HUNGER LOOMING LARGE OVER GLOBE?

Recently, I was just going through pages of the Washington Post. Suddenly my eyes went on a opinion piece in the newspaper about the global challenge of food and nutrition scarcity! I was amazed to find that entire planet, particularly India, China, Nigeria will become most populous countries by 2050  and will face food and nutrition scarcity in considerable manner! In this respect the opinion piece on the basis of the statements of  Paul Pol man, Chief Executive officer of the Unilever, one of the world's largest consumer goods companies and Daniel Sorvitje, chief  executive  officer of the Group Bimbo, the largest baking company in the world, who are authoring of B-20, the food Security Task Force for the G-20 nations, has highlighted some of the major factors of food and nutrition scarcity in the globe.
The planet is already stressed, about waters particularly and most of its next two billion inhabitants will form in areas where the stress are greatest. The UN expert team have identified India, China and Nigeria, which will become world's most populous nations in 2050. More over in my opinion danger signal for food and nutrition scarcity as well as instances of  hunger expected to be more alarming in these populous countries!
Both Paul Pol man and Daniel Sorvitje are of the opinion , " Imagine all the food mankind has produced over the past 8000 years. Now consider that we need to produce that the same amount again-but in just the next 40 years if we are to feed our growing hungry world."
The Opinion piece based on the statements of both the experts has pointed out that seven billion people live on earth and the population is growing by 77 million every year. That is country like size of Indonesia every three years. By 2050, nine billion people live on the planet.
Amid this rapid growth, more than 850 million people go to bed hungry. An additional billion do not get sufficient nutrients in their diet although both the speakers have made it clear that the data appears high and  a stain on our collective conscience! These are life time health implication for these unfortunate people as well as considerable negative impact on economic productivity and significant cost of health care
Notably based on the statements of two experts, the Washington Post has points out , " To alleviate this situation, global food production must increase  70 percent by 2050."
And  things are not getting easier. The agriculture sector account for 70 percent water use and up to 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change could reduce yields more than 20 percent in many areas within developing countries-think of the floods in Thailand and droughts in Horn of Africa. Changing temperature also contribute to food price volatility, which has a direct impact on  the poor and on child nutrition.
Moreover, agriculture faces dual challenges; being more sustainable on a dwindling resources base while having to feed an increasing number of people. To provide food and nutrition security in the coming decades will require a major sustained effort  by all stakeholders including business.Both the co-authors of G-20 on food security have said, "we believe that this require a new vision for sustainable and equitable growth. We have food security task force as co-chairmen of the B-20 food security Task Force, We have led a group of CEOs and other stakeholders to provide affordable recommendations for the G-20 to achieve, a 50 percent increase in products and productivity by 2030 to boost agriculture  by 50 percent by  2030-some stakeholders committed to invest $ 15 billion to help boost agriculture productivity.We have identified five priority areas: increasing investments in agriculture productivity; improving market function; ensuring more sustainable food production (including water resources management); and integrating and prioritising nutritional needs."
This productivity growth must develop food and nutritional security for all in an environmentally sustainable manner while ensuring improved livelihood and income for farmers, going forward, farmers will have double annual yields increase-and we need reach out to 500 million small-holders farmers or two billion people, who produce most of the agriculture output in developing countries. Women make up 43 percent of developing world farmers. We need targeted  programme to help them to increase their productivity and earning potentials. The problem of land tenure rights and access to finance including risk management tools will be key enables.
The statement has lamented that thirty to forty agriculture produce gets lost between the farms and consumers. We need strengthen capacity along the value chain to reduce waste while improving the nutritional value and food safety for consumers to optimise productivity. Considerable areas of the globe are clearly food-deficient. We need to make easier to transport goods from suppliers and promote the development of local  survey, which helps develop local markets and reduce urban migration. We need trade policies that increase the exchange of sustainable agriculture goods. Reducing trade support and protection would provide significant opportunities for farmers while expanding consumers' access to affordable foods.

Resources for food production will become scarce. Sustainable response to global challenges is the acid test for companies everywhere-not just producers but also suppliers and retailers as well as international organisations, governments of the nations, NGOs and citizens!

