The tribal upsurge in West Bengal’s Jungle Mahal area is making the ruling CPI(M) lick dust, with people in Chhotopelia village of the now famous Lalgarh area surrounding a patrol party of the Central Reserve Police Force for more than seven hours through 
the night of December 8, till the district administration asked for forgiveness for “a breach of treaty”. The ‘treaty’ had been worked out on December 7, one point of which was precisely that villagers would have to be informed whenever police wanted to enter the forests or villages.
Again, this week itself, the vast Sarenga area in Bankura district, so far unaffected by the upsurge, saw a gathering of 2,500 tribals telling the administration that they would follow the Lalgarh path against police atrocity. Surprisingly, far away from Lalgarh, tribals in Balurghat, West Dinajpur district, submitted a 33-point charter of demands, which included immediate stopping of atrocities on tribals in the name of hunting for Maoists, and punishing those responsible for atrocities in Lalgarh. And in Nadia and Jalpaiguri district too, tribals are expressing solidarity with Lalgarh.
Almost a full month after the massive tribal unrest started in the Jungle Mahal area, the agitation had been suspended early this week after the leaders of the Committee’s Rail Roko call....Continue
the night of December 8, till the district administration asked for forgiveness for “a breach of treaty”. The ‘treaty’ had been worked out on December 7, one point of which was precisely that villagers would have to be informed whenever police wanted to enter the forests or villages.Again, this week itself, the vast Sarenga area in Bankura district, so far unaffected by the upsurge, saw a gathering of 2,500 tribals telling the administration that they would follow the Lalgarh path against police atrocity. Surprisingly, far away from Lalgarh, tribals in Balurghat, West Dinajpur district, submitted a 33-point charter of demands, which included immediate stopping of atrocities on tribals in the name of hunting for Maoists, and punishing those responsible for atrocities in Lalgarh. And in Nadia and Jalpaiguri district too, tribals are expressing solidarity with Lalgarh.
Almost a full month after the massive tribal unrest started in the Jungle Mahal area, the agitation had been suspended early this week after the leaders of the Committee’s Rail Roko call....Continue
