By Harsh Thakor
SALUTE THE HISTORIC PROTEST IN BARNALA IN PUNJAB ON OCTOBER
2ND LIGHTING THE SPARK OF JUSTICE TO RELEASE MANJIT DHANER WHO WAS FRAMED ON
FALSE CHARGES WITH LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDERING KIRANJEET KAUR. A SPARK TURNED
INTO A PRAIRIE FIRE AT THE VENUE. SYMBOLIZED THE STRUGGLE OF INDIAN OPRESSED
MASSES AS A WHOLE TO RELEASE ACTIVISTS FRAMED REPRESENTING REVOLUTIONARY
DEMOCRACY WHO ARE LANGUISHING BEHIND JAIL BARS.
The flame of justice was rekindled to its highest crescendo in Barnala in the grain market on October 2nd creating the vibrations of an Ocean. The issue was the release of Comrade Manjit Dhaner who was framed by a death sentence for the murder of girl Kiranjeet Kaur in 1997. Three persons namely Prem Kuman, Narain Dutt and Manjit Dhaner were framed on false charges. Of the 3 persons wrongly convicted Prem Kumar and Narain Dutt were pardoned in 2005 in a hearing by Karnal special court, but Dhaner was still imprisoned. In spite of a Supreme Court order in 2011 to release Dhaner the governor of Punjab refused to implement the resolution. The state government earlier had the audacity to oppose the pardoning of the killers arrested but the democratic movement prevented it. The committee formed to scrap the life sentence to Dhaner organized the rally.
Over 20,000 people converged reminiscent of an army turning a spark into a prairie fire. It comprised of over 40 organizations of peasants, youth, workers, women and government employees. Activists assembled from Bathinda, Barnala, Mansa, Ferozepur, Muktsar, Faridkot, Sangrur, Abohar and Kotkura, The majority of the participants were those belonging to the Bharatiya Kisan Union Dakaunda and Ugrahan factions. The rally was addressed by Buta Singh Burgill, Jogender Singh, Raminder Singh Patiala, Satnam Singh Ajnala, Zora Singh Nasrali and Prempal Kaur. Other participants included Raldu Singh Mansa, Gurdep Singh Sukhpur, Rajinder Badhode Kanwaljeet Khanna,Harjinder Kaur,Mahima Singh and Kulwant Rai. All speakers narrated how arresting democratic activists like Dhaner is part and parcel of the anti-people ruling class politics which perpetrates injustice on women and often works hand in hand with goonda elements. They vociferously asserted that if death sentence on Dhaner was not lifted in coming days the state would have to pay a big price. On October 4th the Supreme Court would conduct the hearing.
One of the most significant protests in the history of the revolutionary democratic movement of Punjab or of the democratic revolutionary resistance against injustice on framed activists symbolized the fight against injustice on political prisoners as a whole, in the semi-fascist socio-political system. It proved the great revolutionary potential of the masses of Punjab.
The flame of justice was rekindled to its highest crescendo in Barnala in the grain market on October 2nd creating the vibrations of an Ocean. The issue was the release of Comrade Manjit Dhaner who was framed by a death sentence for the murder of girl Kiranjeet Kaur in 1997. Three persons namely Prem Kuman, Narain Dutt and Manjit Dhaner were framed on false charges. Of the 3 persons wrongly convicted Prem Kumar and Narain Dutt were pardoned in 2005 in a hearing by Karnal special court, but Dhaner was still imprisoned. In spite of a Supreme Court order in 2011 to release Dhaner the governor of Punjab refused to implement the resolution. The state government earlier had the audacity to oppose the pardoning of the killers arrested but the democratic movement prevented it. The committee formed to scrap the life sentence to Dhaner organized the rally.
Over 20,000 people converged reminiscent of an army turning a spark into a prairie fire. It comprised of over 40 organizations of peasants, youth, workers, women and government employees. Activists assembled from Bathinda, Barnala, Mansa, Ferozepur, Muktsar, Faridkot, Sangrur, Abohar and Kotkura, The majority of the participants were those belonging to the Bharatiya Kisan Union Dakaunda and Ugrahan factions. The rally was addressed by Buta Singh Burgill, Jogender Singh, Raminder Singh Patiala, Satnam Singh Ajnala, Zora Singh Nasrali and Prempal Kaur. Other participants included Raldu Singh Mansa, Gurdep Singh Sukhpur, Rajinder Badhode Kanwaljeet Khanna,Harjinder Kaur,Mahima Singh and Kulwant Rai. All speakers narrated how arresting democratic activists like Dhaner is part and parcel of the anti-people ruling class politics which perpetrates injustice on women and often works hand in hand with goonda elements. They vociferously asserted that if death sentence on Dhaner was not lifted in coming days the state would have to pay a big price. On October 4th the Supreme Court would conduct the hearing.
One of the most significant protests in the history of the revolutionary democratic movement of Punjab or of the democratic revolutionary resistance against injustice on framed activists symbolized the fight against injustice on political prisoners as a whole, in the semi-fascist socio-political system. It proved the great revolutionary potential of the masses of Punjab.
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