Haat to Wal-Mart

Vandana Shiva

A typical Walmart store sells 60,000 different items, of which about 80 per cent are sourced from 6,000 factories in China

On July 11, 2012, I filed a public interest litigation in the Delhi high court on behalf of Navdanya, calling on the court to investigate whether Wal-Mart was making an indirect entry into India’s retail sector through Bharti Enterprises. The court has served notices to the corporations and the government.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is not permitted in multi-brand retailing in India. The ministry of commerce and industry, through the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), issued consolidated policy and regulation guidelines for FDI which are contained in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema) and RBI regulations, which prohibit foreign multi-brand retail chains from entering India and indicate grounds for violation of the rules.
Wal-Mart, which has emerged as one of the largest corporations in the world, is not just the largest retailer in the world, but also the world’s biggest private employer with over two million employees. The family-run business, which was founded in 1962, is today the world’s biggest grocery seller. From $30,000 in 1962, Wal-Mart’s earnings have touched $15.8 billion in 2012. It is the largest retailer in the US, Mexico and Canada and the second-largest grocery seller in the UK.
Wal-Mart operates under 69 different banners in 27 countries. Wherever Wal-Mart enters, it destroys the local economy, ecology and democracy. This is why we filed the PIL. For the sake of the people of India and the world, it is important to protect livelihoods and democracy. But for Wal-Mart and the governments of the US and India, it seems that Wal-Mart’s profits come before people and democracy.
Wal-Mart has been trying to enter India since 2005, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed an agriculture agreement with the then US President George W. Bush, committing to open up India’s seed market to Monsanto, grain market to US agribusiness and retail market to Wal-Mart.
Letting multi-brand retail giants like Wal-Mart to directly or indirectly penetrate into the Indian retail sector is violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution, as well as the Directive Principles of State Policy listed under Articles 38(1) and (2) and 39(a) and (c) which direct the state to ensure the welfare of the people and strive to minimise inequalities in income.
Though protests and political opposition have prevented WalMart’s entry into India’s retail sector, in 2007, it got a backdoor entry for wholesale through a joint venture with Bharti Enterprises. Bharti Walmart stores go by the names of Easyday and Best Price Modern Wholesale.
In 2011, the Cabinet decided to allow 51 per cent FDI in retail. After considerable opposition, the decision was rolled back. The government, however, continues to announce its commitment to promoting FDI in retail — codeword for the “Walmartisation” of the Indian economy.
Even after a change in government in the US, the administration and business interests have continued to push for Wal-Mart. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton visited Kolkata in May 6, 2012 to meet chief minister Mamata Banerjee, since Ms Banerjee had blocked the government’s attempt to open up the retail sector to Wal-Mart in 2011.
Wal-Mart is being presented by the Indian government as the saviour of farmers, small retails and workers. Yet the record clearly shows that Wal-Mart’s “superprofits” come from destroying small farmers, displacing small retailers and exploiting workers.
Hypermarkets displace diversity, quality, nutrition and taste and replace it with uniformity, quantity and appearance. They are also responsible for 50 per cent of the food wasted globally. As Tobias Reichart reports, “to ensure timely delivery to numerous retail outlets, companies like Wal-Mart prefer to buy large amounts to products meeting uniform standards from a limited number of supplies.” Big retail goes hand in hand with big agriculture. There is no place for small farmers in a Wal-Mart world.
“Walmartisation” of Indian agriculture will create more poverty for our people. It will also leave India poorer as a culture and civilisation, in which the real free trade takes place face-to-face on our streets and in our haats and bazaars. Box stores and hypermarkets will rob India of her diversity and decentralised economy, which is the source of our resilience and real wealth of the people.
In a newspaper article titled Walmart’s vision of India, Raj Jain, president, emerging markets, Wal-Mart, has stated: “One key reason for Wal-Mart’s success is localisation. We carry local products from local suppliers that appeal to local tastes, needs and fashions.”
If Wal-Mart was our local neighbourhood store, carrying only locally produced items, it would be different in every region of every country and not be a “supercentre”. A typical Walmart store sells 60,000 different items; a supercentre sells 120,000 items. About 80 per cent of these are sourced from 6,000 factories in China. Wal-Mart, one of the biggest beneficiaries of corporate-led globalisation, has made communities dependent on countries thousands of miles away for everyday items — including the food we eat and the clothes we wear.
Workers in China’s Guangdong province work for 13 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week, with 20-hour shifts during peak season. Even though the minimum wage in China is as low as 31 cents an hour, these production workers are paid 13 cents an hour. As Sherrie Ford, a factory owner has stated: “Every time you see the Walmart smiley face, whistling and knocking down the prices, somewhere there is a factory worker being kicked in the stomach.”
At a time when movements like Navdanya and Slow Food are growing worldwide to promote and protect local food cultures and economies, when the West is recognising that the Wal-Mart model degrades food, culture and employment, and farmers’ markets are growing everywhere, the Government of India seems determined to destroy the largest and richest “bazaar” culture in the world while using it to advertise “Incredible India”.
We need to protect our agriculture, food cultures and livelihoods from the invasion of supermarket chains. “Free trade” for Wal-Mart is the end of freedom for our farmers, hawkers and vendors who constitute a population of more than 800 million in India.
Citizens must take the lead in shaping societies that protect the earth, give work to all hands and enrich our communities and societies. “Our world is not for sale” — the slogan of activists and social movements worldwide fighting the current model of corporate globalisation embodied in global trading system — must move to every farm and every street in every society because our freedoms and our very lives are at stake.

