THE DERAILED REPORT OF SABARMATI EXPRESS (Please click on the below link for the complete text of Jan Sangharsh Manch’s Report on the burning of Sabarmati Express in Godhra) ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO GODHRA BY JAN SANGHARSH MANCH PREAMBLE: 1. On 28th February 2002, the news dailies of Gujarat were carrying [...]
P . O . T . A Production of Terrorist Act, Gujarat. How does one declare a war on terrorism if there are no terrorists around? In Gujarat, this logical hurdle is easily surmounted. Create them first and then declare war on them so that the "hapless citizens" can vote you to power as [...]
OMISSIONS AND COMMISSIONS (Mukul Sinha) The spectre of “Terrorism” seems to have finally captured the sensibility of the entire nation. All spaces, be that in the print media or the electronic media, be it in a public place or in a private drawing room, are fully occupied by this spectre; a sterile nation incapable of [...]
Anti-Terror Laws Would GUJCOC inhibit the Growth of Terrorism? (Mukul Sinha) Opening Remark: The word terrorism in the modern times is really a gift from the American establishment after the 9/11 attack in NY that led to collapse of the world trade building. Be that as it may, without entering into the realities [...]
Demonstration Against GUJCOC Despite restrictions of the holy Ramzan Month, over a thousand Muslims including women joined the protest Dharna organized by Jan Sangharsh Manch, New Socialist Movement, Jamat-e-Islam, Aman Samuday, Jamate Ulema, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Samiti, Aman Samuday and several other civil rights organizations to protest against the demand of Narendra Modi to enact [...]
NANAVATI COMMISSION’S PART REPORT RAISES EYE BROWS The Jan Sangharsh Manch representing the riot victims before Nanavati Commission of Enquiry has expressed its shock surprise on the submission of a part report to the Government by the Nanavati Commission. The Jan Sangharsh Manch is associated with the Commission right from its appointment in [...]
Defeat Communal fascism and Globalization Speech of Amrish Patel, Gen. Secretary, New Socialist Movement In the Convention against Communal Fascism and Globalization At Kolkata on 26th September 2005. I come all the way from Gujarat, the State which has now come to be known as the Laboratory of Hindutva. By calling it the Laboratory of [...]
Fabricating Systematic Lies (Mukul Sinha, Jan Sangharsh Manch) When the S6 coach of the Sabarmati Express had reduced to ashes near the Godhra railway station on 27th February, 2002, few had imagined that this event would forever change the politics of this country. Use of communal politics is not alien to the political culture of [...]
By S.H. Iyer Advocate JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND RIGHTS OF THE URBAN POOR IN INDIAN CITIES A poor homeless person was sleeping in the premises of a court. The Marshal came and scolded him. He was asked to go away. The man who was woken up from his slumber said ‘I am prepared to leave this [...]
NATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST FASCISM Report, Proceedings and Resolutions 1st September, 2007 VENUE: Town hall, Ashram road ,Ahmedabad Inaugural Session. (Presided by Shri A.P.Ravani, Retd Chief Justice Rajasthan High Court) After registration of the delegates, the conference began with the screening of the film `Come see America’ by Sashi, highlighting America as the root cause of [...]
