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Why ‘Operation Kamal’ in Jharkhand cant be taken lightly

Shahnawaz Akhtar
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Why ‘Operation Kamal’ in Jharkhand cant be taken lightly

Ranchi: If seeing the profile of the arrested three persons makes you think that the attempt to overthrow the Hemant Soren-led Mahagathbandhan government in Jharkhand is not a serious issue, then you have to think twice.

The attempt to topple the Soren government has been going on since long. Soon after Uttar Pradesh’s Congress leader Jitin Prasada joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), yours truly had learnt from veteran journalist that the BJP is persuading another senior Congress leader who has UP as well as Jharkhand connection.

The leader, being in the charge of Jharkhand Congress affairs, if jumped the fence, would mean he will allegedly work on bringing party MLAs from the state into the saffron fold.

But, as it seems things were going fine for the Hemant Soren government, on the complaint of Congress MLA Anup Singh, few people, with token money, have been arrested from the state capital by Ranchi police allegedly to overthrow the Soren government.

After the incident, JMM spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya while talking to media persons claimed that BJP leaders during Dumka, Bermo and Madhupur by-elections had claimed that they will form government in Jharkhand.

Bhattacharya expressed surprise as to why this issue got raised that BJP will form a government when there is an elected government already functioning in Jharkhand?

“But BJP should know that the Karnataka Model and Madhya Pradesh Model are not going to work in Jharkhand. This (Soren) government is here for five years,” added the spokesperson.

“We were also alert and any such development will be checked sooner or later. This incident has for sure, given the message that it is not easy for BJP in Jharkhand to operate ‘Operation Kamal’ in the state,” JMM MLA Sudivya Sonu told eNewsroom.

Humiliation of Congress leaders

Amid all these, the one factor that cannot be ignored is the role of Jharkhand Congress leaders.

Interestingly, in the entire episode, while three Congress leaders are being accused of being in touch with BJP leaders, another Congress leader registered FIR about the alleged attempt to purchase MLAs.

Anup Singh, Bermo’s Congress MLA, who informed Ranchi police, about people staying at Ranchi hotels to deal with Congress MLAs, is a first-time legislator. He had won from the seat which was earlier represented by his father Rajendra Singh. Anup is a leader of INTUC too, Congress’ trade union body.

Political observers believe that Anup has less chance to change the fence as then he has to leave INTUC as well, which is one of the largest trade unions in India and the young leader will not risk it. So when he was approached to leave the grand old party, the matter leaked.

But, where Anup, a Congress MLA informing police about their partymen, Jamtara MLA Irfan Ansari, being in touch with BJP has raised many questions too.

In Jharkhand politics, Ansari is known for being vocal against BJP’s anti-minority policies and remains in limelight for one or other statements against the saffron camp.

His name cropping along with two other MLAs, Umashankar Akela and Amit Yadav has surprised many.

Observers also say that other than tribal MLAs of Congress, nobody can vouch for the rest of Congress leaders.

After the arrest, a tribal Congress MLA Naman Bixal Kongari claimed that he was offered Rs one crore and a ministerial berth to topple the Jharkhand government. But he informed Hemant Soren as well as RPN Singh about it.

However, Ansari refuted all the charges, “To form government in Jharkhand, BJP needs 11 MLA, not just three, so all these charges are baseless.”

After the latest development, Singh also claimed that the party in Jharkhand is intact and there is no threat to the government.

However, what happened in Jharkhand, only hints that Congress’ national leadership has to set its house in order as the party, even being elected to rule, has already lost it in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.

Forty Journalists Among 300 Indians Who May Have Been Spied Upon Using Pegasus Spyware

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Forty Journalists Among 300 Indians Who May Have Been Spied Upon Using Pegasus Spyware

A global database of hundreds of people whose phones may have been infected with the Pegasus software includes 300 Indians of which at least 40 are journalists. A forensic analysis of the phones of some of the journalists has confirmed that they were compromised and may have thus been spied upon.

Among the journalists targeted are Newsclick contributor Paranjoy Guha-Thakurta, Siddharth Varadarajan and M K Venu (The Wire), Vijaita Singh (The Hindu), Muzammil Jalil and Ritika Chopra (The Indian Express), Shishir Gupta, Prashant Jha, Rahul Singh, and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi (Hindustan Times), and independent journalists Swati Chaturvedi and Rohini Singh.