The writer is the executive director of the Navdanya Trust

सुभाष पार्क से ढांचा हटाने को संतो का प्रचण्ड प्रदर्शन

हजारों ने किया महा चालीसा का पाठ, राष्ट्रपति को ज्ञापन

नई दिल्ली, जुलाई 27, 2012 । दिल्ली के वरिष्ठ संतो के नेतृत्व में आज सुभाष पार्क से अवैध ढांचा हटाये जाने की मांग को लेकर प्रचण्ड प्रदर्शन किया गया। प्रदर्शन में दिल्ली के कोने-कोने से आये वरिष्ठ संत व देश भक्त राजधानी वासियों ने हजारों की संख्या में भाग लेकर महा हनुमान चालीसा का पाठ किया। चालीसा से पूर्व हुई महासभा को सम्बोधित करते हुए संतो ने घोषणा की कि जब तक एमसीडी की जमीन पर अराजक तत्वों द्वारा बनाये गये इस ढांचे को समाप्त नही किया जाता हमारा विरोध जारी रहेगा। प्रदर्शनकारियों को सम्बोधित करते हुए कार्यक्रम के संयोजक और दिल्ली संत महामण्डल के महामंत्री महन्त नवल किशोर दास ने कहा कि दिल्ली के ऐतिहासिक लाल किले के सामने पुलिस की निगरानी में मा. उच्च न्यायालय के आदेशों की धज्जियां उड़ाते हुए अराजक तत्वों द्वारा हमारे पाण्डव कालीन मन्दिर की दीवार के ऊपर अवैधढांचा बनाये जाना कोई भी देशवासी स्वीकार नही करेगा। इसे अविलम्ब ढहाना ही होगा अन्यथा, दिल्लीवासी अपना आन्दोलन और तेज करेंगे।

लाल किले के सामने चांदनी चैक स्थित गौरीशंकर मंदिर के बाहर हुए विशाल महा चालीसा के कार्यक्रम को जगतगुरू रामानन्दचार्य स्वामी हंसदेवाचार्य जी, महामण्डलेश्वर स्वामी राघवानन्द जी, स्वामी धर्मदेव जी, महन्त सुरेन्द्र नाथ अवधूत जी, महन्त भईया दास जी व स्वामी चकपाणि जी सहित अनेक संतों तथा विहिप के अंतर्राष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष श्री ओम प्रकाश सिंहल, प्रांत महामंत्री श्री सत्येन्द्र मोहन, संगठन मंत्री श्री करूणा प्रकाश, हिन्दुस्तान नव निर्माण दल के श्री शैलेन्द्र जैन व श्री अशोक कपूर, राष्ट्रवादी शिव सेना के अध्यक्ष श्री जय भगवान गोयल, हिन्दू मंच के श्री राम शरण यादव, सनातन धर्म प्रतिनिधि सभा के संगठन मंत्री श्री बृज मोहन सेठी, हिन्दू रक्षा समिति के श्री राकेश गोला, हिन्दू स्वाभिमान संघ के श्री धर्मेन्द्र पाण्डेय, राष्ट्रीय सिख संगत के सरदार उजागर सिंह, क्षेत्रीय गौरक्षा प्रमुख श्री राष्ट्र प्रकाश तथा पूर्व पार्षद  श्री सुमन गुप्ता सहित अनेक संगठनों के पदाधिकारियों ने सम्बोधित किया।

