The banned CPI (Maoist) which is observing its annual People’s Liberation Guerilla Army week, gave a call to the people in Agency area to observe ‘protest week’ from December 21 and a bandh on December 26 against the State and Central Governments’ move to take up bauxite mining in Agency area.
Secretary of Maoist party’s Andhra-Odisha border special zonal committee Chandramouli in a press release sent to reporters in Agency area on Sunday urged the people to take up arms to assert their rights over the forest. They must fight with inspiration from Alluri Sitaramaraju and support Manyam Pithuri Sena of the party and form revolutionary people's committees to take up armed struggle.
He said that temporary stalling of GO No. 97 that facilitates bauxite mining in Jerrela area was a ploy of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to douse the anger of people and to buy time to increase the attacks on people and to dump more police forces. He was trying to bring division among the Girijans by offering them false packages though he was aware of the fact that bauxite mining would bring great harm to the livelihood of the Girijans and displace a large number of them and also cause extremely serious environmental problem. But the Chief Minister and Central Government are determined to hand over the natural wealth to Anrak company, the Maoist leader said.
He also said the TDP, Congress, the YSR Congress, which is an offshoot of the Congress, and the Left parties have the track record of trying to go against the wishes of people.
The party wanted the Girijans to drive away the TDP and BJP leaders from the Agency area.
Stalling of GO97 is a ploy of the Chief Minister to douse the anger of people, they say.