Speaking to Newsclick, Paranjoy Guha-Thakurta said the revelations prima facie looked like a case of the government impinging on the privacy and human rights of citizens.

He said that he had been contacted by representatives of the non-profit Forbidden Stories, which accessed the database, and who told him that his phone may have been compromised. Two rounds of tests revealed that it had been compromised around April-June 2018 when he and his associates were working on a book about the links between Facebook and the BJP, and stories on the Ambani family.

“This raises many questions about the role of the government as according to the NSO Agency (the manufacturer of the software), only governments or governmental agencies can purchase the software for investigating criminal activity. In India, for such surveillance to take place, there is a procedure according to which the Home Secretary has to approve it. Has this happened? Are all these 40 journalists accused of criminal activities?” he asked.

Other Indians include two ministers of the Modi government, opposition leaders, at least one Supreme Court judge, activists and business leaders.

The Pegasus software, manufactured by the Israeli NSO Group, is used to hack phones and monitor all communication. The NSO group claims that its clients are only ‘vetted governments.’

These revelations were published by 17 news organizations across the world, including The Wire, which will run a series of articles in the coming days on Indians in various spheres of life who were targeted.

Some of the other media organizations that are part of the ‘Pegasus Project’ are Washington Post, The Guardian, Suddeutsche Zeitung, and Le Monde. The leaked database containing thousands of telephone numbers is believed to have been listed by multiple governments, which are purportedly clients of an Israeli surveillance technology firm called the NSO group. The details of the leaked database were shared with these media outlets by Paris-based media non-profit Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International.

The investigation has further revealed that at least nine numbers appearing on the database belonged to eight activists, lawyers and academics arrested between June 2018 and October 2020 for their supposed role in the Elgar Parishad case.

Refuting any allegations regarding its involvement in surveilling Indian citizens, the Indian government, in a statement, said, “The allegations regarding govt surveillance on specific people has no concrete basis or truth associated with it whatsoever.” It also calls the investigative report a “fishing expedition” based on “conjectures and exaggerations”.

The lensman, who captured pain of the nation is no more

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The lensman, who captured pain of the nation is no more

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui was killed on Friday while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan, an Afghan commander said.

Afghan special forces had been fighting to retake the main market area of Spin Boldak when Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed in what they described as Taliban crossfire, the official told Reuters.

Siddiqui had been embedded as a journalist since earlier this week with Afghan special forces based in the southern province of Kandahar and had been reporting on fighting between Afghan commandos and Taliban fighters.

“We are urgently seeking more information, working with authorities in the region,” Reuters President Michael Friedenberg and Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni said in a statement.

“Danish was an outstanding journalist, a devoted husband and father, and a much-loved colleague. Our thoughts are with his family at this terrible time.”

Siddiqui told Reuters he had been wounded in the arm by shrapnel earlier on Friday while reporting on the clash. He was treated and had been recovering when Taliban fighters retreated from the fighting in Spin Boldak.

Siddiqui had been talking to shopkeepers when the Taliban attacked again, the Afghan commander said.

Reuters was unable to independently verify the details of the renewed fighting described by the Afghan military official, who asked not to be identified before Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry made a statement.

Siddiqui was part of the Reuters photography team to win the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis.

A Reuters photographer since 2010, Siddiqui’s work spanned covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Rohingya refugees crisis, the Hong Kong protests and Nepal earthquakes.

Taliban fighters had captured the border area on Wednesday, the second-largest crossing on the border with Pakistan and one of the most important objectives they have achieved during a rapid advance across the country as U.S. forces pull out.

Writing by Kevin Krolicki Editing by Robert Birsel

Dilip Kumar had met Jawaharlal Nehru, few days ahead of his demise, had noticed former PM was ‘exhausted’

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Dilip Kumar had met Jawaharlal Nehru, few days ahead of his demise, had noticed former PM was ‘exhausted’

“How are you?” Kemon Achish? Dilip Kumar greeted me during a telephonic conversation a decade ago as I greeted him on his birthday, 11th December, 2013. “Thespian uncle“ I burst into tears of joy. After a pause I asked, “How did you become such a perfect method actor?” he smiled, “You think I am the last word in acting? I am not.”

