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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Tribals vow to continue stir against steel plant by Prafulla Das

Tribals vow to continue stir against steel plant by Prafulla Das

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published Published on May 23, 2010   modified Modified on May 23, 2010


They raise slogans against the alleged police repression on them for opposing acquisition of their land 

Slogans such as ‘Tata Company Go Back' reverberated the air

Leaders of several opposition parties attend the memorial function

KALINGANAGAR: The cries of scores of hapless tribal women rented the air in this industrial area in Orissa's Jajpur district on Saturday as hundreds of villagers opposing displacement paid tributes to Laxman Jamuda who was killed in police firing on May 12.

Braving the heavy rains that played the spoilsport, the tribals opposing handing over of their land for establishment of a six million tonne capacity steel plant by Tata Steel, the tribals vowed to continue their agitation in the days to come. They stood silently near the stone pillars at Vir Bhoomi, the place where they had memorials of the men who had sacrificed their lives in their struggle to save their land and homes from being taken over for the proposed steel project since January, 2006. Laxman Jamuda's memorial was the 17th memorial. The remaining memorials included that of the 14 men and women who were killed in police firing on January 2, 2006 when the villagers clashed with the armed policemen to oppose work on the steel project.

Earlier, the tribal agitators came to Vir Bhoomi in a procession from their villages nearby. They raised slogans against the alleged police repression on them for opposing acquisition of their land for the steel project.

Slogans such as ‘Bikash Ke Naam Par Binash Nahin Chalega' and ‘Tata Company Go Back' reverberated the air as the tribals came under the banner of the Bisthapan Virodhi Janamanch to reiterate their opposition to displacement. Leaders of several opposition parties and various mass organisations and those opposing displacement in other parts of the State also attended the memorial function that was organised on the 11 {+t} {+h} day of Jamuda's killing during police action against those opposing displacement.

The parties which sent their representatives to express solidarity with the agitating villagers include the Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India (CPI), CPI (M-L) Liberation, and Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI).


The Hindu, 23 May, 2010, http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/23/stories/2010052353160300.htm


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