Maoists urge villagers to boycott election to protest ‘militarisation’

Ranchi | Saturday | 30th March, 2019

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Aman said: “Maoists are never a threat for the common people who are already being subjected to repression and exploitation. “The villagers are coerced by gun-toting security forces, stopped from raising their voice against exploitation and often manhandled if they try to protect their rights over land, water and forest. “This mission is not aimed at providing solution to issues like irrigation, education, health facilities or equal distribution of resources. “People should not lose hope and aim towards formation of a pro-people neo-democracy by joining hands together in the fight for a revolutionary people’s government,” Aman said. “On the pretext of industrial security and development, village after village is being targeted where either the locals are forcefully evicted from their land or entangled in false cases and sedition charges after being branded as Maoists..