The legendary actor continued, “The pioneers of natural acting were Ashok Kumar, Motilal, Chabi Biswas and Pahari Sanyal. Then there were Balraj Sahni, Uttam Kumar and Soumitra Chatterjee. I only perfumed some memorable characters in Andaz, Foothpath, Mughal-e-Azam, Ganga Jumna and Sagina Mahato. Devdas was a challenge for me too.”

Dilip Saab said with enthusiasm, “I did always follow the method of acting. I rehearsed for every character I performed and I agree with you many of my movements were calculated. For my swashbuckling characters like in Aan and comedies i.e. Kohinoor and Ram Aur Shyam I adopted a natural design to opt-out of the method form. One bright example of me coming completely out of the method mood is Sagina Mahato.”

I asked another question, “Uncle you were so effective emoting to brother Nasir Khan in Ganga Jumna, Hey Munna, Hum Ghar Se Beghar Ho Gaye Re Bhai.” After a minute’s silence, he answered, “It was not merely a crying protest to Ganga being rendered homeless by tyrant Anwar Hussain in the film. It was my feeling of cruel pangs of partition too that separated countless brothers.” Dilip Kumar canned the shot for director Nitin Bose in one take.

Through the past two decades, I had countless conversations with my beloved Lale Uncle. “Raj (Kapoor), Dev (Anand), Rajendra (Kapoor), Shammi (Kapoor) addressed me as Lale. You can also do so as you are close to me.” Dilip Kumar answered affectionately “Yeh To Us Din Main, Raj Aur Dev Ek Saath Khana Khaya, Mazak Kiya. Ab Koi Nahi Hai” he said in a pathos-oriented mood.

Dilip Kumar was nostalgic remembering his last interaction with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru the first Prime Minister of India. He says in a melancholic voice. “Raj, Dev and I saw him for the last time in 1964 at New Delhi. Though he was courteous as usual, he appeared exhausted. Sadly, a few days after our interaction he passed away.”

I asked or in fact made him recall, “Is it true you writhed with pain and rolled on the floor after hearing the script of Devdas?” His eyes were glittering, “How did you know this? Bimalda (Bimal Ray) along with Nabenduda (Nabend Ghosh) were narrating the script to me. I did so to show how effective I could be as Devdas. Bimalda wanted to call a doctor and was pleasantly surprised when I got up and smiled.”

I was curious to know how he performed romantic scenes so effectively. Dilip Saab answered, “During our times peculiar, unrealistic love scenes were created. So as Meena Kumari lipped and danced to Jare Jare O Kali Badariya in Azad, I conveyed a silent look with an occasional smile to make the scene realistic. I vibe best with Meena Kumari, Nargis, Nimmi, Madhubala and Vyjayanthimala. One actress whom I found too difficult to confront histrionically was Suchitra Sen who was a magic speller with her eyes. Kamini Kaushal was withdrawn but an effortless performer.

“Thespian uncle, which song you lipped in your life’s theme?” I asked. “He smiled, “Aye Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal by Talat Mehmood in Daag. Though Mohd. Rafi and Mukesh rendered brilliant numbers for me, Talat Mehmood was the true musical speaker of my soul.”

Alvida, my uncle.

How the death of Stan Swamy in custody lowered India’s democratic image

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How the death of Stan Swamy in custody lowered India’s democratic image

On November 21, 2012, Ajmal Kasab, a terrorist was hanged in India. His hanging was done after 1456 days of his arrest. Kasab was arrested while killing people in Mumbai, which was captured on videos and there were also several eye witnesses of his terrorist act. Despite such evidence, India’s judiciary followed its due course and only then did it pronounce the verdict to hang him.

Many in the country did not like the delay in the hanging of a terrorist, but internationally it strengthened the image of India as the world’s largest democracy with a robust judiciary.

India has shown the world how rule of law has been followed and that the country has an impartial judicial system. Before the hanging, Ajmal Kasab was given the opportunity of a fair hearing at the High Court as well as the Supreme Court.

