Is this the right way of taking out your frustration against any community?Does this make me feel proud to be an Indian? What has happened to our society where there is no value for human life?
Recently there was an anti Salwa Judum rally at Jagdalpur called by the "Adivasi Mahasabha" where nearlly two lac tribals had gathered.What if the supporters of SJ and the business community of Bastar had conspired to do something like what happened at Guwahati???I don't know how many peace loving Adivasis would have been put to death then. Guwahati happened because of the double standards of the policy makers in India who are nothing but boot-lickers of Tata,Jindal,Essar,Posco,Mittal and others. If a businessmen is allowed to set up business anywhere in the country without any hassels then why can't a Tribal enjoy ST Status in other States of India?The Business community feels India is a nation where there is equal status for everyone as long as they are benefitting. The moment Adivasis starts demanding their rights under the constitution of India the whole nation remains divided. For example,before Chhattisgarh was formed lot of Adivasis from C.G. made the current Madya Pradesh as their home.But under the current arrangement in our great country the tribals of Chhattisgarh cannot use reservation meant for them in the constitution in Madhya Pradesh.Infact they will come under general category in M.P. Why this double standard? Prabhat Jharkhand News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Assam violence: 5 killed, curfew on Guwahati, IANS: An indefinite curfew was clamped in Assams main city of Guwahati on Saturday after five people were killed and more than 130 wounded, 30 of them critically, in a mob attack on tribal protesters. Trouble began when about 10,000 tribal people, backed by the All Assam Adivasi Students' Association (AAASA), took out a protest march through the city streets demanding scheduled tribe status. "Residents of Guwahati and the protesters clashed in the streets after the agitators went on a rampage damaging about 100 vehicles and destroying shops. The angry locals retaliated by attacking the protesters in which five Adivasi people were killed," a senior police official said wishing not to be named. Police fired teargas shells to disperse the protesters when they tried to break a security cordon to take out the march through the city streets. "Local residents armed with sticks and iron rods, besides crude implements, attacked the fleeing protesters and beat them mercilessly," Parag Moni Aditya, a witness, said."The mob attack took place after the protesters started damaging vehicles and shops in the area," the police said. "An indefinite curfew was enforced as a precautionary measure with the army kept on standby in the city," C K Das, a magistrate, said. The injured, including women, were shifted to hospitals. The tribals are engaged in Assam's tea plantations. The AAASA has called a 36-hour sta-tewide strike on Sunday. http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Nov252007/scroll2007112537743.asp?section=frontpagenew
