CPIML Liberation and Makkal Adhikaram in Tamil Nadu organised a public meeting on 5 June at Trichy condemning Modi’s war on tribals and Maoists of Chhattisgarh and demanding judicial enquiry into the killings. The meeting emphasised on a political solution to the problem rather than looking at it as a law and order subject. Significantly, this was the first ever joint program of CPIML and Makkal Adhikaram in the state.
The public meeting was addressed by comrades Shankar, CPIML Polit-bureau member and the Incharge of Tamil Nadu party, Raju, a member of Makkal Adhikaram’s state team of political affairs, Thiagu of Tamil National Liberation Movement, Adv Balamurugan of PUCL, Adv Banumathi of Progressive Women Advocates Association addressed the gathering along with Chezhian, the state secretary of Makkal Adhikaram, Loganathan of New Democratic Labour Front and Dhanavel of RYA. Comrade Asaithambi, the state secretary of CPIML presided the protest meeting.
Protestors of both programs condemned the killing of comrade Basavaraj, the general secretary of CPI (Maoist), hundreds of Maoist cadres and thousands of innocent tribal people fighting for their rights on the land and forest which is being indiscriminately handed over by Modi-BJP government to corporates to loot the minerals.
Speakers also criticised Modi and the BJP’s state government for their unjustified refusal to negotiate with Maoists to end the conflict who have unilaterally declared ceasefire and also willing for talks.
The Geneva Convention, ratified by around 150 countries around the globe, on “non-international” wars / rebellion, has formulated a set of guidelines regarding internal / civil wars which prohibit killings, tortures, etc. It has also guided that the rebels shall be treated as war prisoners and associated rules should be followed by the nation states. Modi led BJP government has violated all applicable laws and has killed tribals and Maoists indiscriminately. It is also being reported that the military forces in more than 300 camps in the region resort to fake encounters.
The BJP-RSS idea is not only a ‘Maoist free India’ by March 2026 but a ‘dissent free country’. They are waging a war against not just Maoists but against the constitution, rule of law and democracy.
The protesters demanded to stop the Modi’s war and extra-judicial killings against tribals and Maoists forthwith and to institute a judicial enquiry into the killing of Basavaraj and others to deliver justice. They also raised voice against violations of the Forest Rights Act and against the loot of rich minerals by the corporates.