But after nine years, on July 5, 2021, when 84-year-old human rights activist Father Stan Swamy died while held imprisoned, despite so many factors in his favour and with clear and abundant reasons to believe that he was being treated unfairly and harshly. It has brought shame for India, globally.

A Parkinson’s disease patient Father Stan Swamy was arrested by India’s National Investigative Agency (NIA) in connection with Bhima Koregaon’s violence under the charges of the UAPA- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on October 8, 2020, from Ranchi.

He was the oldest person to be slapped with terrorism charges.

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A protest in Kolkata after the death of Stan Swamy | Courtesy: Free Stan Swamy/Twitter

The octogenarian had repeatedly requested NIA officials not to take him to Mumbai as the pandemic was raging and urged them to keep him at any jail in Ranchi. Father Stan was taken to Maharashtra and placed inside the crowded Taloja jail.

Suffering from acute Parkinson Father Stan needed a straw to drink liquids but it took five months for the jail authorities and NIA to provide him one.

He was denied Covid vaccine for lack of Aadhaar card, despite the Supreme Court ruling that says Aadhaar card is not a mandatory proof of identity.

Later he got infected with the virus and when his health deteriorated he was shifted to a hospital.

When his advocate Mihir Desai was asked how many times the bail plea of Father Stan Swamy was rejected, he replied, “His bail application in NIA court was rejected twice, once for medical bail and other for regular bail. Appeals against both the orders were pending in the High Court.”

This means, not only did the NIA court ignore the frail health of the octogenarian but the High Court too did not care much about a person, who all his life cared for the underprivileged.

A Jesuit father Stan Swamy had been instrumental in bringing about positive changes in the lives of the tribal people and Naxals and helped them integrate with mainstream society.

Judiciary is not only among the four pillars of Indian democracy but it often gets placed higher than the other three given that it stands as a protector of our rights and has the power to stop such acts of the Parliament that are not in consonant with the Constitution.

After nine months, when Father Stan died in custody without trial, reactions of grave injustice were felt within the country as well as internationally. The death outraged civil society which termed it institutional murder while a shocked Jesuit community performed the funeral of Father as a martyr.

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Later, United Nations Human Rights also reacted that they were saddened and disturbed by it. The UN Human Rights tweeted, “We are saddened & disturbed by the death of 84-year-old human rights defender Father #StanSwamy, after prolonged pre-trial detention. With COVID-19, it is even more urgent that States release every person detained without sufficient legal basis.”

While Mary Lawlor, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders reacted, “The news from India today is devastating. Human Rights Defender and Jesuit priest Fr. Stan Swamy has died in custody, nine months after his arrest on false charges of terrorism. Jailing Human Rights Defenders is inexcusable.”

The unjust action taken by different agencies during the Narendra Modi government has not ended with the death of Father Stan. For the same case 15 other accused are inside the jail including Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbe.

Several other social activists slapped with UAPA are inside jail including Umar Khaild and Saif Khalid and there seems to be no opportunities for justice being provided to any.

The martyrdom of a human rights activist

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The martyrdom of a human rights activist

After Martyrdom of Stan Swamy, the Jesuit community termed him Martyr while activists called it is institutional murder. Now protests are taking place across India demanding to scrap UAPA law.

The 84-year-old human rights activist Stan Swamy was accused of Bhima Koregaon’s violence and was also charged with conspiring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s killing but people who worked with him closely claim that his all life was spent raising issues of tribals and the downtrodden.

Father Stan has been in Maharashtra’s Tajola jail since October 8, 2020. The octogenarian’s health deteriorated thereafter in jail. On May 28, he was shifted to hospital, but now his condition has worsened so much that he has been put on a ventilator.

Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, an umbrella body of civil society which has been raising the issue from time to time has demanded immediate bail and good medical treatment to the ailing activist.

Ranchi-based senior journalist Vinod Kumar claimed, whatever work Stan had done, it was done democratically.

Aloka Kujur, a social activist believes that the allegation of conversion on people like Stan Swamy is laughable, as he has never indulged in any other activities than safeguarding human and tribal rights in Jharkhand.

Watch our report on the protests taking place in many Indian cities.

