Stan Swamy death an institutional murder by Modi government: Maoists

The Maoist Central Committee official spokesperson, Abhay in a statement released to the media here on Thursday said the party was grieved and shocked to learn about the death of Swamy.

Kothagudem: The death of human rights activist, Stan Swamy was not natural, but was an institutional murder committed by the Modi government, alleged the CPI (Maoist) party.

The Maoist Central Committee official spokesperson, Abhay in a statement released to the media here on Thursday said the party was grieved and shocked to learn about the death of Swamy.

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The 84 year old social activist had fought for the rights of adivasis and for finding solutions to their problems. In that backdrop the Modi government sent him to jail falsely implicating him in the Bhima Koregaon case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), he said.

The Bombay High Court had failed to respond properly to a bail plea though Swamy was suffering from parkinson disease and other ailments. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and jail authorities acted cruelly with him, Abhay complained.

Stan Swamy fought to protect the rights of adivasis, in a democratic manner, against national and international corporate companies. And his fight angered the Modi government, which was serving the interests of corporate forces, the Maoist leader noted.

That was the reason why the rights activist was repeatedly denied bail though his case was at trial stage and his health was failing. NIA, jails and the judicial system have all acted under the influence of the fascist Modi government, Abhay alleged.

He feared the Modi government would not stop with the death of Swamy, but might eliminate revolutionaries, democratic activists, secularists, environmentalists and others who spoke against it.

There was an urgent need to build a strong democratic movement against the brahminical- hindutva-fascist ideology, he said while demanding to punish those responsible for Swamy’s death, release those accused in Bhima Koregaon case and Prof. Sai Baba and abolish UAPA.

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