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At the recent police conference attended by PM Modi, Gadchiroli DIGP Sandip B. Patil claimed in a paper that 15 cultural and rights organisations are actually “active frontal organisations of Naxals." Behind this claim is little evidence. https://thewire.in/rights/maharashtra-top-cop-accuses-decades-old-cultural-rights-orgs-of-working-as-naxal-fronts 

In 2017, the artiste couple Shital Sathe and Sachin Mali publicly announced their decision to split from the cultural outfit, Kabir Kala Manch (KKM) after 15 years of association.

The artistes had claimed that they no longer wanted to be associated with an organisation that had “left-leaning politics”. Subsequently, the two started their own cultural group – Navayana Mahajalsa – aligning themselves with the visions of Ambedkar, Phule, and Shahu Maharaj. 

Five years later, despite their work and critical take on the Left movement, the Maharashtra state has classified Navayana Mahajalsa to be an “active Naxal frontal organisation”.

Meanwhile, B.D. Sharma, a retired IAS officer, and one of the key architects of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act or PESA had worked among the Adivasis of Bastar until his death in 2015. Bharat Jan Andolan, an organisation founded by Sharma, has often been lauded for bringing the Fifth Schedule back on the national agenda and highlighting it as a vital instrument for the very survival of tribal people. 

Despite the work that Sharma and his organisation have done over several decades in the central India region, the Gadchiroli police have now termed the Bharat Jan Andolan an “active Naxal frontal organisation”.

The 15 organisations, including Bharat Jan Aandolan and Navyana Mahajalsa, are:

1. Samata Kala Manch,
2. Vidrohi Sanskrutik Chalval,
3. Republican Panthers Jatiantachi Chalwal,
4. Indian Association of Peoples Lawyers (IAPL),
5. Deshbhakti Yuva Manch,
6. Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR),
7. Chhatra Bharati Vidyarthi Sanghatana,
8. Stri Chetna Manch,
9. Jatiy Atyachar Virodhi Kruti Samiti,
10. Dandkaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdour Sangh (DAKMS),
11. Dandkaranya Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangh (DKAMS),
12. Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression, and
13. Committee for Relief of Political Prisoners.                                                 

       by Sukanya Shanta

       03/02/2023

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https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/extra-judicial-commissions-creating-false-narratives-around-2020-delhi-riots-central-government-to-delhi-high-court The affidavit dated September 19, 2022 was filed by the Centre in support of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking quashing of different reports prepared by the Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Citizens and Lawyers Initiative on the Delhi Riots of 2020.

In the plea,  one Dharmesh Sharma  has stated that his family used to run a school in Delhi's Mustafabad area, which was burned down during the riots. He said that the reports published by the DMC as well as other organisations are biased and impede the due process of law. In its response, the Centre has said that the DMC report is not only without jurisdiction, but also 'fake', and has been engineered by people with 'oblique and extraneous motives'. With regard to other reports, the government said that they abrogate fair trial and should be declared non-est so that they are not relied upon by any judicial forum, including courts.

Comment on Whatsapp: I suppose we will be discussing this today. We have to plea that in the age of whats app and Instagram, and fake news, one of the democratic duties of the people, is to learn "how to read" all such reports and understand them. It is unbecoming of "state" to say that since abc is influencing people, and somebody is "motivated" that either this motivation is illegitimate or that people who get follow these reports are "sheep". In fact it is the duty of State to ensure that in a regime of public news production, State should enable persons to get all points of view, and that all arms of the State should take cognizance of these reports, and when they are serious allegations which deal with Fundamental rights and Human Rights, the agencies concerned enquiry into each such allegation and present their findings before the executive and file FIRS before the courts, instead of declaring them "non-est"

All reports of inquiry should be seen (much like the rhetoric of advocate saying that they seek to "assist the Court:, ) that they are infact "assisting" the law enforcement machinery. This also relates to the please taken by govt on "public Order".. Does not public order mean just order? There must be several texts on this.

https://republicanjanta.com/special-congrats-to-the-government-for-discovering-the-padma-shri-such-diamonds/ 

Amayi Mahalinga Naik
Kepu A small village near Adyanadaka in Karnataka. A man was working in a betel nut and coconut plantation there. Own neither house nor land. But seeing his dedication and honesty, Mahabala Bhat, the owner of that garden, gave him 2 acres of land as a reward in 1978. The land was on top of a hill. Totally barren and barren. There is no trace of water. If there was someone like us, we would have left the sound of the land.
But the man dreamed of a betel nut garden on this land; And so begins a quest - of adventures that take on struggles, paths of questioning, journeys of answers and survival...

Then started building a hut for the family at the foot of the hill. The hill was leveled. A wall was built for it. When it comes to water. There was no money to dig a well. Then she decided to dig it herself and started working. Being at the base of the hill, they started digging a horizontal narrow tunnel as per the ancient method of water storage.

Why should everyone struggle so much to know the price of water?, I think sometimes. Not a single drop of water is wasted in Naik's farm. is recycled. Today, Naik's farm has more than 300 betel trees, 75 coconut trees, 150 cashew trees, 200 banana and chilli trees. Totally organic farming, and zero energy consumption.

Even though he is over seventy today, Naik does all the farm work and hard work himself. Yesterday he was awarded the Padma Shri in agriculture.