‘Jan Daavedaari Rally’ in Giridih

On 8 September, a ‘Jan Daavedaari Rally’ (Rally for people’s claim) was called by CPI (ML) in Giridih against pro-corporate rule of the BJP government that is based on lies and loot. The rally saw an outpour of people flooding to participate in the rally. The rally witnessed spirited sloganeering from the people who raised the slogans of – “Zameen, Rozgaar, ration ke liye hallabol”  (raise voices for land, employment and ration), “Hooliganism in the name of Bharat Mata will not be tolerated”, “Stop hooliganism in the name of cow protection”, “Those who are friends of Ambani and Adani are the traitors of the nation”, “Go away saffron government, we will fight for our rights”,  among others. Thousands of people holding colourful banners and placards flooded the streets of Giridih as they marched in Giridih town raising slogans. The rally was led by district secretary Com. Manoj Bhakt, CPI (ML) MLA Com. Rajkumar Yadav, former MLA Com. Vinod Singh and other leaders. After taking a round of the entire city, the rally culminated in the form of a public meeting in Circus Maidan. The meeting was presided by Com. Usman Ansari. Addressing the meeting, Com. Rajkumar Yadav said that the Raghuvar government had allowed the corporates to loot the land, forests and minerals according to their whims and fancies and this has led to a threat looming on the very existence of Jharkhand. In order to ensure this, the anti-Jharkhand domicile policy has already been introduced. Dilutions have been made in the CNT-SPT acts to make them ineffective. Further, on the pretext of putting an end to wrongful settlement, a plan to snatch the raiyat tribal land and the gair-majrua land on which mainly Dalits and tribals are residing, is being implemented. Com. Rajkumar further cautioned that in order to ensure the continual of corporate loot and to divert the attention from basic issues, the assaults on Dalits, tribals and Muslims were increasing. Just as Dalits were attacked in Una, in Jharkhand, Muslim youths were attacked and killed in Latehar and Hazaribagh. Promising tribal youth like Rupesh are being killed in police lock ups or are being termed terrorists and being killed in fake encounters. Com. Vinod Singh also criticised forces like JVM-Babulal, JMM, AJSU who have been playing power brokers and forming alliances with companies to increase the assaults on the displaced from r=Ramgarh, Hazaribagh to entire Jharkhand. They are working as B-teams of the BJP. At the end of the meeting, district secretary Com. Manoj Bhakt declared that on 15 September, massive block level mobilizations will be undertaken on the issue of land and ration.

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