Activities in Koderma
THE Jan Sankalp rally at the Bagodar in a tide of red flags raised aloft covered about 1 km around Bagodar bus stand and both sides of GT Road from Sariya Road to Hazaribagh Road, indicating clearly that the people of Koderma have sounded a clarion call against the policies of BJP government. Several journalists and writers brought out special write-ups on Mahendra Singh on the occasion of his martyrdom day. It has become clear that in the current political scenario, the CPI(ML) has emerged as the need of the hour for the people of Jharkhand—for adivasis, dalits, minorities, workers, farmers, women, para teachers, Rasoiyas, ASHAs and other scheme workers, for democracy and justice loving citizens, and for the educated and intellectual community. In preparation for the rally, the CPI(ML) and its mass organizations took many kinds of political initiatives in Koderma district.
Bagodar: On 22 December RYA organized a one-day convention focused on the attacks on dalits and minorities by BJP governments, addressed by former MLA Vinod Singh, MLA Rajkumar Yadav, and others. On 10 November a massive protest march attended by thousands of women and students was organized in Jamua to demand the sacking of the BJP MLA who had threatened a rape victim and her mother. On the same day AIPWA also held a protest march at Bagodar. On 15 November, observed as Jharkhand Foundation Day, para teachers agitating for regularization and respectable wages were brutally lathi charged by the police at Ranchi. A series of protests were organized against this: by AISA-RYA at Bagodar on 15 November; by AIPWA and CPI(ML) on 16 November; and by people’s representatives supported by the CPI(ML) on 17 November. A ‘Jail Bharo Abhiyan’ was again organized on 20 November where effigies of local MP Ravindra Rai and MLA Nagendra Mahto were burnt and many Party leaders and activists courted arrest. A protest by over 1500 people was organized at Giridih in support of the para teachers’ demands on 29 November.
Protests against land grabbing for GAIL and NHI companies were organized at Bagodar on 11 December. A Jan Sankalp campaign was held from 18 December (Comrade Vinod Mishra’s anniversary) and 16 January (Comrade Mahendra Singh’s martyrdom day). A 30 km long motorcycle rally was organized on 11 January from Ghaghri to Atka.
Sariya: CPI(ML), AISA and RYA organized a protest march and meeting on 12 December against the increasing instances of crimes including theft, attacks and recently the murder of Panchayat committee member Dwarika Yadav in Sariya Thana.
he final of the knock-out football tournament was organized at Sariya stadium and attended by Comrade Vinod Singh and Comrade Rajkumar Yadav.
Rajdhanwar: Insaf Manch organized a one-day Assembly level convention at Rajdhanwar on 6 December, the anniversary of the Babri martyrdom day. The convention was attended by more than 3,000 people.
A minor girl who was missing from Doranda was recovered from Kolkata by the police who, however, molested the girl while bringing her back. CPI(ML) and AIPWA organized strong protests against this, forcing the guilty SI Buddhadev Oraon and Ismail Marandi to be suspended. The CPI(ML) carried out a successful struggle in Chitiridih against the capture by dominant forces of 28 decimal land given to the poor, and the poor got back possession and built more than 6 houses on the land. In retaliation, the dominant forces had false cases slapped against 17 dalits and ML Block Secretary Kishori Agarwal.
Cadre conventions were organized at all three Assembly Blocks between 30 December and 4 January. Intensive campaigning was also done at Bishnitikar, Pihara, Lokay and Satgama. Mobilization was also done at Birni, Jamua, and Devri Blocks.
Gandeya: AIPWA organized a rally against the brutal killing of a minor girl on 12 January, resulting in the arrest of the killers. A statewide strike and marches in support were organized on the issue of Rasoiyas’ demands. A dharna was organized at Barkattha Block in support of shopkeepers evicted from the Kaiser-e-Hind land on the NH 2 roadside. An Ambedkar memorial meeting was organized on 6 December attended by 125 families and followed by a secular march.
