A Shocking State Of Affairs



Some days back, I came to know of a very confidential letter that gave me a tremendous shock. I read it accidently and reading it my hair actually stood on my edges. This was a letter written to the Human Rights Commission at Delhi from Nandigram, West Bengal. It was written somewhat like this:

Ahead of Panchayat Polls on 11/5/2008 the ruling party sponsored goons continued unhindered violence inspite of the assurance in the all parties meeting that normalcy would be assured.

The CPM goons resorted to bloody violence in this area. They snatched voter-ID cards of nearly 1200 voters and also beaters of the opposite party. 11 to 15 persons including women were admitted in the Nandigram Block Primary Health Center in critically injured condition. All villagers gathered at Block Development Office to give them the permission of casting their votes without ID cards but the Officer present lathicharged them with RAF personnel.

Dead bodies were lying around on the field like stacks of garbage unattended. Uncovered fully mashed bodies of women, supposedly raped were lying. The Superintendent of Police too joined the goons and prevented dead bodies to be carried in the hospital.

Even weeks after this, no action was taken from the Government, Police, Lawyers, Court. Nothing. Absolutely Nothing. So, reconsider India’s status again. India is a democratic country, is it? Well, I don’t think so.

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