[chhattisgarh-net] Digest Number 2071[2 Attachments]

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chhattisgarh-net Messages In This Digest (7 Messages) 1a. Efforts on to initiate dialogue with Naxals From: Shubhranshu Choudhary 1b. Re: Efforts on to initiate dialogue with Naxals From: op goel 2. Traditional Indian remedies digitised From: CGNet 3. Human rights groups stage demonstration against anti-Maoist operatio From: CGNet 4. Nagpur court acquits four Naxal leaders From: CGNet 5. Special edit on Lies of Human Right activists on Naxal front From: abhitesh sharma 6. Now who is hiding Mr Vishwaranjan ? From: Kamayani BaliMahabal View All Topics | Create New Topic Messages 1a. Efforts on to initiate dialogue with Naxals Posted by: "Shubhranshu Choudhary" s...@cgnet.in Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:03 am (PST) Efforts on to initiate dialogue with Naxals Rajat Roy / Kolkata December 18, 2009, While an operation is on to destroy the infrastructure of the Naxalites in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa, a move is also being initiated for a dialogue. >From tomorrow, a two-day session will be held at Delhi with some human rights activists to chalk out the talking points before the Naxalites are approached formally. Though the meeting is being held under the aegis of a newly formed Delhi Policy Study Group, it appears to have the Union home ministry’s blessings. The meeting will be chaired by veteran journalist B G Vergese and attended by noted Gandhian Himangshu Kumar from Chhattisgarh, activist and social scientist Radha Kumar, Haragopal from Andhra, Shankar Sharma from Jharkhand, Sujato Bhadra from West Bengal and some other known activists. According to Bhadra, the agenda is to evolve a strategy for starting a dialogue with the Naxalites (CPI-Maoist). Once the major talking points are agreed, the body will approach the Naxals. The main problem is that they have been waging a war against the state, notes Bhadra. Unlike the ULFA in Assam, where the main contentious issue was their demand for sovereignty, here the situation is complicated. If an outfit is determined to overthrow the elected political power and capture state power by armed process, how could one initiate a dialogue with that? Bhadra argues, “So, perhaps at the initial stage we will have to make them agree to reduction of violence. If they agree to stop the indiscriminate killings of people (both security personnel and ordinary villagers), then we can ask the government to suspend Operation Green Hunt (the supposed term for the official offensive) for the time being.” Another concern is to make the Naxals agree to some formula whereby state-sponsored development works could be started in the areas under their influence. The idea is to make the Naxals understand that the continued attempt to resist all pro-poor development work in tribal areas would ultimately alienate them from the poor. Once the Naxals are agreed on certain points, then a monitoring mechanism would have to watch how things are taking shape and another mechanism for regular meetings between the state and the Naxals to sort disputes in these areas. Bhadra agrees that much will depend on how the Naxalites respond to these initial attempts. It is possible that some representatives of the Centre will also attend the Delhi meeting. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/effortsto-initiate-dialoguenaxals/379949/ Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (2) 1b. Re: Efforts on to initiate dialogue with Naxals Posted by: "op goel" opg...@yahoo.com   opgoel Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:19 pm (PST) I sincerely hope that this effort bears early fruits. opgoel --- On Fri, 12/18/09, Shubhranshu Choudhary <s...@cgnet.in> wrote: From: Shubhranshu Choudhary <s...@cgnet.in> Subject: [chhattisgarh-net] Efforts on to initiate dialogue with Naxals To: "chhattisgarh-net" <chhattisgarh-n...@yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, December 18, 2009, 8:25 PM Efforts on to initiate dialogue with Naxals Rajat Roy / Kolkata December 18, 2009, While an operation is on to destroy the infrastructure of the Naxalites in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa, a move is also being initiated for a dialogue.       Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (2) 2. Traditional Indian remedies digitised Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:40 pm (PST) Traditional Indian remedies digitised It will prevent international pharmaceutical companies from claiming patents on them Delhi: Drawing lessons from a bruising legal battle on turmeric, the government has digitised traditional Indian remedies and healing systems to prevent international pharmaceutical companies from claiming patents on them. "The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library contains details of all known Indian remedies and healing processes and the manner in which herbs and other items are used to affect this," Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Prithviraj Chavan, said during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, reports IANS. "We have translated this into five languages and put it in the public domain. We are more than willing to share this knowledge with scholars but pharmaceutical companies won't be able to claim patents on this," he added. "We learnt our lessons from the haldi (turmeric) episode," he said, referring to the the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's (CSIR) prolonged legal battle to prevent the US Patent and Trademark Office from granting a patent for the product to a US firm. