabhas the government is going ahead with the project,” learn the memo.
The delegation of the CPIM visited district of North Bastar– Kanker, Kodagaon and Narayanpur, the place there have been assaults on members of the christian neighborhood.
The three-day lengthy visited ended on Sunday after which the memo was despatched.
The goal of the delegation was to specific solidarity with the victims of the violence and likewise to know the way it was that such sharp divisions resulting in violence might happen amongst.
The Party additional added that round 1500 affected individuals who have been pressured to flee their villages or have been forcibly pushed out who have been in reduction camps run by the administration have now been “sent home.”
“Although assurances have been given for their safety by the administration, we met many families who have been forced to leave their homes again. They are staying with relatives or sheltering in churches….We hope that the government will take the required steps to address the issues,” the letter additionally acknowledged.
