Southern States Update; August 10, 2007.

A shutdown call was given by Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the issue of distribution of land to poor in Andhra Pradesh. The opposition parties have been demanding the government to set up an independent body to oversee the land distribution process.

Four persons were killed and eight injured, when the police opened fire as the state-wide bandh called by the Left parties, to protest against police lathicharge on their activists recently, turned violent at Mudigonda village in Khammam district.
Andhra government orders inquiry into police firing at Khammam, Hindustan Times, July 28, 2007.

TDP leader N. Chandrababu Naidu accused the police of using AK-47 and self-loading rifles to fire at protestors. “Never before in the history of the state have such sophisticated weapons been used against political activists,” he said.
Nirmala Carvalho, People continue to die in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal over land, Asia Times, July 30, 2007.

How much compensation the victims’ families will get and when is anybody’s guess. But in the din over compensation and parties vying with each other to trash the government, the real issue has been missed. The state government declined the demand for booking a murder case under Section 302.
Ground to dust, Hindustan Times, July 30, 2007.

India, however, has been unable to handle the growing influence of Maoist rebels who have been striking at will in at least 10 Indian states, killing several thousands of people in last five years.
Kushal Jeena, India`s counter-terror strategy, M&C, August 9, 2007.

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