विहिप दिल्ली के मीडिया प्रमुख श्री विनोद बंसल ने बताया कि सभी ने सामूहिक हनुमान चालीसा का पाठ कर ढोल मंजीरे व घण्टा घडि़यालबजाते हुए प्रभु से कामना की कि प्रशासन को सद्बुद्धि देकर राष्ट्रीय सम्पत्ति की सुरक्षा करने का साहस प्रदान करे तथा देश को असमाजिक व अराजक तत्वों से मुक्ति दिलाये। बाद में एक प्रतिनिधि मण्डल ने राष्ट्रपति भवन जाकर देश के नवनिर्वाचित महामहिम श्री प्रणव मुखर्जी को बधाई संदेश देते हुए इस मामले में अविलम्ब हस्तक्षेप कर दोषियों को कडा दण्ड देने की मांग भी की।

भवदीय

Vishal will live forever.

Vishal will live forever.      (J.Nandakumar)

“Our Vishal, is in the critical care unit… and he is almost dead,” Kiran’s inconsolable sobs choked his voice. That call was from Chengannur Jilla pracharak, Kiran, late in the night on the fateful day, July 16. I had seen news flashes about a students’ clash at a college campus, near Chengannur, but didn’t give much importance to such skirmishes that are a regular affair during the opening days of colleges. But I came to know about the details of that incident only during the late night from Kiran. It was a planned attack on ABVP workers by the Campus Front goons. Campus Front is the students’ wing of the notorious Popular Front which is the re- incarnation of SIMI a banned terrorist organization.
Vishal Venugopal was the Nagar Samithi member of the ABVP and the Nagar Shaareerik Sikshan Pramukh of the Sangh. He, along with the colleagues, had been to the Christian College to oversee the new comers’ welcome function organized by the college unit. Three or four Campus Front workers were also there. Everything went on smoothly till 11’o clock. Suddenly, a group of Muslim goons from outside came to the college gate and started abusing ABVP and Goddess Saraswathi. , Vishal and other workers tried to dissuade them from disturbing the function. They didn’t know about the real intentions of the intruders. All of a sudden, those goons from outside, unleashed an attack on Parishad workers with daggers, modern knives, and other lethal weapons. Vishal, Vishnu and Sreejith were severely injured. Vishal, who was also seriously injured, succumbed to death in the wee hours of 17th. Two other workers are still in the intensive care unit.
This was not an isolated incident. So many such incidents had taken place in the recent past, all of similar nature. Popular Front has been planning to unleash terror in the state for a long time now, and the particular fatal incident apart of their well thought out war strategy.

In its usual well planned manner for it trains intensively, the Popular Front had done away with its intended victim.
 EThe other day, the Kerala state government has informed the High Court that Popular Front, which has connections with SIMI, is responsible for 27 homicides of RSS and CPM workers that happened in the state. In a Taliban-model attack on July 4, 2010, the right hand of Prof TJ Joseph was chopped off by activists of the Popular Front and its political wing Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). The reason ? Joseph had allegedly responsible for setting up a question for a test paper in which he had purportedly blasphemed Prophet Muhammad. The NIA is looking into this case. The PFI ‘ court ‘ had found him guilty and passed a sentence of amputation.

 Vishal was targeted
Vishal was a promising young worker of the Sangh. In his village, he strengthened the Sangh work and started new Sakhas in the near by villages too. He, through his incessant contact and campaign, had been cautioning Hindus about the evil designs of Islamic fundamentalists. He was instrumental in checking several love jihad attempts in and around that area. Jihadis, through several means, were trying to disturb the peace of village life. Alluring Hindu youths through different means, to engage them in anti- social activities like drug abuse and trafficking, is one among that. Vishal, with the help of other villagers, used to intervene and successfully defeat such attempts. He had been courageously campaigning against the growing communal menace with terrorist link, in campuses. These were reasons enough for terrorists to target that young worker. A jihadi court sitting some where had given the order to finish off this eye sore once and for all and those ruthless killers executed the decree.
 