स्टेन स्वामी की शहादत: ज़िम्मेवार कौन?

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I’m born out of the “Inquilab” of Dilip Kumar Saab

Resul Pookutty
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I’m born out of the “Inquilab” of Dilip Kumar Saab

The year was 1997. Few of us might remember that dramatic day of our 21st convocation at #FTII  (Film and Television Institute of India), Pune. Dilip Kumar Saab was our chief guest for the occasion. We were in solidarity with the then students union, wearing black bandanas and holding placards as a mark of protest against the Centre’s move to privatize the Institute.

Dilip Saab was quite upset with this unprecedented behaviour of students who were receiving the degrees from him. In his returning speech he bashed us and called for the need of discipline among students and artists, especially those who are working in films.

We were quite let down by Dilip Saab’s remarks and knew it came from the information fed to him by the authorities. So, after the convocation ceremony, we demanded a hearing from Dilip Saab which the authorities denied but we assembled outside the Directors office and shouted, “We don’t want to see Dilip Kumar we want talk to “Vinod Kumar” (Dilip Saab’s character in “Mashaal”).

After a while Dilip Saab came out with a stoic expression and few of the selected representatives explained with great respect and clarity why we were protesting. He heard us patiently and then lifted his hand up in the air showing the sign of “zindabad”.

We were in euphoric. With that renewed enthusiasm we rushed to the CRT (Class Room Theatre) where we met up with our then Chairman of FTII Mahesh Bhatt Saab. In the heated arguments that followed the students questioned his moral stand about holding the post of the Chairman in the wake of some recent incident. He immediately declared his resignation in agreement with the students’ sentiment. I salute Bhatt Saab for that. Values existed despite him being appointed by the then ruling party. It was quite an evening.

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Resul Pookutty receives award from Mahesh Bhatt while Dilip Kumar looks on (File Picture)

Even today when I see protesting students I remember Dilip Saab’s gesture. Dissent will always be there in our films, voices and in our artistic pursuits however much any dispensation try to stop it.

As for Dilip Saab’s films my most lasting impression is from the film “Mashal”, where he is standing with the flames of the torch in his hand flickering, his entire being is visible as a white apparition in the darkness, and him saying, “Arre koi hai? Itna andhera kyon hai yahan?” It’s quite symbolic of the times, if you ask me.

The other film of his that impacted me immensely is “Mughal e Azam”. The film itself is no doubt a splendid work of art. But if you listen to the dialogues by Dilip Saab you will realise what a master class in itself it is. We are generally looked down because of the way our films are dubbed. But in “Mughal e Azam” Dilip Saab not only acted on the screen, he re-enacted the entire film through his voice modulations. His persona, his charisma, his nuances all come alive so perfectly in the dialogues he recorded later. To have done this so many years ago is simply unmatched and his talent is unparalleled.

I could go on… It’s not for nothing that some of the most successful actors and stars of the Indian film industry copied him. His method acting remains much talked about.

Dilip Saab’s passing away is a personal loss to many, including myself. He was not just an icon or a superstar. His art stirred our hearts and to me he will remain the man looking for light and hope in the darkness, quite like the way we are right now as the world, (including the country and our industry in particular), is struggling with darkness/crisis at so many levels.

Rest In Eternal Peace thespian. You don’t die, you live in us through every frame you breathed your life into. Love you, Mumbai will never be the same. Tomorrow’s Mumbai will not have #Dilipkumarsahab in it.

Amen.

84-year-old Stan Swamy passes away, ahead of bail hearing

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84-year-old Stan Swamy passes away, ahead of bail hearing

Mumbai/Ranchi: One of India’s finest Human Rights activists, Father Stan Swamy died today at 1.30 pm in Mumbai during treatment. The 84-year-old activist’s bail hearing was scheduled at 2 pm at Bombay High Court, but he passed away just ahead of it.

Stan, a priest of the Jesuit community who used to work among tribals, especially in Jharkhand, was arrested in the Elgar Parishad case in October 2020. Since then, like most other 15 accused in the case, his trial had also not begun. He was in Taloja jail, where his health started deteriorating, he got infected with the Covid-19 virus and after much hue and cry from civil society and others, he was shifted to Family Hospital on May 28.