AMID CRAZE FOR DEISEL CAR, WHO SAYS DIESEL FUME CAUSES LUNG CANCER

 With the petrol price sky-rocketing in the recent past, there
are virtual cries in India, particularly in .Patna for disel cars! For
diesel cars, the manufacturers will have to maintain the technology
and guidelines, propounded by the Global Diesel  Technology Forum,
which represents car and truck companies and others that make diEsel
engines, Such technology is already under implementation in the United
States and other wealthy countries, introduced in 2000 in  America.
According to a report published In the New York Times, the World
Health Organization (WHO), at its meeting in  Lyon, France, at
scientific meet; on Tuesday (June05,2012) declared diesel fumes cause
lung cancer. The WHO experts said that they were more "car cinogenic
than second hand  cigarette smoke", which is said to be the main
reasons of lung cancer in the planet.
The report of the WHO said that the diesl fuel emition is "known
carcinogen" level, which eventually affect the mines workers as they
are heavily exposed to exhausts diesel fumes!
The WHO said that it is partcular relevant  to poor countries, whose
truckers generates and farm and factory machinery routinely belch
clouds of sooty smokes and fill the air with sulfurous particulars,
the New York times report said. adding that United States and wealthy
nations have less problem because of they require modern diesel
engines to burn much cleaner than they did even a decade ago. Most of
the industries in these countries like mining, already here limits on
the amount of diesel fumes to which workers may be exposed.
The New York Times report suggests that the medical director of the
American Cancer Society  Dr Otis W. Brawley praised the signal of the
WHO's international agency for research on cancer, saying "his group
has for a long time had concerns about diesel"The Cancer society is
expected to come to the same conclusion the next time its scientific
committee meets, Dr Brawley said to NY TIMES.
She fuhrer stated, " I do not think it is bad to have a diesel car and
at the same time I do not think it is good to breath its exhaust. I am
not concerned with the people, who walk past a disel vehicle, I am
little concerned about people like toll collectors and I am very
concerned about people like miners, who work where exhaust is
concentrated. Government of the globe countries must declare diesel
exhaust a carcinogen., she added to the New York Times..
The WHO, as quoted in the New York Times, also said that disel
exhaust is a probable cause of bladder cancer.. they require modern
diesel engines to burn much cleaner than they did even a decade ago.
Most of the industries like mining, already have limits on the amount
of diesel fumes to which workers may be exposed.
The New YORK Times report said that WHO researches indicated that
occupational disel expenses was far greater lung cancer risk than a
passive cigarette smoking but a much smaller risk than smoking two
packs a day.
The diesel Technology Forum reacted cautiously to WHO report noting
that modern diesel engine had in USA and other wealthy countries burn
low sulfur fuel, so new trucks and buses emit 98 percent less
  particulars than old ones did and 99 percent less nitrogen oxide,
which adds to ozen build-up. Such technology in vogue in U S , the New
York times report added.
According to Indians and particularly of Biharis for diesel engine cars
;amid craze for diesel cars and running of trucks, and buses,, having
  diesel engines in India in the wake of rampant increase in petrol price
will have to adopt the new technologies to lessen the risk of lung
cancer, prevalent in India. because of fumes of diesel engines in this
country For this fool -proof arrangements , Indian manufacturers of
cars, buses, trucks and for other purposes unsing diesels like mining,
India must develop modalities of US  in view of WHO report, warning
spread of lung cancer because of diesel burn emotions, causing lung
cancer!

India Particularly Bihar most dangerous places to give child Birth!

