Unite against the Imperialist Development Policy and attacks on the Rights of Tribals & the son of soil Call of Hul Jharkhand Kranti Dal Conference
Report from Jharkand
Hul Jharkhand Kranti Dal is basically a peasant organisation of Jharkhand . H J K D is affiliated with AIKMKS . On the occasion of 118th martyrs day of great peoples leader Birsa Munda the 2-day 11th conference of HJKD held on 9 and 10 June . Under the leadership of Munda , the Ulgulan was against the British imperialism , feudalism and their state power the police station and court . The 11th conference started with the homage to the great leader Birsa Munda with the traditional revolt songs and dances . Then the 5 members of presidium consisting of comrades Brisa Hemberam , Babudhan Murmu , Jaswa Kachhap , Mangal Marandi and Lalita Soren began the proceeding of the conference . Dr Rose Kerketta , who first raised the demand for the right to property for tribal women in Jharkhand , was the chief guest to inaugurate the conference . But she didn ’ t came because of health problem . So an old activist and intellectual of Jharkhand Fr Stan Swamy inaugurated the conference . He stressed that the land question is still important for Jharkhand since the Ulgulan period of Brisa Munda . Comrades Vashist Tiwary of CPI ( ML ) Red Star , Bharat Bhushan Choudhary of Samajwadi Jan Parishad and Manzul Oliver Dadel of Birsa Seva Dal also addressed the open session of conference .
All speakers stressed on the corporate loots and state repressions . They also narrated about the communal attacks especially on minorities and dalits . The Sangh goons are also attacking the progressive writers , journalists and intellectuals . These kind of
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Unite against the Imperialist Development Policy and attacks on the Rights of Tribals & the son of soil Call of Hul Jharkhand Kranti Dal Conference
incidents are increasing day by day in Jharkhand . So Jharkhand is on top of the list for this type of attacks in all over India . Jharkhand is now the laboratory for the Sangh Privar . It is the need of exploiting ruling classes to break the unity of toiling masses . At the last of the open session Comrade Shambhu Mahato of AIKMKS spokes on the history of the Jharkhand movement and the present situation in the Jharkhand . He explained that present exploitative and repressive system is not fit for the adivasis according to their culture which is based on equality , collectivity , brotherhood and labour .
In delegate session the three documents Present situation & our tasks , Political organisational reports and the Constitution of HJKD has been placed before the conference . After the discussion all the three documents has been passed unanimously . A state committee of 23 members comprising of Birsa Hemberam as President and Babudhan Murmu as General Secretary has been formed unanimously .
Following resolution were placed before the conference and passed :
1 . Present development policy is an attack on water , forest , land , minirals & toiling masses . Parliamentarian political parties have no differences on this Imperialist development policies based on plunder and repression . This development policy widening the gulf between the rich and poor . The State has been wantonly ignoring the constitutional rights of ST , SC and other weaker sections . So the ST , SC and other toiling masses are isolated in this system . So the conference in the interest of nation rejects this development policy . Conference demands to keep stress on public sector industries and small scale industries to increase employment opportunities .
2 . To make peasants self sufficient in producing seeds and fertilizers the agricultural sector must be freed from the clutches MNCs and corporate houses . As recommended by the Swaminathan commission report the price of the agricultural produce should be 50 % more of total cost of production .
3 . The aboriginal people of Jharkhand depends on agricultural & forest produces for lively hoods . According to the data of Dr Swaminathan , 83 % of peasants families of Jharkhand have below the 2 hectare land and 0.69 % families have more than 10 hectares land . So 83 % families of peasants are in a hand to mouth existence . So naturally they are not in a condition to use the industrial products , agricultural produces or the service sectors . They are bound to migrate seasonally in search of work with better wage in different states . So to change the present situation of peasantry the land reform is needed instead of land bank for the industrialists . Those lands of ST , SC & others which were occupied by money lenders , new rich & dabangs in contravention to CNT and SPT Acts should be returned back .
4 . In agricultural sector lakhs of farmers are committing suicides due to debt trap . While hundreds of crores of rupees are being given
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