Jharkhand Bandh by CPI(ML)
Protesting against the cancellation of panchayat elections and demanding that they be held immediately, CPI(ML) called for a Jharkhand bandh on Sept. 7. The militant assertion of the protesters and the masses made this call a success. Through this bandh the Party registered a strong protest against the Munda govt., especially its anti-tribal policies, and conspiratorial designs for fomenting communal tension between tribal and non-tribal people in the state....Full text
Chilika Fisherfolk Block the Chilika Bill
Do or die – that was the slogan of the Chilika traditional fisherfolk while marching for the State Assembly gherao on August 9, 2005 , to save their fishing rights over the Chilika lake. They were more than ten thousand in number. Their mood was militant. Their main demand was the withdrawal of the anti-fisherfolk ‘Black Chilika Bill’ which was going to be introduced in the Orissa State Assembly on that day. The Bill was not being introduced for the first time....Full text
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