Statesman News Service KOLKATA, March 16: Noted jurist and former Supreme court judge Mr Justice VR Krishna Iyer has severely indicted Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee%u2019s Marxist government for unleashing %u201Cterror%u201D on Nandigram and has once again reminded Marxist leaders both here and in New Delhi that %u201Csocialism means humanism and not terrorism%u201D. In a letter written to Mr Prakash Karat, CPI-M general secretary, the retired Supreme Court judge has demanded that %u201Caction at party level must be taken%u201D against Mr Bhattacharjee%u201D if governance over humanity is to be exercised for the benefit of the peasantry%u201D. In his letter dated 15 March, the veteran jurist has said, %u201CI am sure thousands like me will be shocked by the Nandigram incident. Please, please have some regards for those who feel that socialism is not terrorism, but humanism; and misrule by gun will not be the rule of the Left in State authority%u201D. Writing from Kochi, he has said: %u201CI had and still have great hopes that the Marxists, if in power, will rule with compassionate ideology and win votes and people%u2019s cooperation beyond party barriers. But to my horror, the terror practised yesterday at Nandigram fills me with dread and disappointment.%u201D Mincing no words the retired judge came down heavily on Mr Bhattacharjee saying %u201Cthe illusion of exploitative power has led the ministry to govern by the gun. The consequent bloodshed demands your urgent attention and commands the party%u2019s authority to arrest the frequency of police barbarity and the resultant bloodshed%u201D. Mr Justice Iyer prefaced his letter to Mr Karat by reminding him that he was law minister of the first Communist government in Kerala from 1957 to 1960 %u201Cunder the charismatic chief ministership of EMS Namboodiripad who was also a great Leftist thinker%u201D. Then expressing his %u201Cgreat disappointment%u201D with the Buddhadeb government he writes, %u201CBut alas, in West Bengal things are murky, capitalism is happy, poor peasantry is in a state of privation and suffering from deprivation.%u201D He then goes on to say about EMS%u2019s first Communist government in Kerala in 1957, %u201CWe came to power by the ballot and rarely, if ever used the bullet, with the result that the police violence was hardly used as an instrument against the peasantry to suppress their will. But look at the contrast now. The brutality and bloodshed, unleashed by the police force is now bulleting the humble humanity.%u201D Mr Justice Iyer then makes a fervent appeal to Mr Karat. %u201CI not only lodge my protest but entreat you and the party to take immediate action and restore the basic proposition that Communist government is there not for exercising its power with violent weapons. And action at party level must be taken if governance over humanity is for the benefit of the peasantry.%u201D The noted jurist concludes his letter thus %u201CDo forgive me for expressing my strong feelings with the expectation that the fundamental belief and practice of a Left administration is to work for the humble people and not for the proprietariat by using the brute force of the bullet%u201D. Mr Justice Iyer%u2019s demand that %u201Caction at party level must be taken if governance over humanity is for the benefit of peasantry%u201D is being variously interpreted in top CPI-M circles. Some are interpreting that the noted jurist, who is much revered not only in the CPI-M but also in other Left parties, is demanding that Buddhadeb be sacked from chief ministership. They point out that Mr Justice Iyer in his earlier letter of 20 February last to Mr Jyoti Basu over the Singur land acquisition issue had said that, %u201CBuddhadeb disenchants me and many like me who have the Marxist perspective of working for the common%u2019s welfare as he says he is running a capitalist and not a socialist government.%u201D. He had also written that %u201CTata socialism as against Gandhian redemption of destitution, has persuaded the present chief minister to deprive the agriculturists of Singur of nearly a thousand acres of fertile land to facilitate the construction of a Tata motor car factory.%u201D But those who have taken a more charitable view of the demand say that Mr Justice Iyer, who is also viewed as a conscience keeper of the country%u2019s Communists, wants the party to let off Buddhadeb, at least for this time, by issuing only a %u201Cstrong stricture%u201D against him.
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by Im back on Mar 17, 2007 11:41 AM Permalink
Oh my god ?? 100 million ?? Lokks like a good story writer in making !!!! go ahead man...
