[Assam] Armed Revolution is an Outdated Concept

[Chan Mahanta]

On May 22, 2010, at 11:08 AM, subhash medhi wrote:

> I did not find any idiocy in that article.


**** I find that self-contradictory in the face of the charges below.

Kamath wrote:

	> Instead of attacking the government for establishing Salwa Jadum—  
in the face of sustained violence —
	>did the government have any other option?

So who is clueless here? Kamath? Or are the charges below baseless?

Personally I don't believe ALL of the charges below, but I am certain  
there is some truth to it.

But what is glaring by its absence, is the inability of Kamath and  
others in his shoes,
to imagine and press for the NEED for a reliable system of justice,  
where wrong-doers can
be held accountable, punished if need be.

But what does Kamath pine for?

	>Their headquarters have to be bombed

What will that bring you think? Can you imagine that?

And what is Kamath's concept of a democratic state with a rule of law,  
that he
seems to imply India is, where resorting to violence is not required  
to resolve
the grievances of the oppressed?

 > It invites administrative reaction during which many innocents would
 >inevitably get killed.

*** If this is not profoundly idiotic, I can't imagine what is? IF  
"Administrative reaction"
leads to deaths for innocents, what kind of a barbaric state is this,  
much less a democratic
one?





>
> But i would like to another angle to the issue.In one of the recent
> issues in Frontline, it was shown how the Salwa Judum is torturing
> their very own tribal people.Salwa Judum(meaning peace hunt in the
> native tongue) has been created by the government.Its recruits are
> tribal youths only. But the Salwa Judum, though it had been
> constituted to fight the Maoists, is actually targeting innocent
> tribals,those who are not even having the remotest links with the
> Maoists.One cannot describe the gruesome atrocities committed by the
> Salwa Judum on the tribals. Many killed. Whole villages have been
> burnt down.People out of fear of the Judum have fled their villages
> and taken refuge in the forests.But the Judum does never confront the
> Maoists.The ulterior motive might be that the Judum and the Maoists
> both are having the government's tacit support.The Judum may have been
> created to clear the villages of their inhabitants so that
> multinationals could come and start their operations to scoop out the
> rich minerals hidden far below the ground in those areas.
>
> Subhash
>
>
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