“We couldn’t even cast our votes. The comrades did that on our behalf. And as a reward we got food packets.”

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So which party or group mounted those raids? Says Swapan, the younger brother of Khejuri-based CPI (M) leader Makhan Panda: “Those who came to demolish our houses are CPI (M) workers and supporters. The TMC men did their best to save us and our property. CPI (M) leaders Kamalesh Maal and Lalu Maal were supervising the ghastly operation; and others like Himangshu, Prashanta and Nirapada, who killed and beat up innocent people, now have to pay the price”.

An elderly woman near the demolished Kamardah party office says she had seen the goons frequenting this party office before the Lok Sabha polls. She wasn’t sure whether they were party members. All she could say was that now, finally, she and others like her felt free to express their views before strangers, without any fear of being penalised. Some CPI (M) dissidents said the party’s armed network was controlled by Himangshu Das, who is currently a district committee member. His comrades-in-arms were said to be Prashanta Maiti, Bijan Roy (both ZC secretaries), Rabiul Islam and Makhan Panda.

Says local resident Tapan Maiti: “The hoodlums stole our land holdings decades back.They would threaten us saying the plots would be given away to share-croppers (bargadars) and that we would get these back only if we gave a written undertaking that we would support the CPI (M)”. The party’s Purbachara branch committee secretary Bimal Kumar Maity admitted that the party forcibly occupied a 10 bigha plot of the Maitis at Tentulbari with a fake barga claim, and that it was restored only after they made a down payment of Rs 20,000.

But that nightmare is going away. Recently 9 of 11 panchayat members (elected unopposed) quit the party. They handed over their two offices, both forcibly taken from two shop owners, to the TMC. Says a Khejuri stall owner referring to the unopposed elections: “We couldn’t even cast our votes. The comrades did that on our behalf. And as a reward we got food packets.”

This anti-CPI (M) movement has caught on in a big way. Now people in Vajachauli and Dharampur under the Lalgarh block have also begun speaking the same language. Vajachauli was tense on June 15 and 16 after police broke open the CPI (M) office and raided its leader Anil Giri’s residence. They seized two revolvers, two pistols, a few muskets and gun powder. So the writing on the wall is clear. And the rally taken out by 15,000 of Dharampur’s tribals on June 16 was proof, were proof needed, of what a thorough beating the CPI (M) goons have taken. Red never looked so faded as it does today.


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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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