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Left parties’ dawn-to-dusk bandh tomorrow

BERHAMPUR: A group of left parties and organisations have decided to observe a dawn-to-dusk bandh in south Orissa on Saturday in protest against the police firing at Narayanpatna in Koraput district, which killed two activists of Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS).

On Monday leaders of different organisations and social activists had decided to take up protest demonstrations all over the State on Saturday over the same issue. This decision had been taken at a meeting at Podapadar village of Narayanpatna block during the funeral of the two CMAS activists.

But the activists had not decided upon the mode of protest.

It was decided that different modes of protest like dharna and road blockade would be taken up in different parts of the state by different organisations on that day.

On Thursday, leaders of CPI-ML (New Democracy), CPI-ML (Liberation), Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS), Orissa Forest Mazdoor Union (OFMU) and Malkangiri Adivasi Sangh (MAS) got together to decide that they would hold a 12 hour-bandh on Saturday as a mark of protest against the police firing at Narayanpatna.

Through a joint statement these organisations said they were observing this bandh for three major demands.

They wanted legal action against the ‘erring’ police officials involved in firing on CMAs activists, removal of armed security forces from Narayanpatna and end to ‘indiscriminate’ arrests in the area.

The police and the administration say they had resorted to firing to avert arms loot by CMAS activists who had broken through the locked gates of Narayanpatna police station on Nov 20.

But the CMAS activists claim they had held a peaceful demonstration in front of the police station, which was fired at.

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