India Including Bihar most dangerous to give child Birth!

a: India as a whole and Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in particular are most dansgerous places to give birth of children as per reports and studies by Harvard School of Public Health;  Save Children India ,  Lancet  and U N Study Reports.. India lacks basic maternity care and worse scenario exists in Bihar; according to a report published in the  American Time magazine website on June08, 2012. The write up has quoted a study report of India particularly Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has put India as a whole worse than Nepal among the developing countries on this score.Pregnant women die eitherat  the time of giving birth or during pregnancies in India, mostly in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh due to lack of basic infrastructures both in urban and rural areas. A pregnant woman of nearby Delhi , who somehow, was saved at the time of giving birth to a child   told  the writer of the story Nilanjana Bhaumick, " Giving birth is not at all safe in India.. But may be easy if taken to a hospital to give birth or a comptetet dai (midwife) was there, it would not have so traumatic and my other child would have been saved in the past." The write up in the Time suggests that basic maternity  care , if , would have been in India and particularly Bihar many life in India would have been saved. The Time has quoted a 2010 study by Harvard School of Public Health, which has said that 1,50000 deaths would have been prevented by 2015 if Indian women have aceess to better family planning and health care during their pregnancies and deliveries..The Times has quoted another report by Save Children India, which suggests, " that despite of  India's booming economy, the country is still one of the most high-risk places in the world to give birth. It ranked India as the fourth country among 80 less developed countries, in its survey, with nearly half of births taking place without a traned heath professionals. Even though India has made effort to improve level of maternal health by encouraging institutional deliveries and taking other measures;" says Thomas Chandy of president of the Save The Children India. He has furtjer informed  the Time, that the benefits have not yet appeared to bring about a pradigam shift. The Time  website has further states that although figures show national maturity rate dropped by 66 percent from 1990 to 2010,in India, particularly Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have so far highest number of women dying during child birth on the planet. The U N Report on maternal and mortality trends has revealed that 56000 deaths in 2010 have taken place whereas such figures remain 6000 in China during the period.! India's maternal mortality rate in 2010 was 200 women per year of 100000 live births, which are slightly better than Bangla Desh (240 deaths per year on 100000 live births). Intrestingly the Nepal , considered a poverty -ridden and less developed country, adjoin India has tremendously just 170 deaths per 100000 births! the Time website report, headlined, " Why India is still one of the Most Dangerous places to give Births"? has further stated that lamently India and its states including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has launched many welfare programmes for women  like Janani Surakhsha Yojana, food for malnuritioned pregnant women  and children but these welfare measures are yet to percolate  grass-root level, aggravating the  deaths of women and children at the time of deliveries and pregnancies. Although there is strict provisions to carry pregnant women through government transports to nearby hospitals and health centres, food , medicines and even cash rewards of upto $30 for giving birth, such facilities remained on papers only in Indian states including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Facilities are not available due to lack of in frastructures  in both urban and rural centers. However, The Time magazine website has lauded the efforts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu and has said that these two states have already reached U N Millennium development on this score by  bringing their mortality rate down to 100 women per year on every 100000 live births While ther states like Anbdhra Pradesh, west Bengal, Gujarat, Haryana are close to chasing the figures of lowest casualties during births and pregnancies! The Time has pointed out that spread of literacy is crucial factors for stopping casualities. In this respect, the Time has referred about Kerala where literacy rate among women is 92 percent and by adopting various women welfare measures, the state  has brought down such figure to 81 deaths per every year of 100000 births in the state. About Bihar and Uttar Pradesh , worse said is better on these scores!

RETROGADE BIHARI YOUTHS AMID PROGRESSIVE YOUTHS OF ONCE UPON A TIME!

