Elimination of Kishenji and Maoist Surrenders Boost Mamata

Elimination of Kishenji and a spate of surrenders by Maoists in Bengal have Mamata beaming with success and confidence in Jangal Mahal politics ( a forest zone adjoining areas mainly of the three districts of West Midnapur, Puruliaand Bankura, which has been the hot bed of Maoist activities for the last three years).

On Friday a smiling Mamata presented Suchitra Mahato- one of the key planners of the 2010 Silda Camp massacre of as many as 24 Eastern Frontier Rifles men- who surrendered to her at Writers Buildings. Suchitra was last seen with the Bengal area Maoist Commander Kishenji in a battle with the central and state joint forces in Burisole forest where Kishenji was gunned down. There were a spate of Maoist surrenders since Mamata took over as chief minister. Suchitra joined Peoples war group in 1999

The other Maoists who surrendered after Mamata became chief minister are-

1. Prakash Acharya on 22^nd Oct’2011(who incidentally arrived straight at Mamata’s Kalighat residence for surrender)
2. Maoist annihilation squad member Durjodhan Rajvar and wife Lalita surrendered on 16^th Nov’2011 to the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Purulia District.
3. Maoist top level commander Jagori Baske with her husband Rajaram Soren surrendered before Mamata on 19^th Nov’2011
4. Rabi Mandi, a member of the deadly Ajodhya Hills Maoists squad surrendered before SP of Purulia district on 21^st Nov’2011
5. Chunaram Soren, also a Maoist squad member surrendered at Midnapur district court on 9^th Dec’2011
6. Bhajahari Mahato, Sukhdev Mahto, Lambodar Majhi and Karan, all Maoist squad members, surrendered to Mamata at Jhargram on 12^th January’2012
7. Chiranjit Mahato and wife Anima surrendered before SP, West Midnapore on 7^th Feb’2012.

In fact it is the pro-poor image of Mamata coupled with her carrot and gun policy as well as her declared policy of development in Jangal Mahal –a shrewd combination of these three factors-that made her romp home with big success in Jangal Mahal and she is now rightly in a position to fire at the CPIM led opposition for their failure to bring the Maoists to main stream of social life during their long innings at writers buildings.

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