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Founder Editor KANU SANYAL
Editor-in-Chief
VISWAM
Editorial Board Arvind Sinha Shambhu Mahato Nand Kishore Singh
Vol . 16 Issue : 12 December , 2024 e-mail : clastrugle @ yahoo . co . in
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1 . Article Gig Economy 03 COP-29 06 Birth of Communist Party of India07
2 . From the Modern History of China Kuomintang and China Communist Pary 09 Peace Policy of China 15
3 . Working Class Problems & Agitations Amazon India Workers 16 Bhopal Gas Disaster 17
4 . Report Kisan Ekta Kendra ’ s Movement 20 PDSO Uttarandhra Convention 22 AIFTU ( New ) State Convention 24
5 . Poem
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST STATE REPRESSION ( CASR )
Strongly Condemns the Killing of Five
Muslim Youth by UP Police
On 24 th Nov 2024 , the Uttar Pradesh Police unleashed violence on protestors leading to the murder of 3 Muslim youth initially . In a video that emerged from Sambhal , the police can be clearly seen shooting at civilians . Later , the death toll due to police firing has risen to 5 , all from the Muslim community . Slain individuals include Kaif ( 17 ), Ayan ( 18 ), Naeem ( 28 ), Noman ( 42 ) and Bilal Ansari ( 25 ). The incident happened when the local Muslim population protested against the survey of Shahi Jama Masjid by a court-appointed team which arrived with a crowd of Hindutva goons chanting “ Jai Shree Ram ” to communally attack and humiliate the minority community .
The survey was ordered by the District Court in Sambhal in a petition filed by Vishnu Jain claiming that the Shahi Jama Masjid mosque is built over a Hindu temple named Hari Hari . It is very concerning that a court is openly acting as an instrument of Brahmanical Hindutva Fascist forces , entertaining absurd petitions and ordering surveys without hearing the other party i . e . the caretakers of Shahi Jama Masjid or local Muslim population . It is even further troubling that a court appointed survey team is marching up to the mosque with Hindutva goons , chanting communally charged slogans to hurt the sentiments of local Muslim minorities who were already aggrieved by the unlawful order of survey .
This whole incident upto the arrival of survey team and the brutal repressive method used by the police against the protestors projects a disconcerting pattern of growing Saffronisation of institutions like the judiciary , the executive and the police machinery ; leaving the aggrieved minority community with no recourse but to protest to protect their dignity . The protest should not be seen as a clash but a willful escalation of the situation by the state authorities . Furthermore , the District administration , instead of holding Hindutva forces accountable for escalation , are trying to cover up the issue by issuing an order restraining all social and democratic organisations and individuals from entering Sambhal . This is worryingly similar to the tactic that was used by the Nuh Administration in the Mewat incident , in Manipur , in Bastar and all regions where the state ’ s excess can be exposed by a fact-finding team visiting the region .
This attack on the right to practice and propagate one ’ s religion and subsequent attack on fundamental right to assembly and freedom of expression should be seen as an example of how the state and its machinery is becoming a tool to represent the interests of the ruling class ideology of Fascism and curtail the democratic rights and space of minorities . This attack on minorities belonging to the exploited section of the society is part of the state ’ s agenda to establish an unconstitutional and discriminatory Hindutva state by using the police force as its personal army to enforce its diktat . This clearly shows that the “ Rule of the Law ” is selectively applied to favour the fascist forces , while the masses have neither basic democratic space nor basic rights .
Campaign Against State Repression strongly condemns the barbaric murder of the 5 Muslim youth and demanded the following : 1 . Police personnel / officers responsible for extrajudicial killing of 5 youths must be held accountable . 2 . Scrap the unlawful and communally motivated survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid . 3 . Register FIR against the Hindutva goons for communally polarising the local atmosphere and breaching peace . 4 . Allow social and democratic organisations to visit Sambhal .
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