VILLAGERS PROTEST AGAINST COMMUNIST PARTY GOVERNMENT IN EASTERN INDIA

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Villagers protest against communist party government in eastern India.

Around 2000 villagers carry out a protest rally against the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) government in Jhargram district of India's eastern state of West Bengal.

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JHARGRAM, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (JANUARY 30, 2011) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)

1. PROTESTORS CARRYING OUT RALLY AGAINST COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA-MARXIST (CPI-M) GOVERNMET

2. PROTESTORS SHOUTING SLOGAN

3. PROTESTORS

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) LAXMIKANT SHEET, FORMER CPI (M) CADRE, SAYING: "We have been supporting CPI (M) for a long time. We are also members and supporters of the party. However, due to numbers of blunders committed by the party, we are quitting it and even planning to join other committees which are being constituted in the interest of people."

5. PROTESTORS WALKING IN LINE

6. PROTESTORS

STORY: Around 2000 villagers carried out a protest rally against the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI (M) government in Jhargram district of India's eastern state of West Bengal on Sunday (January 30).

The protest was organised by a pro-Maoist group called Peoples' Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) and was supported by some CPI (M) supporters who are planning to quit the party.

In fact the CPI (M) cadres in Jhargram are now looking forward to join other organizations that have recently mushroomed in the district.

"We have been supporting CPI (M) for a long time. We are also members and supporters of the party. However, due to numbers of blunders committed by the party, we are quitting it and even planning to join other committees which are being constituted in the interest of people," said Laxmikant Sheet, former CPI (M) cadre.

The protestors also alleged that Harmads (Armed cadres) of CPI (M) often carry out various kinds of atrocities and torture the villagers.

The PCPA was constituted in November 2008 to fight for the rights of the tribal villagers.

Though many PCPA activists and members have been killed by the Central Reserve Police Force, the group still has a strong hold in West Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Jhargram districts of the state.