*CPI(ML) Press Statement *
*Anna Praise for Modi and Nitish Unfortunate * New Delhi, 11 April Anna Hazare’s remark praising Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar on their rural development work is highly unfortunate and unwarranted. Narendra Modi as Gujarat CM faces charges of having deployed state machinery to orchestrate communal genocide in 2002. Top Ministers and police officials in the state face serious charges of fake encounters which have been linked to mafia interests; the Sohrabuddin encounter being probed by the CBI currently is suspected to have been a contract killing at the behest of marble mafia. Can such a Government and CM make any pretensions to supporting the cause of the struggle against corruption? Nitish Kumar evaded facing a CBI probe on the multi-crore treasury fraud in Bihar. The latest CAG report on the state of finances in Bihar has again indicted the Nitish Government, showing that there are no DC (detailed contingency) bills against AC (abstract contingency) withdrawal amounting Rs 15,850.41 crore. DC bills submitted hastily after the High Court ordered a CBI probe have been found to be full of discrepancies. A Government that is itself facing such serious charges of corruption and evading even a CBI probe cannot be allowed to bask in the borrowed limelight of the anti-corruption struggle. Anna Hazare has got widespread support on the issue of corruption, and is now a member of the drafting committee on the Lokpal Bill. Statements from him seeming to legitimize NDA Chief Ministers like Modi and Nitish Kumar are not in the best interests of the anti-corruption movement. Such remarks are liable to be used by discredited rulers while undermining the spirit of the fighting people. Prabhat Kumar for CPI(ML) Central Committee On 12 April 2011 17:51, Kamayani <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > [image: []] > *NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS > *A Wing First Floor, Haji Habib Building, Naigaon Cross Road > Dadar (E), Mumbai-400 014 Ph. No-2415 0529 E*-mail*: [email protected] > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > *For Immediate Release > 12th April, 2011 * > > ** > > *Anna Hazare’s statement endorsing and appreciating the ‘Modi-Raj' is * > > *unfortunate and unacceptable* > > **** > > It was shocking to find that Anna Hazareji after receiving support by all > of us, with millions, publicly appreciated the rule as well rural > development work by the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Narendra Modi. The > entire world knows the role played by him and his administration in the > Gujarat’s communal riots. His government has only indicated callousness and > contempt for the farmers and other natural resource based communities in > Gujarat, including those fighting against displacement from their land and > livelihood or for rehabilitation. > > > > On the issue of corruption, Modi’s response to the initiative to bring in a > strong enactment or to wipe out corruption is, to say the least, only > politically motivated. If only he was committed to an institution like the > Jan Lokpal, how could the Lokpal’s post be vacant in Gujarat since 2005? His > government has suppressed massive corruption in the land purchases while > submitted exaggerated data on benefits to the drought areas of Kutch and > Saurashtra and the rural population. > > > > In Narmada, we have seen how the adivasis in Gujarat, screaming against the > legal violations and deprivation in the rehabilitation work do not receive > any response and the Modi Government is ready to submerge the best of > agricultural land and generations old villages and township in the dam > reservoir in three states. > > > > As a shrewd politician, Mr. Modi knows how to divide the secular force and > seek advantage for himself and his party. We shouldn’t however fall prey to > this. Anna too must hear and heed to the serious grievances and charges > coming from the activists and people in Gujarat against Mr. Modi and his > government. Gujarat is growing only for and with the industrialists at the > cost of those contributing their land or human labour and now the local > communities in Gujarat have also stood up to the challenge the injustices. > > > > All of this clearly indicate a betrayal of rural needy population for his > corporate vision. We surely would join many of Gujarat’s progressive > activists who know the ground reality and the atrocities against the dalits, > adivasis, minorities and other downtrodden population to tell Anna that he > should stay away from supporting politicians until and unless they prove > their mettle and commitment to people’s causes. We agree with the letters > written by activists Rohit Prajapati and Trupti Shah to Anna, seeking an > explanation. The common people of India have supported the battle against > corruption with faith in our campaign and credibility as people’s movements > based on the core values of equity, justice, democracy, secularism and > plurality. This should not be compromised at any cost. > > > > *Endorsed by: * > > * * > > Medha Patkar > > Aruna Roy > > Kavita Srivastava > > Maj Genl. (Retd.) Sudhir Vombatkere > > Vimalbhai > > Sandeep Pandey > > Anand Mazgaonkar > > Madhuresh Kumar > > Thomas Kochhery > > Kamayani > > Sister Celia > > Simpreet Singh > > Rajendra Ravi > > Arundhati Dhuru > > D. 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