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Headlines : CorporationsIndia dispatches troops to tackle land-grab protests
The village of Nandigram in West Bengal has seen a series of tragedies this year. After the land of its people was handed over by a supposedly “Marxist” government to the massive (Indonesian) Salim Corporation to build a factory complex, local people mobilized to resist. Thugs linked to the ruling Communist Party have killed over 20 people as the district has become a “war zone” pitting the advocates of enforced, massive industrialization, against small farmers, craftsmen and the political opponents of the Communists.
[Posted By Szamko]Republished from AFP
New Delhi Saturday dispatched 1,000 troops to an Indian farming region where seven people have died this month in growing protests against plans to build a massive industrial park, officials said.
The decision came after a protester died Saturday and amid allegations local police are turning a blind eye to attacks by left-wing activists on protesters opposing the planned industrial park in Marxist-ruled West Bengal.
United News of India and residents put the number of protesters killed Saturday at three and 30 injured but the report could not be immediately confirmed.
“Considering the overall situation in West Bengal, the central government has decided to send one battalion (1,000 soldiers) of the Central Reserve Police Force,” a federal home ministry spokesman said.
Posted by Szamko
Just tries to tell the truth.
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Strike over violence shuts Bengal A strike by opposition parties against political violence in India’s eastern state of West Bengal has led to a widespread shutdown. Schools and offices are closed and transport disrupted in the capital, Calcutta, and across the state. Federal policemen have been sent to Nandigram, where at least eight people have died in clashes since last week.
Six killed as farmers and communists clash in West Bengal Clashes between communists committed to emulating China’s economic success and farmers opposed to the establishment of a vast industrial zone in eastern India came to a head yesterday when leftwing activists stormed several villages – leading to accusations of murder and rape…More than six people were killed after pitched battles in Nandigram in India’s West Bengal state over the weekend. Many women turned up at hospital claiming they had been raped and their houses had been demolished.