A dedicated soul:
 Vishal’s dedication and devotion to the great cause of the Sangh ideology, was exemplary in the real sense of the term. He lived, worked and even studied for the Sangh cause, and through the Sangh for nation. He wanted to become a Pracharak as early as possible. It seems, he was always in a hurry. That was why he wanted to discontinue his +2 studies, even though he was a brilliant student. However, the Sangh Adhikaris didn’t allow him to do so. They quite naturally asked him to continue his studies and secure at least a PG. He resolved to do so, but it was an uphill task at that point of time, because only 45 days were remaining for the exam. Vishal couldn’t wait for yet another year. So he studied day and night for 45 days and completed all pending lessons and came out with flying colures in the exam. Then he joined Konni college for B.Sc. Electronics.
 
In search of Roots.
Strange was his life history. Born in Saudi Arabia and he conducted his preliminary studies in London. But his tender heart was never reconciled to the materialistic life style there. He devoted his free time over internet not to indulge in modern fancies but to find out his Indian roots, culture, our sacred language Sanskrit, and the Holy Scriptures. Young Vishal took an oath to devout his life for the welfare of our culture and heritage. He found out through his endless pursuits that RSS was the one and only organization through which he could fulfill his dreams. Hence, he requested his parents to allow him to go to Bharat and live in their village so that he could study in a congenial atmosphere and work for the nation through the Sangh. His parents tried to dissuade him from his strange desire, but all in vain. He was adamant and the loving parents at last acceded to his wish.Thus he came to Bharat and started his second life for the nation. Parents unable to bear his separation for a long time, tried many a time to take him back to UK. With folded hands and utmost respect he implored them to allow him to continue to live in Bharat. His father, Venugopal , reminisces: “My son used to tell his mother that he might not be in a position to serve us both during our old age. That pained her a lot. When asked why he was telling so, his answer was quiet unbelievable for us,” the bereaved father tells. Vishal told that if  great patriots like Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad and Swami Vivekananda had thought about their families and lived for their families, would we have attained freedom? His words and deeds were far beyond the range of a boy of that age.
Once he came to know that one of his friends was not able to join for higher studies due to lack of monetary support. Vishal hadn’t to think for a second time to sell his new motor bike and gave that money to that friend. Vishal was supporting 4 students from poor backgrounds to help them pursue their studies.
 
Renunciation is our national value
  On July 15, he attended a Gurupooja function at a nearby Sakha. Just 24 hours before that fateful attack on him by the Jihadi terrorist, he was giving an inspirational boudhik to students. He referred to renunciation as the very natural characteristic of our nation. Hindus remember only such people who had offered everything at the altar of the nation the Mother. Swayamsevaks of that Shakha, who had heard that well- structured Boudhik, still recall each and every word of that Boudhik.
Thousands gathered at his funeral.His father and mother had flown down from the UK. Emotions of uncontrollable grief and irrepressible protest was discernible everywhere. After the funeral, the parents heard a song sung by their elder son in a low tone, Vipin, his elder brother, was standing near the pyre. Naturally both the parents admonished him, “how come you sing a song standing here in this condition. Is it not your brother who is getting reduced to ashes on the pyre?” Vipin, who was wailing in between, whimpered a reply: “This is not just another song, father. These lines were taught to me by my dearest Vishal- Jeevitham ambe nin poojaykkaay, Maranam devi nin mahimaykkaay-(This life, Oh Mother, is for your sevice, and death, Oh Goddess, unto your greatness).
This was his favorite Gana geetham hence I sang it, and take it from me mother, I’m going to live according to the spirit of that song hereafter.”
Two days later, one of the provincial Sangh workers visited the house. While talking about Vishal, his father told in the affirmative: “We were not Sangh sympathizers. Actually I was a leftist. But now my son through his life and dedication has changed my life as a whole. Everything that was his, according to him, belonged to the nation, and we too are going to work for the Sangh through the way shown by our dearest Vishal.
It brings forth a noble truth. No anti- national forces can douse the true spirits kindled by the Sangh. Islamic terrorists have been trying to create a fear psychosis among families through such heinous crimes. But they have failed before the resolve of steel of Vishal’s family members, coworkers and the peace loving society.