On July 3, his condition worsened and he was put on a ventilator.

Yesterday only, Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, which has been raising the bail issue of the activist, issued a statement and had demanded Stan’s immediate bail and better medical treatment.

Today, when Stan died, Mahasabha termed it ‘murder by the state’. “We hold the NIA and the central government wholly responsible and strongly condemn their role in Stan’s death, which is again exposes the fascist face of the BJP government at the center,” read a statement.

 

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When the veteran activist was arrested by the National Investigative Agency (NIA), Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren had also expressed concern and demanded his release.

After the news of Stan’s demise, Hemant Soren tweeted, “Shocked to learn about the demise of Father Stan Swamy. He dedicated his life working for tribal rights. I had strongly opposed his arrest & incarceration. The Union Govt should be answerable for absolute apathy & non provision of timely medical services, leading to his death (sic).”

Father Felix Raj, the Vice-Chancellor of St Xavier University, who had led a protest against the arrest in Kolkata reacted to eNewsroom, “It is a great loss for the Jesuit community as well to the tribals of India for whom he worked. He always stood for the poor.”

When asked who he thinks is responsible for the death of the octogenarian activist, the vice-chancellor did not want to comment on that, but added, “We had appealed to the court to fast track the case, but it did not happen.”

eNewsroom had also an exclusive video, in which the old man requested NIA officials not to take him to Mumbai, and keep him in Ranchi jail, but the officials forced Stan to come with him.

Urgent need for bail and specialised medical treatment for critical Stan Swamy, cries civil society

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Urgent need for bail and specialised medical treatment for critical Stan Swamy, cries civil society

Ranchi: India, which is termed ‘New India’ by the Narendra Modi government and its supporters has become hell for human rights activists. Several social and human rights activists are languishing in different jails across the country without any trials for years. It includes Father Stan Swamy– India’s oldest prisoner who has been slapped with terror charges too.

84-year old Father has been in Maharashtra’s Tajola jail since October 8, 2020. The octogenarian’s health deteriorated thereafter in jail. On May 28, he was shifted to hospital, but now his condition has worsened so much that he has been put on a ventilator.

Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, an umbrella body of civil society which has been raising the issue from time to time has demanded immediate bail and good medical treatment to the ailing activist.

eNewsroom is sharing the full text of the statement issued by the Mahasabha for its readers:

Stan’s health has deteriorated and he has been put on a ventilator at the Holy Family hospital. His situation is said to be critical. The NIA and central government are solely responsible for the sufferings of this elderly person and the current state of affairs. The NIA court also played its role by denying him bail on both medical grounds and merit. Assurances of the Maharashtra government regarding support for Stan Swamy are yet to be seen.

Since early May, Stan was keeping unwell at Taloja. He had fever, cough, extreme weakness and a running stomach. Even though he demonstrated severe covid symptoms, he was not tested for covid at Taloja. After a public outcry, he was administered the covid vaccine. He also tested positive for covid. Ironically, he was given the vaccine when he was already severely ill, instead of at the beginning of the second wave. The High Court allowed his transfer from the Taloja jail to the Holy Family hospital on 28 May.

Stan Swamy was arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case on 8 October 2020. Adivasis, Gram Sabhas, civil society, several political leaders and parties, and Jharkhand’s Chief Minister himself have condemned Stan’s arrest and expressed support and solidarity with him. The Arsenal report prepared based on electronic evidence collected by the NIA has exposed how fake documents were planted into the computers of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. Stan himself told the NIA that some so-called extracts allegedly taken from his computer were fabricated and that he disowned them.

Without an iota of evidence against him in the case, he languished in jail and is now battling for his life (still under arrest). Also, denying bail to an elderly and ailing person, with limited mobility and no history of violence against others, is beyond comprehension.

Had the investigating agencies and the Court taken a humanitarian approach, Stan would not have to go through this suffering. As he fights for his life, the central government continues to look away. Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha demands from the central and Maharashtra governments that all necessary medical and specialised treatment be urgently ensured for Stan Swamy. We further demand that the High Court immediately grants him bail. He should be released and sent back to Jharkhand asap.

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