Killing of Prasadam condemned
Haragopal recalls late leader’s concern for Girijans
The government and the police were responsible for the killing of
Ganti Prasadam, president of Martyrs’ Friends and Relatives Association
and the vice-president of Revolutionary Democratic Front, in Nellore on
Thursday, said leaders of people’s organisations, human rights activists
and revolutionary writers, here on Friday. Prasadam had no enemies and
only the government had a reason to eliminate him since Prasadam was
travelling across India and working among people to awaken them, RDF’s
joint secretary G.N. Saibaba said at a press conference. Selfless man
Prasadam could work anywhere and on any issue and had also taken up
agrarian issues and would work openly among the people to create
revolutionary awareness and go underground when necessary, Prof. Saibaba
said. Prasadam was the central committee member of CPI (ML) Party Unity
which later merged with CPI (Maoist) and went underground.
After he was released from a lengthy detention after his arrest in
Aurangabad, Prasadam had come out into the open and worked with many
people’s organisations. Prof. Saibaba demanded a judicial inquiry by a
sitting or retired High Court judge into the murder of Prasadam. Human
rights activist G. Haragopal recalled Prasadam’s concern for Girijans
and his humane nature when he wanted the voiceless Girijans released
first and not him or other leaders in exchange of then Malkangiri
Collector Vineel Krishina.
When the Girijans were not released, Prasadam went on a fast in the
Bhubaneswar jail and got about 200 of them released. Prasadam’s killing
was murder of humanity. He was concerned about the people and wanted to
help them, but was eliminated, said Prof. Haragopal. Virasam’s Chalasani
Prasad recalled his 40 years’ association with Prasadam and his work
among the people in Bobbili area where he was worshipped like a god. He
alleged that the police in mufti had killed him. General secretary of
RDF Raj Kishore alleged that the government goondas killed Prasadam to
create a fear among those working against injustice and atrocities and
for a new democratic order. He was certain that the people would make
the government pay for killing people like Prasadam.
At another press conference, Mr. Chalasani Prasad, T. Sreerama Murthy
of ACLC, P.V. Ramana of Anti-Privatisation Committee, K. Venkata Ramana
of Dalita Hakkula Samakhya, K. Padma of Mahila Chetana, Ganesh Panda of
AIFTU, Kondayya of CPI (ML-New Democracy), M. Venkateswarlu of IFTU, S.
Ramana of Dalita Vimukti, Ravi of Slum-dwellers Association, Venkata
Lakshmi of POW and JV Ratnam condemned Prasadam’s murder and sought a
judicial inquiry into the killing.
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