Vishal is not gone. He lives among us through his brothers in the Sangh. His message of selfless service to the Nation and the Hindu society has grown stronger. His memory will be honored by our selfless renunciation for the cause he chose to uphold. We will see that in place of one Vishal, the Jihadis will have to face a thousand.

Ethnic Cleansing of Original Tribes, Other Hindus & Non-Muslims in Assam & current violence there.-vhp

Urgent letter
From: Dr Pravin Togadia, International Working President, Vishwa Hindu
Parishad, Sankatmochan, Sector 6, R K Puram, New Delhi
July 26, 2012
To:
Hon. President of Bharat
Shri Pranab Da Mukherjee ji, New Delhi.
Subject: Ethnic Cleansing of Original Tribes, Other Hindus & Non-Muslims in Assam & current violence there.
Reference: The ongoing violence in Assam currently.
Hon. Shri President of Bharat,
Nomoshkaar!
 At the outset, let me wish you congratulations for becoming the 13th President of Bharat – The 1st Citizen of Bharat. I am sure with your long experience in insight in Bharat, now Bharat will try to solve the problems faced by Bharat’s citizens. Now, without wasting more time in formalities, I wish to draw you urgent attention &  immediate intervention to the gruesome plight that Bharat’s original citizens in Assam have been facing. As you are aware, last few days, Assam is burning. Lakhs of Original Tribals have been attacked & forced to flee their homes, villages & towns. Their homes burnt, their little land grabbed & their loved ones lost in the horrible arson & murders by Bangla Deshi Infiltrators now settled in Assam. The relief camps are pouring with the victims of this Ethnic Cleansing of original citizens of Bharat by the Infiltrators. With your kind sensitive heart, if you see the wrinkled faces & tear-filled eyes of those old tribal women & those young worried nursing mothers holding their new-borns in their hands, you will realize the agony & pain they are going through.
This is not the first time it has happened in Assam. It has been going on for over 2 decades. Karbi Anglong, Khasi, Dimasa, Bodo, Jaintia & many other local Tribes who have made Bharat’s North East eco-friendly
with their environmentally simple life styles, who have made Bharat rich with their great art & culture are being brutally attacked, their jungle habitats burnt, their women raped, their men fired at in close range & ultimately they are forced to either die at the hands of Bangla Deshi invaders or leave their age-old traditional habitats.

