History is repeating itself
as far as Maoist movement in north Telangana is concerned.
Land related disputes,
discrimination with villagers based on caste and class, villagers forming groups
to take revenge against each other are leading to them siding either side of
police or Maoists.
The same socio,
economic and political conditions prevailed in the villages when Naxals gained
foothold in the villages 20 years ago.
Maoists are taking
advantage of prevailing differences between villagers, the gap between rich and
poor that has widened in the last 20 years and suppression on down trodden
especially Dalits by the local land lords to get foothold in villages in the
north Telangana.
The unrest among
Adivasis caused by various government policies which alienating them from their
‘Jal, Jungle and Jameen’ apparently forcing some of them to tilt towards
Maoists to protect their rights.
The recent non- tribals’
agitation backed by the businessmen and realtors demanding the relaxation in
A.P Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1970 (Prohibition of Tribal
Land Transfer Act which was popularly known as 1/70Act) which was a safe guard
for Adivasis’ rights in Agency areas also created unrest among the Adivasis in
the Adilabad district.
Imposing restrictions
on Adivasis’s movements and their natural habitats in the name of tiger zones,
opencast mines in Adivasi areas, displacing them on large scale from their
gudems, growing dominance of the plain area Lambada Tribals and cornering all
the benefits meant for the Tribals by Lambadas and planting trees under
‘Haritha Haram’ in lands being cultivated for long time by the Adivasis without
conducting joint surveys by the revenue and forest departments are also causing
unrest.
The unrest among the
Adivasis is quite clear and they have manifested it many times through their
agitations which are on the rise in the Telangana. Maoists are reentering
into villages by taking up the local social issues and settling the issues in
Praja Courts (Kangaroo Courts) and threatening the local land lords and
suspected police informers.
The above issues had not
surfaced during the Telangana agitation though they had been simmering.The issues had not been
addressed by the intellectuals of the Telangana who led the agitation to keep
the people united to first achieve separate Telangana state.
This situation is
indirectly giving scope for Maoist to regain foothold in the villages in the
Adilabad district. Some villagers have become sympathizers of Maoists to take revenge
against their rival group.
There are differences
among the villagers on the land and it creates two groups in the Patha Ellapur
village in Khanapur mandal in the Adilabad. One group is pasted wall posters in
the name of Maoists threatening the other group and to take revenge. Police
arrested some of them and sent them to judicial custody few weeks ago.
Top Naxalites of that time had attacked the house of powerful landlord
and Congress leader G V Pitamber Rao in Tapalpur village in Jannaram mandal
which resulted in his death and also death of his two sons in subsequent attack
in Nov, 1976.
Adivasis of the interior areas are in the grip
of fear in Khanapur mandal in the district following the exchange of fire
reportedly that took place between police and Maoists near Shetpalli forest
area under Pembi police station limits in Khanapur mandal on November 18.
Tense situation is being prevailed in the Tribal
areas since Maoists killed Adivasi youth Kursinge Ballal Shah, 25, of Kheriguda
of Tiryani mandal accusing him of being police informer on October 30.
Bellampalli police produced
the surrendered Naxaltie Chunchula Bakkanna,38, who reportedly recently rejoined the
Maoists, before the Media on November 22 and announced that Bakkanna he was accused in
the killing of Ballal Sha. Police took Chunchu Bakkanna into their custody who
reportedly injured in exchange of fire between police and Maoists in Shetpalli
in Khanapur mandal in the Adilabad.
SP Dr. Tarun Joshi said
‘there was no need for them to kill Maoists in fake encounters and showing the
arrest of the Bakkanna was best example for this and alleged that some
organizations making propaganda of fake encounters against police without waiting
for facts.
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