US spy agencies backing Chengara stir: Pinarayi Thursday March 20 2008 11:25 IST, Express News Service http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080320010401&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0
KOLLAM: CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has said that spy agencies of the United States were supporting the agitation for land at Chengara. Inaugurating the EMS- AKG day at Mukkada near Kundara on Wednesday evening, he said that the details about the assets of those behind the agitation was getting exposed. He said the agitation leaders had land and house of their own. The agitators had initially said it was a struggle for the tribals. Later, they said the struggle was also for the landless poor. But the fact is that the struggle is not for these groups, Pinaryi Vijayan said. He said that the United States which had been propagating lies about Kerala using the media was now directly spreading the lies. He said US State Deprtment was claiming that human rights violations and lock-up deaths were occurring in the state. He said 80 percent of the news appearing in the world media was propagated by agencies controlled by imperialist agencies. He said that the US bore vengeance towards the CPM for the party's principled stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal. *************************************************** RSP flays Chengara land agitation Friday March 21 2008 12:08 IST, ENS http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080321014650&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0 PATHANAMTHITTA: RSP state secretary V P Ramakrishna Pillai termed as unjustifiable the ongoing agitation for land in the rubber plantation at Chengara in Kumbazha, causing unemployment to the workers at a time when the LDF Government promised to give land for the landless poor. Inaugurating the RSP district committee meeting here on Thursday, he said that the RSP wanted all the Left parties to come under one fold. V S Madhavan Nair, Thomas Joseph, N Janardhanan Nair, K S Sivakumar, R M Bhattathiri, Kalanilayam Ramachandran Nair, George Varghese, Chandanappally Karunakaran and Vazhamuttam Radhakrishnan were elected district secretariat members. **************************************** Chengara stir to continue as talks fail Special Correspondent, the Hindu, Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/20/stories/2008032060400100.htm V.S. Achuthanandan says immediate resettlement is impossible. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Talks held by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to bring about a settlement to the agitation by the Sadhujana Samrakshana Samithi at Chengara in Pathanamthitta district failed on Wednesday. While the Chief Minister maintained that the government could not meet their demand for immediate resettlement, the samithi leaders said they would continue their agitation for land. The Chief Minister said the government was prepared to provide them land at Chengara or elsewhere if they were willing to wait. The government was identifying land at various places for distribution among tribal people and others. Court proceedings and evictions were to be completed before all the land became available. The distribution would be done in April or May. Mr. Achuthanandan told the media that the samithi had rejected a call of the government to withdraw the stir and vacate the land they were occupying in Harrisons Malayalam Plantations. The government needed time for their resettlement. He said the government wanted to settle the agitation without bloodshed. It would not be using police as the previous government had done to suppress similar agitation by tribal people at Muthanga. However, it cannot give them permission to occupy land against court orders. Revenue Minister K.P. Rajendran said the landless could apply to village officers for allotment of land in connection with the second anniversary of the Left Democratic Front government. Samithi president Laha Gopalan said their demand was for five acres of land per family. However, they were willing to settle for one acre each. Congress leader Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, who attended the talks with the former Minister Adoor Prakash and others, said the Chief Minister had not directly addressed the issues behind the eight-month-old agitation. He had only talked of broad plans of the government to distribute land to the tribals and the poor and preferred to threaten the agitators with police action. He said he thought the government would settle the agitation by offering them 256 acres of land identified at Kollavila near Ranni --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