I strongly feel that the recent invasion on India to ruin our political and social cultural  fabrics and progressive thinkings as well as economy of India, based on socialistic pattern of society through imposition of new economic policies of imperialists, are destroying our youths  Europe and United State of America in the shape  of multinationals and corporates culture have  practically brought brinkmanship among our  youths. Today's youths of India are described the future  rulers under our democratic system.
 In the past few years, youths of India have become untouched with progressive thoughts for the benefit of the country! There were time, sons and daughters of rich and big people as well as from middle class families used to get good education and they visited foreign countries including United Kingdom, America and other foreign lands for higher studies in Oxford, Cambridge, and other top-ranking universities of the globe. From there , they brought many progressive ideas  like communism, socialism  and other revolutionaries theory for the upliftment of downtroddens etc.
In this categorey, we cannot forget the names of Pundit Jawahar Lal Nehru, B R Ambdkar, Subhas Chandra Bose, Jyoti Basu, and many others. For radical and political thinkings we cannot forget the contributions of  revolutionaries like  Saheed Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Vismil and many other, who sacrificed their for the political emancipation of the country.
RADICAL AND PROGRESSIVE :- They all brought new ideas of revolution and became instrumental in shaping the destiny of India in the last several years. About ten years back, prestigious colleges like St. Stephen College under Delhi university, the Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Presidency colleges in Calcutta, Madras and Mumbai, Shanti Niketan university and many other top ranking educational institutions in the country used to be hub of progressive thoughts. And many of their  students excelled in different aspects  like politics, revolution, Marxism, socialism etc. These institutions once upon time were described hub of political and social thoughts! Many of the products from these institutions are excelling in different fields including some in politics, journalsm, top ranking government jobs, NGOs, social services and even in private sectors. Their progressive thinkings are beng reflected in their good deeds. In government services, many of such scholars are doing excellent jobs in premier services like IAS, IFS, IPS and senior rank-central services. In many instances, they never succumb to political pressure and works on the basis of strict rule books as well as going to rural areas during  their postings to listen to the grievances of rural people, who are supposed to be most worse sufferers and also deprived lots in the present political system.
 I mustt mention of name of Arwind Narayan Das, a Bihar and product of St Stephen, who was a research scholar in the AN Sinha institute , Patna, had joined journalism. Later he left journalism and founded a NGO, namely Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) in Patna for socio-economic development of the state with Prof Saibal Gupta. While Prof Saibal is looking after the institute more as close advisor of the chief minister Nitish Kumar, Arwind died prematurely about ten yars back. Arvind had bubbling ideas of progressive thinkings and he was a sympathisers of Naxal movement in India for the upliftment of poor, dalits , adivasis etc.
Of late these tendencies among our youths are lacking and they are concentrating more on materialistic approaches. Instead of sentiments of services to people, they are making them selves machines of money minting. They seldom care for the interest of the country. Their approaches have become narrow-minded. Instead of progressive thoughts, they are shaping themselves in the format of feudalism. Some time, I feel disappointed and desperate over their attitudes throughout the country. I will rather call some thing very serious fault-line in our education system right from primary level to university level.
RETROGADE TENDENCY:-Instances of the last few days in Bihar among mainly youths in a large number in the wake of killing of dreaded founder of  banned Ranveer Sena at Ara Brahmeshwar Mukhiya  and his funeral procession  at Bansghat in Patna have shocked the people.Youths in the age group of 16 years to 40 outnumbered the people participating in the funeral processions. Right from Ara to Patna and other districts of central Bihar, they indulged in vandalism, violences, burning of police and private vehicles, beating o f  people moving  on roads, damaging public and government property. I feel that this shows the decadent thoughts among youths in majority in Bihar. For whom, they were protesting-for a man, like Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, who throughout his life indulged in loot, arsons, killings of over 300 dalits, muslims, poor among forward, backwards for establishing the hegemony of their landlordship on the lands, manily in central Bihar. Sadly these youths behaved like lumpens on the street of Patna, the state capital!.
