Lalgarh - para military force are now fighting with the indigenous people

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We are keenly watching the situational developments in Lalgarh and its adjoining areas where a large contingent of armed forces BSF, COBRA, CRPF & State Armed Forces have been deployed with all sophisticated weapons and instructions from the state and central administration to “recapture” the area.
We, the MASUM strongly criticize and condemn any forms of violence by any quarter, state or non-state, with a specific condemnation for state sponsored violence.
Midnapur, Bankura and Purulia a western land mass of this state with a majority inhabitation of indigenous population deprived off their rights from pre and post independence era. It is now a fact that the so called left front government never heed their rights to water, education, shelter, health, road, food, etc. as guaranteed by our constitution. Their deprivation continues without any specific approach to seize or control the ongoing onslaughts. Nevertheless, the present political disposition increased their woes and sufferings by their apathy.
We have previous experiences of police actions from Marichjhapi to Nandigram, Singur and Char Bathanpara, etc, where numerous villagers were tortured in extreme forms, innocents were killed including minors and women were gang raped by the state authorities and it is imminent that the civil society has similar apprehension for this action also.
We severely criticize the attempt on the part of the State government to engage police/ paramilitary/ so called Kobra forces in Lalgrah region in the name of restoration of law and order. The application of force by the government shall further result into loss of human lives and properties. In the part of the state which is a detrimental affect of ignorance and non functional approach which increased the abject poverty and backwardness of the said region. Though, it has been proven fact that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is winning the elections at Lalgarh from 1997 in every stairs till date. So, this is the political failure of this party, that after ruling the state for last 32 years, they failed to meet the actual deliverance for the local population.
The situation in Lalgarh and in other adjoining parts should be considered as a political problem and it can be solved by mutual consents and deliberations but not at the point of gun, we have previous experience of Gorkhaland movement in 1980s when the approach of the state defeated and till the problem is continuing.
As Voltair said “It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.".
Violence shall further breed violence and it will be severe assault on the democratic fabric of the state. We condemn violence from any side and appeal all to restrain from violence.