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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Kamayani BaliMahabal <[email protected]>wrote: > > > KOLKATA: First, he circulated CDs with songs in support of Chhatradhar > Mahato. Now, Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman is set to launch a satyagraha > protesting the proposed Operation Green Hunt in Parliament. The Budget > session starts on Monday. > > The MP from Jadavpur will also write to the PM, home minister P Chidambaram > and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee about his "findings on > Jangalmahal" and about the plight of tribals in all Maoist-affected areas of > Jharkhand, Orissa and Bihar. > > The letter would request the three to send him as an emissary to > Jangalmahal and hold talks with the Maoists to convince them to come to the > talks table with representatives of the state. "I would request Manmohan ji, > Chidambaram ji and Didi to help stop Green Hunt so that it would be easy to > convince the Maoists for talks. If they are not agreeable, they can send me > without any police escort," Suman said. > > Suman says he will start his day in Parliament by standing with a > self-designed poster that would call for an immediate stop to Operation > Green Hunt. He says he will continue to do so until the PM takes note. > > "I feel strongly against the state-backed joint operation in Jangalmahal," > Suman said. "I have always opposed the Union home ministry’s move in > starting the joint operation and will continue to do so, despite the fact > that I feel that the UPA government is the best that the country could have > at this juncture. I think it is wrong to perpetrate violence to bring > Maoists to term because in the process, innocent people are getting killed > and state-backed violence will only incite counter-violence." > > Suman says he will stand with the poster outside the door of Lok Sabha > because his protest might affect Budget proceedings. "The whole country is > eagerly awaiting the Budget, and as a responsible MP, I do not wish to do > that," he said. > > Suman said that between Independence and 2004, at least 60 million people > belonging to the forests have been displaced and 7 million hectares of > forests have been usurped. "Naturally, people to not trust the state any > more. It is this vacuum that the Maoists have filled," he said. > > Asked to comment on Monday’s massacre at Silda, Suman said: "I wish they > hadn’t done it. But this is war. The EFR jawans had been sent there to kill > and they have become victims of counter-violence, which is inevitable in > such a situation." > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Suman-to-protest-at-Lok-Sabha-gates/articleshow/5585852.cms > -- > > Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal > > > I carry a torch in one hand > And a bucket of water in the other: > With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven > And put out the flames of Hell > So that voyagers to God can rip the veils > And see the real goal........................................By Rabia > (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) > > ------------------------------ > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! > Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/>. > > >
