No quaver ever shook
Your bold voice
You spent over a decade
The best moments of life
In a cell where
Neither the sun’s rays
Nor any free breeze could reach
Such stifling confinement was your portion
Even in this atmosphere
You remained fresh as ever,
Although in those years of torture
Your frame
Wasted away steadily
From your ebbing frame
You yourself gave the call
For revolutionary forces to unite
We responded with warmth
In this dark and cloudy night,
Stars kept bursting
One after another
When we couldn’t see
Our hands before us
You kept seeing dreams
Kept scattering the colours of the rainbow
In this hour of your last living journey
We want
To assure you
In defence of your dreams
We’ll remain ever alert as the pupils of the eyes
Today in this hour of farewell
Accept our united salute
We’ll spread in a bold voice
Your message for change.
[Poem by Comrade Mahendra Singh translated from his collection of poems Keemat Chukati Zindagi]
From Socialist Perspective, Australia
To:
Speaker,Lok Sabha
somnath@sansad.nic.in
Chief Election Commissioner, India
cec@eci.gov.in
Chief Election Officer - Jharkhand, India
ceo_jharkhand@eci.gov.in
Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission, India
covdnhrc@hub.nic.in
Director General (Investigation), National Human Rights Commission, India
skumar_55@nic.in
Dear Sir/Madam, The Democratic Socialist Perspective of Australia condemns most strongly the outrageous murder of Mahendra Singh (MLA), a CPI(ML) elected member of the legislative assembly in Jharkhand. We add our voice to the demand of the CPI (ML) and its general secretary Dipankar Bhatticharya that:
1. The SP of Giridih District be arrested immediately and tried for the murder of Mahendra Singh.
2. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry be instituted to determine the BJP Government's political conspiracy of getting Mahendra Singh eliminated through bullets if not ballot, especially the role of BJP Minister Ravindra Rai in the killing.
3. The Election Commission of India take cognisance of the murder and order dismissal of SP Deepak Verma, as well as send a team of central observers to ensure the conduct of free and fair elections in constituencies of Giridih, particularly the sensitive constituency of Bagodar, since Mahendra Singh had not only been a most popular legislator, winning 3 consecutive terms, but had been the voice of democratic opposition in Jharkhand.
4. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) send a high-level team to the area to investigate the cases of human rights violations at the hands of this notorious SP and forces which have been actively patronising his activities in the region to throttle the voice of democratic protest against oppression of the common people that was represented by Mahendra Singh.
With anger and outrage at this atrocious act, Yours sincerely, John Percy, National Secretary Democratic Socialist Perspective Australia intl@dsp.org.ay
From Socialist Party, Malaysia
Dear Comrades,
Our heartfelt condolences to the family and all party members of CPI(ML) on the marthydom of their beloved leader -- Comrade Mahendra Singh. The Socialist Party of Malaysia condemns the coward killing of Comrade Mahendra Singh. We share your sorrow while we salute your courage to fight on!
In Solidarity
S.Arutchelvan
Secretary General
Parti Sosialis Malaysia