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These forces have been given so much power and authority that they have blatantly disregarded constitutional provisions, human rights laws as well as court law.

et me begin by reminding you of a resolution which your party - CPI(Maoist) – adopted at your 9th Congress in March, 2007. Entitled `Resolution Against Hindu Fascism,’ it said: “The CPI(Maoist) pledges to fight resolutely against each and every instance of the trampling on the democratic rights of the oppressed minorities and others by the Hindu fascists. It pledges to do its best to defend the sections of the population targeted by the Hindu fascists. Our party is willing to unite in a broad front with all the genuine democratic forces which would be willing to fight back the Hindu fascist offensive.”

In October, 1971, New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg began an anguished piece in Foreign Affairs with spare prose: “History, geopolitical forces, power balances and election results all helped shape the crisis in East Pakistan.” But, he continued, “only in terms of ‘the pathology of the subcontinent,’ as one diplomat described it, can this bloody upheaval be adequately explained.”[1]

We, the following organizations and individuals are deeply shocked at the dubious methods used by the Intelligence Bureau of the Home Ministry of India, to discredit many important social activists in this country who have committed their lives in social action for years. For a long time, these activists have consistently questioned the destructive path of development India is following and have demanded a model of sustainable and equitable development which does not harm the environment, local communities, culture and the future generations.

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