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Unfortunately, just like the authorities ignored first, then neglected & then manipulated the ethnic cleansing in Kashmir done by Pakistan supported separatist groups, the Assam’s systematic ethnic cleansing of local tribes, other Hindus & other Non-Muslims is being ignored by the authorities knowing fully well that the happenings in Assam are the systematic efforts of Bangla Desh helped by Jehadi elements to create Greater Bangla Desh &
socio-politically occupy Assam & many parts of North Eastern Bharat. Mr. President, coming from Bengal, you are well aware of the plight of Bangla Hindus in Bangla Desh. Kashmir situation has gone out of control & now Assam too going the same direction. Unfortunately, the citizens of Bharat are made into minority there by the invading Bangla Deshi infiltrators (Please see the Annexure – total 9 - attached here for more important details.)
1.      Bangla Deshi infiltration is a known fact in Assam. They have settled there with the help of local politicians who have been using this large group as their vote bank. Therefore, the ethnic cleansing by these infiltrators is although not directly state sponsored in a technical terms, but it has a socio-political blessing of those who
win based on these votes. (See Annexure 1 & 9) 
2.      Terror outfits supported by HUJI in Bangla Desh & ISI, Al Qaeda in Pakistan are fully deep-rooted by now in Assam namely like MULTA (Muslim Liberation United Tigers of Assam) & others. (See Annexure 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 & 9). Internationally & even by domestic agencies this has been clearly explained. Yet for vote bank politics, they have been allowed not only enter Bharat, but settle in a sensitive & militarily important state like Assam thereby not only hurting the local population there but putting nation’s safety & security at risk.
3.      Despite continued blasts, other jehadi attacks by such groups & the systematic Pak / Bangla Desh sponsored activities like burning big habitats of local tribes, hoisting Pak / Bangla Desh flags, reducing local population to minority by directly killing them & also by adding more to Bangla Deshi Muslim population there by continued illegal influx, both Union Govt & the state Govt of Assam have been claiming that there have been no hand of Bangla Desh in Assam violence. Sir, Mr. President, this is not mere violence between two groups like Bodo & Muslims as both the Govts are trying to project (This refers to the statement given by the Union Home Secretary & also by the CM of Assam on July 26, 2012 that there had not been any hand of Bangla Desh in
violence in Assam). This is a systematic Ethnic Cleansing of local age-old tribes & other citizens of Bharat as it happened in Kashmir during partition & around 1990. Similarly, the Govt was in denial about Kashmir regarding Pakistan’s hand in Kashmir Ethnic Cleansing. Today, Pakistan has been responsible for umpteen jehadi attacks in & on Bharat where many innocent lives are lost almost daily in Kashmir & in other parts and this is now the official Govt stand. Therefore, Mr. President, without wasting much time – already it is late -   you in your capacity as the Constitutional Head of the nation & as the 1st Citizen of Bharat, need to immediately intervene in Assam situation to stop Ethnic Cleansing of local tribes & other original citizens of
Bharat there. (Please see Annexure 6 & 9 along with other attached papers & photos) 3
4.      There needs to be immediately formed a Tribunal to deport all Bangla Deshi Muslim Infiltrators from Assam & also from other states in Bharat to prevent further Ethnic Cleansing of Bharat’s own citizens. The tribunal should have members from the Army, those retired & served most part in Assam so that they are well aware of the situation there, the socio-cultural experts to understand the importance of original tribes in Bharat & the legal experts to give justice to all the tribes who have been facing attacks by Bangla Deshis. This tribunal also should set the deadline for time as to until when the Bangla Deshi Infiltrators will be deported fully without getting into the ploy that they have voter ID so they are Bharat’s citizens because for vote bank, many have been given such
documents which otherwise are given to Bharat’s other citizens with much verifications. 
5.      All the local tribes, other Hindus & Non-Muslims who have been attacked over the years & also now staying in Relief camps should be given Ru 7,00,000 minimum compensation for each person in the family
died in the violence against them without hassling them for documentation, those who are injured must get immediate medical help at Govt cost & also Ru 4,00,000 as compensation, those who have lost the bread-earner  n the family should get – apart from the Ru 7,00,000 compensation – Govt job at least to one member of the family or in case of being illiterate – enough financial aid for agriculture / jungle produce trade / business depending their skills. Govt should also rebuild their houses at the same place where they lived. These facilities should be given ONLY to the local tribes, other Hindus & Non-Muslims.
6.      There is no reason other than infiltrators’ invasion for such a big Muslim population there which is the second largest at 31% now – the unnatural growth in population due to systematic heavy influx of Muslim Bangla Deshi Infiltrators from invading Assam’s border districts like Kokrazar, Dhubri, Chirang area & many others. Almost 11 constituencies in Assam, this election, had majority votes of these Muslims. (See Annexure 1, 3 & also other documents attached apart from much more information Govt agencies already would have but are not
letting public of Bharat know of it.) 
7.      Mr. President I urge you NOT to ignore or discard my letter, the information attached & also the pleas made by all of us about Assam to immediately deport ALL Bangla Deshi Muslims there. Please do not discard these merely because we may differ in some parts of ideologies. But as a patriotic 1st Citizen of Bharat, YOU and those who do care for keeping Bharat safe from Bangla Desh’s & Pakistan’s shrewd & horrible invasions – WE, all together can make a difference if we keep our some differences aside when it comes to such national
issues. We all are more than willing to extend our helping hand, however small that help may be, to you if & when you take up the issues of national security & local population’s safety in Assam & in all such troubles states rising above any political compulsions. 
           In your new tenure as the President of Bharat, we wish you all the best & again urge you to intervene in the Human Rights crisis created by Ethnic Cleansing of original tribes, other Hindus & non-Muslims in Assam. Kindly do take out time from your busy schedule to go through the documents attached to this letter to get a
4 glimpse of the huge security threat from bordering countries to North East & therefore to Bharat. Original people of Assam – the citizens of Bharat – are waiting for you to show your kind heart & diplomatic acumen in saving them from the modern day invasion from Bangla Desh & Pakistan. Be their savior in their agony & pain, Mr. president, so that citizens of Bharat in other states would not have to nationally & internationally raise such issues but focus of taking Bharat to newer heights. 
        Dhanyavaad. Hoping to see serene Durga Pooja celebration in your Presidential palace as well as in the Devi worshiper Assam this time in Navaraatri. Regards,

