INVC,
Chandigarh,
Release Prof. Gn saibaba unconditionally and immediately!
Lokayat, A people’s Movement Solidarity Group comprise of advocates, academicians, journalists, artists, writers etc, has organized a protest on 14/05/2014 in Sector 17, Chandigarh against the Maharastra police which has clandestinely taken away Dr. GN Saibaba, a Delhi University professor without following any norms and procedures, rule of law on 9th May 2014. People from various strata has participated in this namely Academician Prof. Lallan from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Social Activist Anand Prakash, S.P. Singh Inderjit Singh, Dramatist Samuel John, trade union leader Vipin (AICTU), Advocates Rajeev Godara, Hasish Mehla, Students for Society secretary Daman preet, Inder.
Prof Lallan from Punjab University, Chandigarh said that Dr. Saibaba, who suffers from 90% disability and is wheelchair bound, was blindfolded and pushed into a vehicle. It must be condemned to arrest activist like Saibaba in such illegal way. As Mr. Saibaba has vehemently organised protest against the operation Green Hunt and expose the real agenda and intention of regime which has deployed lakhs of Paramilitary force and Army in central India to loot the resources under that land. The State is trying to curb such voices. Mr. Anand Praksh said that the arrest of Prof. Saibaba is loss of whole movement against imperialism. Advocating the right to have any ideology, Rajeev Godara condemned the arrest of G N Saibaba. In His speech Student Activist Daman Preeet said that Mr. Saibaba has been quite outspoken against the murderous loot and plunder of people’s resources, their livelihoods under the garb of development as is espoused by all the corporate sponsored political parties and business houses in India and abroad. That’s why Government was very keen to arrest Mr. Saibaba. He calls to fight for the release of Mr. Saibaba. He further said that central Government is making preparation to launch another set of war on people in that region. So to curb the democratic voice which may rise against such vicious design of state machinery and corporate, Maharashtra Police in nexus with Central Government has arrested him using illegal means.
While conducting the protest meeting, Ajay from Lokayat said that Dr. Saibaba is an internationally acclaimed figure of People’s Movement who was working for the people’s right since 80’s. He is working with numerous people’s organization like Revolutionary Democratic Front, Visthapan Virodhi Jan Vikas Andolan, Froum against War on People. He was Deputy Chair person of International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) which is working against imperialist plunder worldwide. He had also played central role in formation of various fronts such as Forum Against Imperialist Globlisation (FAIG), JAFIF, People’s Democratic Front of India (PDFI), MR-2004 etc to resist state Repression, imperialist plunder of country by MNC’s, World Trade Organization (WTO and against devastation caused by economic policy laid after 1990 in the name of economic reform.
During protest slogan was raised for the unconditional release of Dr. Saibaba, Repal the draconian law UAPA, Resist the repression on people’s movement, fight out the growing Fascism. Protester strongly demand that Saibaba be released unconditionally without delay.