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 3. Human rights groups stage demonstration against anti-Maoist operatio Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:40 pm (PST) Human rights groups stage demonstration against anti-Maoist operation >From ANI New Delhi, Dec 17: Human right activists and tribals held a demonstration against the anti Maoist offensive Operation Green Hunt here on Thursday. Human rights activists allege that the operation is being used to trouble innocent tribals. "We are demonstrating against the operation that has been started against our own people. We demand from the government to stop the fight against tribals which they have started in the name of anti-Maoist operation," said Gautam Navlakha, a human right activist. http://www.dailyindia.com/show/350175.php Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 4. Nagpur court acquits four Naxal leaders Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:41 pm (PST) Nagpur court acquits four Naxal leaders Nagpur, Dec 17 (PTI) A local court today acquitted four Naxal leaders, including top brass of Naxalite movement Arun Thomas Ferreira and Murli Satya Reddy, for lack of evidence of unlawful activities against them. Dharendra Bhurale and Naresh Bansod were also let off by Additional Session Judge R B Patil who said the police had failed to substantiate charges against them. The court took into account contradictory evidence produced by police against them. In one such instance, police disclosed that a pistol had been seized from Ferreira at the time of his arrest but during the trial a firearm of different make was produced. The four were arrested here two years back and were given the benefit of police lapses for producing contradictory evidence against them. http://www.ptinews.com/news/429101_Nagpur-court-acquits-four-Naxal-leaders Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 5. Special edit on Lies of Human Right activists on Naxal front Posted by: "abhitesh sharma" sharma_abhit...@yahoo.co.in   sharma_abhitesh Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:23 pm (PST) [Attachment(s) from abhitesh sharma included below] Dear friends I got a chance to read a special edit in Daily Chhattisgarh by Sunil Kumar. The Article is about the "Lies of human rights activists on Government effort to fight the Naxals". It is available on page 1 and 6 of Daily Chhattisgarh dated 18th Dec 2009 which I have attached herewith Please read it. Abhitesh Attachment(s) from abhitesh sharma 2 of 2 File(s) Page Page Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 6. Now who is hiding Mr Vishwaranjan ? Posted by: "Kamayani BaliMahabal" kamay...@ymail.com   kamay...@ymail.com Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:29 pm (PST) From: Siddhartha Mitra <mitra.siddhartha@gmail.com> Now who is hiding, Mr. Vishwaranjan?        The long wait. The pips. And then the phone rang.       He picked up the phone on the fourth ring.       “Hello?” a gruff voice inquired.       It was a voice of authority. After all, Mr. Vishwaranjan, the person I was calling, was the Director General of Police of Chhattisgarh, the person at the top of the law enforcement institution in the state.      “Sir, my name is Siddhartha Mitra, and I am calling from New York. I am a computer professional working here.”       “Hem”. He cleared his voice. And waited. Evidently we both knew where the call was going. So I dived into the topic, without further ado.       “Sir, I am calling regarding the arrest of Kopa Kunjam”, I said.       “We have been getting many calls regarding this. He has been arrested on a six month old murder case. He was hiding in Himanshu Kumar’s ashram, and when he came out during that time, he was arrested”, the DGP placidly explained.       No doubt this was something he had prepared in advance, and must have repeated it several times by now.       However, there was a big catch to it.       “But I know that is not true. I myself was there in Dantewada two months ago, and I went with Kopa Kunjam to Lingagiri. He came and went from the ashram as he pleased, and he was very much out in the open. He was not hiding there.”       There was a distinct pause at the other end of the line. This was clearly an unexpected and unwelcome counter.       “Look, I do not know the exact details, the SP Bijapur is handling this case”, he paused, desperately thinking of something else to say. “At least, this is what Kopa has confessed. He said he was staying at the Ashram”, he seemed to be trying to backtrack. No, Kopa was not hiding there, but was staying there. And yes, I do not know all the details, so I cannot answer all your questions.       “I know that he was not staying at the ashram at night, because I was there”, I persisted.       His voice took a soothing tone. He condescendingly explained, hoping to clear my ignorance -  “Kopa himself has said so. That is why we know he was staying at the ashram. “       “But he might have said so because he was beaten” , I responded, offering the reason why such allegations might have surfaced.       Slander! Calumny! There was a notable shock in his voice. “That is not how the Indian police system works. Nobody is beaten. The arrested make their statements before the magistrate. I am telling you what Kopa has himself has said during his onfession.”       “There was witness to the fact that he was beaten. Mr. Alban Toppo, the lawyer who was with him saw him getting beaten up.”       Click.       And then a silence.       We shall have to wait another day to know why Mr.Toppo was making up this egregious lie. Perhaps the blows with the cane that he had received himself before he witnessed Kopa’s beating must have caused him to have hallucinations.       Anyway, the conversation had gone a lot longer than expected. After all, my call on the same issue two days earlier to Amresh Mishra, the SP of Dantewada, had lasted only a few seconds. Mr. Mishra, prior to disconnecting the line, had hurriedly mentioned that this case was out of his region of control, and Kopa was in the custody of the Bijapur police, and I should contact SP Bijapur.       And of course, the SP Bijapur was on “vacation”.       At least Mr. Mishra had some excuse. But the DGP is the overlord of the entire police force in the state. In the end, it is his sole responsibility on how law is enforced in Chhattisgarh. He has no SP Bijapur or vacation to excuse himself with.       Now who is hiding, Mr. Vishwaranjan? Siddhartha Mitra Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity  14 New Members Visit Your Group Yahoo! Finance It's Now Personal Guides, news, advice & more. Yahoo! Groups Auto Enthusiast Zone Auto Enthusiast Zone Discover auto groups Yahoo! Groups Parenting Zone Tips for family, kids and living Need to Reply? 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