Sincerely,

Dr Pravin Togadia
International Working President
Vishwa Hindu Parishad
Contact: 098253 23406, Email : drdogadia@gmail.com

Copy to:
1.      The Prime Minister of India
2.      The Home Minister of India
3.      Hon. Supreme Court of India
4.      The Chief Minister of Assam
5.      Office of Human Rights – United Nations, New York
6.      Office of Human Rights – United Nations, New Delhi
7.      The Leader of Opposition - Loksabha
Attached:  A) Annexure 1 to 9 (Total 9)
                 B) Photos of grim situation in Assam – Tribes & Relief Camps)

Illegal migrants fuel tension, says Hagrama

Tagged with: Assam riots    Bangladeshi nationals    Bodoland Territorial Council    BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary    Indo-Bangladesh border    Kokrajhar violence

Hagrama Mohilary

Post Bureau, Guwahati (July 24): Bodoland Territorial Council chief Hagrama Mohilary has demanded immediate sealing of the Indo-Bangladesh border, alleging that Bangladeshi nationals were sneaking into the state and fomenting trouble.

He said that there are reports from indigenous Muslim people that some foreign elements are instigating the local people to indulge in violence in Kokrajhar district.

“The people in BTC, particularly the Muslims, are industrious people who have been living in peace with us since many years. There was no disharmony before. But local Muslims have informed that people from outside, particularly the neighbouring country, have entered the area and are instigating the local people,” Mohilary alleged.

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ये सरकार निराली है 

कश्मीर बेचने वाली है 

उठो जवानों मौका है 

रिपोर्ट नहीं ये धोखा है 

ये अन्दर की बात है 

चिदम्बरम पाक के साथ है 

जन-जन पूछे बार बार

किसके थे ये वार्ताकार \

जो बोलेगा पाक  की बोली 

वो खायेगा हिन्दुस्तानी गोली

गुपचुप समझोते मंजूर नहीं

काश्मीर है , नीर नहीं 

घाटी नहीं  POK  की बात करो

दुश्मन पाक से दो दो हाथ करो

बाब बर्फानी की हुंकार 

युवा शक्ति करे प्रहार 

आतंकी और फौजी में फर्क करो....

न देश को नरक करो ...

फाई के मेहमानों की 

नहीं चलेगी बेईमानो  की 

जो भारत को तोड़ेगा 

वो सिंहासन छोड़ेगा \

नेहरु की गलती पर  मनमोहन मुहर लगाएगा 

गद्दारों से हाथ मिला कर कश्मीर बेचकर खायेगा 

मसला कश्मीर घाटी का न है 

दुश्मन के कब्जे में गिलगित की माटी का है....

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बोलो वार्ताकारो दिल तुम्हारा दुखा नहीं 

कह दो सत्ता के गलियारों से 

श्रीनगर और दिल्ली की सरकारों से 

पूरा जम्मू कश्मीर हमारा है 

यही हमारा नारा है 

वार्ताकारो की बिछा बिसात 

मनमोहन कर गए देश विभाजन  की बात 

ये कैसी वार्ताकारो की बोली 

जैसे अलगाववादियों ने जुबान खोली....

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अपना ही घर फूंक गए 

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1994 के संसद के संकल्प को भूल गए

ऐसा करने से पहले क्यों न फ़ासी पर झूल गए

Memorandum on Kashmir Issue

HER EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT OF BHARAT

SMT. PRATIBHA DEVISINGH PATIL

RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN

NEW DELHI.

EXCELLENCY,

Subject- Regarding report submitted by the Interlocutors on Jammu – Kashmir.

A.     With humble respects and compliments, we wish to approach your highest offices with the following submission related to the subject mentioned above :

·        The Instrument of Accession was signed by the then Maharaja of Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir on October 26, 1947 leading to accession of the state into Bharat.

·        With signing of this document Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of Bharat. As per the provisions of the Instrument of Accession, the accession of Jammu and Kashmir into Bharat is irreversible and irrevocable.

