Mahapanchayat
(mass gathering) September 5, 2021 in Muzzafarnagar, Uttar
Pradesh,
held to discuss the brutal attacks on farmers by forces of the Indian
state.
Brutal
attacks by the police and paramilitary forces of the Indian state on
the peaceful Indian farmers have been flashing on social media.
Despite images of farmers' cracked heads, broken arms and
legs
and a brutal death, the farmers have shown their resolve and vowed to
stand firm in the fight against tyranny and state terror. With
spirits soaring and the unprecedented determination of a mass movement,
even as the blood drips from the wounds inflicted by the vicious police
violence, the resolve of the farmers and their supporters all over
India and the world is greater than ever.
They
follow in the footsteps of many heroes of the people who sacrificed
their lives with their heads held high, never giving up their striving
for freedom or their dignity. Ya Jit Ke Jawange Ya Sadiyan
Lashan Jangiyangi, say the farmers. (Either We Will Win or
Our Dead Bodies Will Return). TML Monthly joins the
people all over the world who are saluting this spirit. We join them in
saluting the youth who threw their bodies over those of elderly farmers
to protect them as they were ruthlessly beaten by police and the
paramilitaries. Their valour will inspire folk songs and poetry for
years to come.
The farmers said: Shame on this
government and all the representatives of the monopolies who have been
telling the world that India is the "largest democracy" in the world.
Far from independence from the British Raj being its "greatest
achievement," the last 75 years have proven that it is not Loktantra
(rule of the people) but Chhaltantra (rule of
deceit and deception) and Goondatantra (rule of the
goons).
A Mahapanchayat (mass
gathering) is taking place on September 5 in Muzzafarnagar, Uttar
Pradesh (UP) to discuss Mission UP and Uttarakhand. They are demanding
that the officer in Karnal, who ordered police to break the farmers'
skulls, be charged with murder. Thousands of farmers from each state in
India came to attend the Mahapanchayat. It was
expected to be the largest rally in the world held in recent
times. The farmers warned people to expect provocations such
as the ruling elite killing a top religious leader in UP, to incite
communal divisions and violence. This has been the repeated modus
operandi of the ruling elite since 1947 and the farmers are
determined not to permit their struggle to be diverted or to permit
communal bloodshed.
Farmers point out that the
legislature, executive, judiciary and so-called political parties and
the media are in fact mafias in the service of a handful of powerful
corporations which stop at nothing to control the productive powers and
resources of India and the world. The system's crisis of legitimacy and
credibility has deepened and farmers are opening a new path by
empowering the people.
Rallies and gatherings are
being held in communities all over the world. Resolutions are being
passed condemning the violence against the farmers by the police in
Karnal and supporting their demands for the repeal of anti-farmer laws.
Farmers
taking part in a protest against the Chief Minister of Haryana are
brutally attacked by police, August 28, 2021.
Mahapanchayat, September
5, 2021, in Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
This article was published in
Volume 51 Number 9 - September 5, 2021
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