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by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay on Mar 17, 2007 11:55 AM Permalink
Now don't say, THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY MAMATA DIDI:)-
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by Rabi Saha on Mar 17, 2007 04:50 PM Permalink
Mr Bhaskar, U r an avid reader of political history but bokks are also no free from hidden facts...If The Black Book of Communism has shown that 100 million ppl murdered by Communism then ur rightist parties are not far behind...just another face of the same coin...and pls don't call others illiterate just as u know political history doen't mean that ur out of this world and remember ur living in a coutry where still most of the ppl are illiterate...if u want to show ur knowledge do it calmly and everybody will notice u...this type of mudslinging can be comapred with the political leaders only...I think ur not that type...so pls restrain urself...and if u have guts just try to do some good for these poor farmers...lend a helping hand...alredy ppl are bashing CPI-M like nething...but does nebody think what'll be aftermath of this massacre....even u r just giving evidence, lectures...do something man...hope u r a young guy and have guts to do something(Not like Didi's cadres,they r same as CPI-M cadres, flexing the musclepower to make the Bandh success)....ppl are not fools...oneday they'll understand this type of politics also and will be thrown out....B'cause "Yeh Public Hain,Yeh Sab Janti hain"...hope u'll give evidence against this also...only lecture and lecture....give blood in a blood donation camp to help them at least...that'll help and better than these stupid dicscussions...r u listening???Hope so...now start ur lashing on me...I'm ready for that and for ur info not listening to u b'cause tomorrow I'm attending a blood donation camp...then also u'll be busy wtih this political history and took part in Rediff's stuid discussions....and just like didi no constructive decision so that these farmers can back to their normal life soon....I don't know as a well educated person how r saying these things b'cause other than some ppl nobody will listen to ur voice...and Rediff will again put a cloumn and u'll again start ur lecture and show ur knowledge on politics not thinking of the faremers....
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by Rabi Saha on Mar 17, 2007 05:59 PM Permalink
Sorry, so many silly typing mistakes in my last mail...so posting it again....otherwise Mr Bhaskar will again start finding out the minute details of typing mistake...LOL RE:RE:RE:RE:''Socialism means humanism and not terrorism. VR Krishna Iyer .'' - by Rabi Saha on Mar 17, 2007 04:50 PM Mr Bhaskar, U r an avid reader of political history but books are also not free of hidden facts(though I'have full faith on this book)...If The Black Book of Communism has shown that 100 million ppl murdered by Communism then ur rightist parties are not far behind...just another face of the same coin...and pls don't call others illiterate just as u know political history doen't mean that ur out of this world and remember ur living in a coutry where still most of the ppl are illiterate...if u want to show ur knowledge do it calmly and everybody will notice u...this type of mudslinging can be compared with the political leaders only...I think ur not that type...so pls restrain urself...and if u have guts just try to do some good for these poor farmers...lend a helping hand...alredy ppl are bashing CPI-M like nething...but does nebody think what'll be aftermath of this massacre....even u r just giving evidence, lectures...do something man...hope u r a young guy and have guts to do something(Not like Didi's cadres,they r same as CPI-M cadres, flexing the musclepower to make the Bandh success)....ppl are not fools...oneday they'll understand this type of politics also and will be thrown out....B'cause "Yeh Public Hain,Yeh Sab Janti hain"...hope u'll give evidence against this also...only lecture and lecture....give blood in a blood donation camp to help them at least...that'll help and better than these stupid dicscussions...r u listening???Hope so...now start ur lashing on me...I'm ready for that and for ur info not listening to u b'cause tomorrow I'll attend a blood donation camp...then also u'll be busy wtih this political history and took part in Rediff's stupid discussions....and just like didi no constructive decision so that these farmers can back to their normal life soon....I don't know as a well educated person how r u saying these things b'cause other than some ppl nobody will listen to ur voice...and Rediff will again put a column and u'll again start ur lecture and show ur knowledge on politics not thinking of the farmers....
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by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay on Mar 17, 2007 11:54 AM Permalink
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Hardcover: 912 pages Publisher: Harvard University Press (October 15, 1999) Language: English ISBN-10: 0674076087 ISBN-13: 978-0674076082 Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 2 inches Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