·         Pakistan and China are in illegal occupation of a large part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. This being Indian land, it is not only our duty but also responsibility to regain control of those parts of the state that are under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China.  Parliament of India unanimously adopted a resolution to this effect on February 22, 1994.

·        Putting forward or supporting any demand like separation of any part of the state from Bharat, rejection of the Accession of Jammu and Kashmir into India, seeking freedom from India or taking it out of the jurisdiction of Constitution is nothing but an act of treason. 

·        India Has fought three direct wars and one limited war in Kargil for defending Jammu Kashmir from the aggressors. A proxy war in the form of Pakistan sponsored terrorism is on in the state since 1988.  Total 21 Param Veer Chakras have been awarded by HE for displaying extraordinary valour in the battlefield since 1947. Out of these 16 have gone to the brave soldiers who fought for and in Jammu –Kashmir. More than 6000 soldiers have sacrificed their lives in the nation’s fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

 

B.     Many of the recommendations contained in the Report of the Group of Interlocutors are against national sentiments, tend to negate/violate the supremacy of Indian Constitution, aim at eroding the sovereignty of India and also attempt to encroach upon the rights and powers of HE the President of the Republic of India.

·        Recommendation of setting up a Constitutional Committee (CC) to review all Central Acts and Articles of the Constitution of India extended to the State after the signing of the 1952 Agreement.

·        It will bear in mind the dual character of Jammu and Kashmir, viz. that it is a constituent unit of the Indian Union and that it enjoys a special status in the said Union, enshrined in Article 370 of the Constitution of India; and the dual character of the people of the State, viz. that they are both State subjects and Indian citizens.

·        The Central Acts and Articles of the Constitution of India, extended with or without amendment to the State, have dented Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and abridged the State government’s powers to cater to the welfare of its people.

·        The next step would be for the President, in exercise of powers conferred by clause (1) and (3) of Article 370 of the Constitution, to  issue an order incorporating the recommendations of the Constitutional Committee. Once this process is over, Clauses (1) and (3) of Article 370 shall cease to be operative and no orders shall be made by the President hereafter under the said clauses as from the date of the final order. 

·        Deletion of the word ‘Temporary’ from the heading of Article 370 and from the title of Part XXI of the Constitution. Replace it with the word ‘Special’ as it has been used for other States.

·        On the Governor: the State Government, after consultations with Opposition parties, shall submit a list of three names to the President.  The President can ask for more suggestions if required.  The Governor will be appointed by the President and hold office at the pleasure of the President.

·        Article 356:  the action of the Governor is now justiciable in the Supreme Court.  The present arrangement should continue with the provision that the Governor will keep the State legislature under suspended animation and hold fresh elections within three months.

·        The nomenclatures in English of the Governor and the Chief Minister should continue as at present.  Equivalent nomenclatures in Urdu may be used while referring to the two offices in Urdu.

·        Parliament will make no laws applicable to the State unless it relates to the country’s internal and external security and its vital economic interest, especially in the areas of energy and access to water resources.

·        Take all appropriate measures to regard Jammu and Kashmir as a bridge between South and Central Asia.

The above said recommendations of the Group of Interlocutors make it sufficiently clear that this report is an attempt to encroach upon the sovereignty of India over the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is against the provisions of Constitution of India as well as against the aspirations of the Indian nation as a whole.

C.    In their capacity as citizens of India and also as representatives of the Indian Citizens, the undersigned humbly request HE that the Report of the Interlocutors titled ‘ A new Compact with People of Jammu Kashmir’  that has been displayed on the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, for public debate may please be :

·        Rejected and scrapped with immediate effect.

·        Removed from the official website of the Home Ministry immediately. Instructions to this effect may be given to the Ministry.

·        It is further requested to institute an Inquiry into the circumstances/ compulsions under which the Interlocutors prepared and submitted such an anti-national and highly objectionable report. This job should be assigned to a competent agency and the same may be mandated to look into the alleged connections/connivance of the interlocutors with anti-national forces in and outside the country. If the allegations of direct or indirect connections between any of the interlocutors and the anti-India forces are found correct, the guilty must be brought to book and punished under the law of the land.

             Thanking Your Excellency in anticipation,