A 3-member delegation represented by Comrade Ramji Rai, Politburo member, met the Chief Home Secretary Mr. Anil Kr Gupta on 20 December and demanded adequate and just treatment of the riot hit victims living in camps and elsewhere. The delegation also raised other matters. The delegation expressed its anguish at the carelessness and abdication of responsibility by the destrict administration in looking after those who have taken refuge in the relief camps.
Apart from demanding food, health care and all urgent basic materials for battling the cold, the delegation told the Home Secretary that no administrative pressure should be put on those families who do not want to return to their villages, and the compensation to those families be immediately provided that is commensurate to their losses.
Another demand was the withdrawal of all 8 cases by the state against agitationists and Dr. Mohammad Israr Khan, a Professor of Ruhelkhand Univ. and leader of peasants protesting against forcible land acquisition for a bypass in Bareilly. The issue of no action so far in the matter of murderous attempt on Comrade Ramesh Singh Sengar’s life by the mining mafia in UP was also raised and urgent action was demanded.
