In Kerala's Muthanga wildlife sanctuary in 2003, a Congress government shot and killed several tribals who were agitating against the loss of their land, their livelihoods and their culture. The person who led the Kerala government then, A K Antony, is now India's defence minister.
This goes to show how exploitation of the down-trodden happens in all parts of the country under all political parties.
The same author, RS, had written about it then as a problem fundamentally created by Christians grabbing the land. I looked it up and it is at http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/feb/28rajeev.htm I hope RS can tell us who the real villains are. Is it the Congress or the Communists?
Are we to conclude that a) Congress, b) Communists are both culprits in decimating the poor? That is alarming, considering they are (and have been for most of the past 50 years) ruling the country.
The role of the Christians in grabbing land is also quite remarkable and is something the Indian media never brings out.
That makes me wonder whether Nandigram is getting so much focus only because a lot of the victims there were Muslims.
