Hi Chandrakumar, I used the word, Unbelievable in a negative sense, i.e. it should not occur in kannur. Please *share the other similar incidents at Kannur.* I very well know that Pinrayi vijayan & Co., has led the party for elite class not who struggles.
Regards, GK V On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:48 AM, chandra kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > ''I would have shared many things about Kannur activism; but not now.'' > -----why? > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 1:52 AM, gk31.vinod gk31.vinod < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Unbelievable ! >> Does this happen in kerala, that too in KANNUR, the marxist's own land ! >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:47 PM, jenny rowena <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Friends, Most of you must be aware of Chithra Lekha *(please see >>> details of her case below)* and her brave struggle to make a living as >>> an auto rickshaw driver in Kannur, Kerala. Many of us had contributed to >>> help her procure an auto rickshaw after it was burned, allegedly by CITU >>> activists. >>> >>> >>> Recently, Chithra Lekha was trapped in what she says is a false case and >>> taken to the police station and beaten up. Though she has been let off now, >>> she has many injuries and has no way to question the violence that has >>> happened to her. *(A detailed report of the incident by Venugopal who >>> visited Chithra Lekha and talked to her, is given below).* >>> >>> >>> >>> Though a few people have been trying for a whole day, we are finding it >>> difficult to get many people at the local level to intervene actively in >>> this case. There are not many who are ready to stand against the CPM or >>> CITU. And some of those who raised their voices are penalised for the same. >>> Chithra finds herself alone in many ways and is so distressed that she is >>> even thinking of surrendering the auto rickshaw that she has procured with >>> all our help and going back to the life of exile as before If this happens >>> then it would be like the local goons have succeeded in driving out a Dalit >>> woman from her village and stopped her from doing the work that she had >>> wanted and chosen to do. >>> >>> >>> >>> Friends if we do not do anything now soon it might be too late. It would >>> be like we are standing and watching while a woman who has put up such a >>> brave struggle is ostracized and thrown out of her own native place. Let us >>> please all stand in solidarity with Chithra Lekha at this juncture. >>> Please respond to this issue as soon as possible. >>> >>> >>> >>> We are thinking of a fact finding commission and also making the issue >>> publicly known. Whoever is interested in joining the commission please write >>> to us. >>> >>> >>> >>> Please make this issue known widely and let as many people as possible >>> decide to intervene. >>> >>> >>> >>> Also please call up Chithra Lekha and extend your moral support to her at >>> this point. >>> >>> Here are her numbers: *9526128764* and *9744361941* >>> >>> >>> >>> Any other help and suggestion is also welcome >>> >>> >>> >>> Anil Tharayath Varghese – 009971170738 >>> >>> K M Venugopal - 9447488215 >>> >>> Jenny Rowena P - 09868216719 >>> >>> Carmel Christy – 09958500931 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Given below is a Report of what happened recently by K M Venugopal, who >>> was a member of the 2008, Chithra Lekha rehabilitation committee:* >>> >>> >>> >>> The Payyanur Auto Workers, CITU is again continuing its policy of hatred >>> toward the couple, one of whom is a dalit woman whose auto rickshaw had >>> been set fire and destroyed in 2005 December, following a series of >>> incidents >>> of harassment at work place. The incident narrated by Chithralekha and her >>> husband Sreeshkanth, is >>> as follows: >>> >>> This morning, Chithralekha was about to park her auto rikshaw in front of >>> a medical shop to buy medicine for their son who had received a sting by >>> honey bee. She was also accompanied by Sreeshkanth, her husband. One Mr >>> Ramachandran who is an office bearer of the Autorikhaw Union of Payyanur >>> menacingly asked her to move her auto away from the parking spot. She >>> replied that she had the lawful permit to park and had every right to do so. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> An altercation followed between the couple and a few auto workers. After >>> a few moments, a police jeep arrived and bundled the couple to the vehicle. >>> They got severely beatings by the autoworkers even as they got into the jeep >>> and in presence of the police. When Chithralekha told the Inspector that her >>> valuables and cash were inside the auto rickshaw, the officer assured them >>> that that would be taken care of. >>> >>> >>> After reaching the Police Station, the couple were severely beaten. A >>> woman police Officer beat Chithralekha black and blue and her sari was >>> almost pulled off. Later, Sreeshkanth was taken to the hospital for a check >>> for intoxication; though Chithralekha also was compelled to get examined, >>> she protested and resisted the move, sensing that the police were >>> acting in a biased manner and they would get her booked for driving >>> inebriated under a false testimony by some doctor. >>> >>> Chithralekha was later released but had to go to the hospital due to her >>> injuries. She has injuries all over the body and also in the lower stomach. >>> She is not only in great pain, but is also left almost alone without no help >>> from any one in questioning the actions of the union workers and the police. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *The Chithra Lekha Case* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> Chithra Lekha was born into a Pulaya family, which is an ex-untouchable >>> caste in Keralam. After her marriage to Shreeshanth a Thiyya (an OBC caste) >>> auto driver, she went on to buy an auto rickshaw - KL 13L 8527 in Chitra >>> Lekha’s name under the PMRY loan scheme. >>> >>> The auto stand in Payyannur in which Chithra Lekha wanted to drive her >>> auto was controlled by the CITU, the trade union that belongs to the >>> Communist Party of India, Marxist (CPI (M)). In order to drive her auto, >>> Chithra Lekha had to be granted a membership card from the CITU. This card >>> was delayed for more than 2 months as the party was already angry with >>> Chithra Lekha for having married above her caste. >>> >>> In spite of such harassment Chithra Lekha turned out to be a competent >>> driver and became very popular with her customers, especially women. When >>> she started her career there had been a coin operated phone at the auto >>> stand where the customers would call for drivers. Soon, Chithra Lekha >>> started getting the most number of calls from this phone. This she feels >>> disturbed her fellow male drivers. After a few months she bought a mobile >>> phone and now people started calling for her even more than before. This >>> made the drivers feel even more threatened. >>> >>> >>> >>> All these problems took a violent turn during the Navami or Saraswathy >>> Pooja days when Chithra Lekha placed her auto in the common Pandal for * >>> pooja*. When she came to take back the auto on the next day, that is on >>> October 11, 2005, she found that the hood of her auto was torn. Ajith, one >>> of the CITU members who had threatened her earlier was standing there and >>> she asked him why did he tore the hood. He retaliated saying that if you >>> don’t keep your limits you will also be torn like this. She complained about >>> the incident to Rameshan, fellow auto driver and the Secretary of the local >>> branch of CITU, but to no avail. Since there was no response from Rameshan >>> or CITU, she lodged a complaint with the police after two days. When she >>> came back to the stand on October 14th Rameshan gave her a two hour >>> punishment of abstention, for having taken the case out of the stand to the >>> police station. Chithra Lekha declined to obey it, at which point an angry >>> Rameshan tried to run over Chithra Lekha with his auto. She moved to the >>> other side of the road and escaped the attack. However she sustained minor >>> injuries and had to be hospitalized. Yet another compliant was lodged >>> against Rameshan and he was arrested. Immediately CITU members unleashed a >>> poster campaign in support of Rameshan. They stuck posters and wrote on the >>> walls of the panchayath that Chithra Lekha and her mother were loose women >>> who were bringing up the issue of caste only to hide their immoral natures. >>> Soon, violence took its worst form when her auto was burned to ashes on the >>> small hours of December 30th 2005. With the help of Ayyappan Master, a >>> Dalit activist and member of the police committee to prevent atrocities >>> against SC/STs, Chithra Lekha lodged a complaint against six CITU members >>> including Ajith and Rameshan. The case was registered under IPC 143, 147, >>> 148, 341, 352, 324, 294 (B), 506 (1), SC/ST S3 (1) XI R/W and 149. An action >>> committee was also formed to protest against what happened and also to >>> rehabilitate Chithra Lekha ** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Green Youth Movement" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<greenyouth%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Green Youth Movement" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<greenyouth%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Green Youth Movement" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<greenyouth%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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