Statement Condemning the Maoist Politics of Murder in Chhattisgarh!
We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the horrific massacre of leaders
and workers of the Congress Party and the security forces accompanying
them, carried out by the CPI(Maoist) in Chhattisgarh on Saturday. We
also wish to express our deepest condolences to the families of all
those killed in the convoy of Congressmen returning from an election
rally at Sukma in Bastar district.
The killing of senior state Congress leaders and their cadre is
particularly barbaric and reprehensible as they had, in the course of
the Maoist ambush, become captives or had surrendered voluntarily.
This is tantamount to cold-blooded murder of prisoners in custody, an
act that goes against all norms even in a state of civil or
international war. The targeting of a political party in this fashion
by the Maoists is also highly disturbing.
The latest Maoist action will only invite even more state repression
in the area that might as well swell the numbers of CPI(Maoists). If
that is the case then this politics is as evil as that it claims to be
fighting against and should be shunned by all those who stand for
democratic norms in political struggles for peace with justice.
We call upon the state and central governments to exercise great
restraint in their response to the Maoist atrocity. It is high time
the spiral of violence in the tribal belt of Chhattisgarh be stopped
as it has already claimed innumerable lives.
Abha Dev Habib, Associate Professor, Miranda House, DU
Apoorvanand, Professor, Delhi University
Anivar Arvind, IT Engineer, Bangalore
Arshad Ajmal, Social activist, Patna
Dilip Simeon, Academic, New Delhi
Jagadish, Trade Unionist , Bangalore
Kamayani Bali Mahabal, Human Rights Activist, Mumbai
Kavita Srivastava, PUCL, Rajasthan
Satya Sivaraman, Journalist, New Delhi
Shabnam Hashmi, ANHAD, Delhi
Vinod Raina , Educationist, Delhi
Also Endorsed by .
Arati Choksi, PUCL, Karnataka, Bangalor
Reetika Khera, Associate Professor, IIT Delhi
Dr Sunil Kaul, Public Health Activist,
Dheeraj, Coordinator, The Right to Food Campaign
Biraj Patnaik, Social Scientist with the Right to Food Campaign
Trideep, Advocate, Delhi High Court and Supreme Court,
Sachin Kumar Jain, Journalist and Writer with Vikas Samwaad
Radha Holla, Public Health Activist, Breast Feeding Promotion Network of India
Gurjeet Singh, Right to Food Activist, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Father Jothi, SJ, Social Activist, West Bengal
Prem Krishan Sharma, President, PUCL, Rajasthan, Jaipur
Radha Kant Saxena, VP pUCL, Rajasthan, Jaipur
DL Tripathi, VP, PUCL Rajasthan, Ajmer
Anant Bhatnagar, Organising Secretary, PUCL Rajasthan, Ajmer
Sawai Singh, Rajasthan Smagra Sewa Sangh, Jaipur
Endorsed, also by
Harsh Mander, Director Centre for Equity Studies
RAjinder Sachar, EX Chief Justice Delhi and Sikkim High Court
Arundhati Dhuru, NAPM convenor
Aruna Roy,Nikhil Dey, Shankar Singh, Lal Singh, Bhanwar Meghwanshi,
Narayan Singh
Shail Mayaram, Senior Fellow,CSDS. , Ps change wars to the singular if you can
Anjali Bhardwaj, NCPRI National Convenor
Vidya bhushan Rawat, Social Activist
Suman Sahai, Gene Campaign
Saito Basumatry, People’s ForumAssam
Sejal Dhand, Anna Adhikar Suraksha Manch
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