Friday, May 8, 2015

India - today bandh in Chhattisgarh:

Chhattisgarh: Maoists fell trees, appeal two-day ‘Mahabandh’ protesting Modi’s visit to Bastar
RAIPUR: A day before visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first to Maoist infested Dantewada in Bastar division on May 9, Maoists have yet again marked their presence in protest against PM’s visit by putting up banners and pasting pamphlets appealing people to witness two-day ‘Mahabandh’ in Sukma district on Friday morning. In the pamphlets pasted in large number Jagardunga-Dornapal region, rebels have boycotted PM’s visit and Chhattisgarh government’s ongoing Loksuraj Abhiyan (public meeting campaign).
Sukma SP D Shravan said that lots of pamphlets and posters were found in Jagargunda-Dornapal region against PM’s visit to Bastar but it was a common practice that Maoists follow to mark their presence during such grand events. “But roads in my jurisdiction are all clear without hindrance,” he added. Meanwhile, many trees were felled at Pakhanjur-Bhanupratappur route in Kanker, to disrupt traffic and movement of vehicles. Maoists have hanged two effigies of Modi and chief minister Raman Singh to one of the trees on the road they have blocked with trees.

In the banner put up at the spot, Maoists have appealed to protest the visit as it is only intended only to sign MoUs to sell natural resources of state to big corporate houses. Police said that the clearing work was yet to begin as there were chances that Maoists may have planted IEDs under the felled.

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