Friday, June 11, 2010

CPIM struggle for landless - 1400 activists court arrest

CPIM conducted a struggle for the landless poor in Kummidipundi village in Thiruvalluvar District, Tamil nadu. Around 1400 peooples including 800 women were arrested. Com. G Ramakrishnan, CPIM Tamil nadu State secretary led the protest demonstration. Around 700 acres of Goverment land is been alledgedly encroached by landlords in this village. The people in this village were amking continous struggle for the last 6 years for regaining this land. The people have been consistently complaining to the goverment authorities regarding this encroachment. The authorities never took any action. It is under this circumstance the people led by CPIM moved to direct action. Speaking at the occassion Com G Ramakrishnan urged the state goverment and asked the Chief Minister to pay special attention to regain the Government lands from the big encroachers and hand it over to the landless poor.

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