Why Lalgarh is burning...
June 19, 2009 21:33 IST
It's been four days since pro-Naxal tribals took control of Lalgarh in West Midnapur district of West Bengal after forcing security forces to leave the area. Even as security forces clear inch by inch of the besieged Lalgarh, tribals continue to eradicate traces of Communist presence in the region.
Rediff.com tracks the tribals' actions.
What tribals are complaining about
June 19, 2009 21:33 IST
"All these years, CPI-M cadres and leaders have amassed huge wealth by exploiting us. Now it's our turn to retaliate," said one of the tribals.
'They taught us violence. We are just reciprocating'
June 19, 2009 21:33 IST
"It's our duty to flush CPI-M men out of Lalgarh," said one of the attackers, adding, "They taught us violence. We are just reciprocating."
'Let CPI-M men realise how it feels to be tortured'
June 19, 2009 21:33 IST
"Let the CPI-M men realise how it feels to be tortured," said one of the tribals setting fire to a local CPI-M leader's furniture at Lalgarh on June 17.
'Lalgarh is ours'
June 19, 2009 21:33 IST
"Lalgarh is ours, the CPM-sponsored goons have no place here," say the tribals.
An axe against the sickle
June 19, 2009 21:33 IST
A tribal vandalises the house of a local CPI-M leader at Lalgarh on Wednesday, June 17. The man, in his early 40s, later poses for the camera with the axe that he uses to destroy the building.
A call for another revolution
June 19, 2009 21:33 IST
After arson, tribals shout slogans against the CPI-M and urge their fellow tribals to carry on the movement at Lalgarh successfully.
