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Police about to forcefully enter villages: PPSS

From communication by Prashant Paikary, May 13th 2010

At any point of time, the police will forcefully enter into their
villages: POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS)

On 11th May 2005, the government sent 25 police force platoons, 5
Ambulances and 2 fire engines to near-by areas and forcefully occupied
different schools close to the affected villages by the proposed POSCO
plant at Jagatsingphur district of Odisha, India. When villagers of
Kujang refused to hand over the High School key, the police ignored
them and entered forcibly the school campus.  In doing this, the
police themselves were breaking the law.

Dear Compatriots, Comrades, Friends, Supporters, Well-wishers, Sympathizers and others,

   A sad news that at  Chandia village in Kalinga Nagar, the Orissa Police today(12^th May, 10) killed another tribal leader  Sri Laxman Zamuda –  as because villagers opposed forcible displacement by Orissa Administration in support of Tata Company.

It is 106^th Day of  Dharna by POSCO Pratirodh Sagram Samiti uninterruptedly continuing at Balitutha since 26^th January 2010 mid-night.

It appears that  Naveen Government’s thirst for bloods had not been quenched after the murder of   fourteen tribals of Kalinganagar on 2^nd January 2006, three tribals of Kashipur, one farmer of Erasama, Now their police backed and supported by the Union Manmohan Government are coming again to Dhinkia Charidesh for more bloods.  This time, it is for POSCO. Twenty five platoons of heavily armed police force have arrived yesterday and have already taken position around Balitutha and Dhinkia Charidesh to attack, the unarmed peasants, fisher-folks, landless daily labourers, dalits, other backward classes, women, men, children those who continuing their peaceful resistance movements the to protect their lands and livelihoods.

IF Palaniappan Chidambaram, Union home minister, was sincere about owning moral responsibility for the Dantewada massacre of 76 men of the Central Reserve Police Force by Maoists in Chhattisgarh on 6 April, he would have resigned instead of merely offering to resign, and the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, should have accepted.  His continuance in the home ministry has become untenable because he could have a vested interest in clearing forest areas of their tribal habitations and handing over the lands to multinational mining companies, including the London-registered Vedanta Resources plc, promoted by Anil Agarwal of Sterlite fame, whose director Chidambaram had been till the time of taking over as finance minister in the first UPA government.