Moreover elder politicians of JD(U) , BJP, Congress etc rather allegedly encouraged them for creating ugly scenes on the street of Patna and other districts of Bihar. I must mention the names of a few politicians including Akhilesh Singh, former union minister (Congress), Lalan Singh, Lok Sabha member from Munger (JD-U), Dr  CP Thakur, state unit chief of BJP Bihar unit, and BJP MLA Ms Usha Vidyarathi (both BJP). They allegedly created scenes to restore feudalism and landlordship in Bihar and eliminate poor, dalits, muslims, backward caste, poor among forward caste in Bihar!The arsonists chased the police and raised slogans in support of banned Ranveer Sena openly
PROGRESSIVE YOUTHS:-There were time in Bihar. Many educated and brriliant youths in their educational career entered left  and socialist movement. to protest atrocity on dalits, backwards, poor, adivasis etc in Bihar itself. They also joined naxal movement setting aside theuir luxurious life with their parents as well as brilliant technical educations in 1960s and early 1970s. In course of their  political activities, they joined the founder s of naxal movement from Naxalwari in Darjeeling district in West Bengal Charu Mazumdar and Kanu Sanyal. By the time Indira Gandhi , the then premier of India declared emergency, and many of these reformists and Naxal leaders were tortured and killed at many places , particularly in Bhagalpur jails.
In this connection, I will point out a few families , whose wards, sons, had sacrificed their lifefor justices to poor in Bihar.One such falmily is of an eminent historian late Prof Radha Krishna Chaudhary. Prof Chaudhary and his wife Shanti Devi lost his one MBBS doctor son Dr Prashant Kumar Chaudhary, who was shot dead in Bhagalpur jail on May 04, 1976. Dr Prashant Kumar Chaudhary 's guilt was that he wanted to give medical treatment to fellow jail inmates after he was put in jail in a drive against naxalites during emergency. Dr Chaudhray was shot dead in jail premises from point blank range by jail and armed police personnel in Bhagalpur jail. Dr Chaudhary died instaneously. News of his killing was censored for months together during eergency. His body was not handed over to the Professor family. His elder brother, Prabhat Kumar Chaudhary, who was topper in matriculation and I sc. in Scince College, Patna, had joined Sindri Institute of Technology. There also he took lead in academic activities-but his zeal for helping poor did not resist him and he joined Charu Mazumdar and Kanu Sanyal of Naxalwari-fame. He was imprisioned for several years and tortured by police. He, however, later on released . Currently , Prabhat is setteled in Delhi and as being CPI-Ml central secretariat member, is doing social services! His third brother Prasanna Kumar Chaudhary continued to be an active naxalites sysmpathisers and he and his wife moves in tribal areas of Jharjkhand and meets adivasis for ameliorating their condition. Pranava Kumar Chaudhary, the youngest son of  Prof R K Chaudhary, have naxalites leaning and is sympathisers of Maoists, is currently Special correspondent in The Times of India. Pranava had also to pass through many ups and downs in life and struggled for survial after the sudden death of his father Prof R K Chaudhary and the entire family plunged in pall of gloom with the death Dr Prashant and other tragedies in the family. Shanti Devi, wife of late  Prof R K Chaudhary, who lives  with her son Pranava in Patna, still shivers in pain and angusish first on the killing of his doctor son in Bhagalpur jail and death of her professor husband during his service of professorship. Tears rolloing down on her face, she could not reply my few questions and only wept uncotrobaly.!
In this connection, I must mention the contribution of one former naxalites, a hardcore follower of Charu and Kanu, Umadhar Prasad Singh of Darbhanga town. Umadhar , a brilliant stiudent f economics, later during  jail period perhaps topped the list in post-graduate in Economics from Bihar university. Umadhar is lone member of central committee of nine of the CPI-Ml formed after split from CPM is surviving. An architect of the first naxalite operation in  Bihar in Musahari in Muzaffaropur district alongwith another senior naxal leader Raj Kishore Singh, Umadhar singh become later MLA from Hayaghat assembly constituency of Darbhanga district three times. Umadhar , who was tortured in brutal manner in different jails , particularly in Hazaribagh central jail, is still struggling between life and death at his Darbhanga residence. As long as Kanu was alive, Kanu Sanyal was regular visitor to see the condtition of Umadhar in Darbhanga.. Surrounded by books, magazines, newspapers, documents on his bed, Umadhar is leading a life of loner and bewildred with the present state of affairs in the country! Umadhar also had given other naxalite operation in Darbhanga district when he shot dead for instant justice to a landlord Balani of Dilahi , a village in Darbhanga town suburb. Umardhar also symbolised naxal operations in  a few places in Bengal, Champaran and Sasaram region of Bihar in his prime youth  under the direct control of Charu and Kanu when he was hardcore naxal leader in 1960s and 1970s.
 I have already written about well known Naxal leader of high-ranking from an Ara  village Satya Narayan singh, who was architect in organising Telegana movement in Andhra Pradesh and remained underground till he died in Telegana forest areas in 1979.
DREADED JWALA SINGH:: Another dreaded landlord of an Ara village Jwala Singh, for whom life of weaker sections of society was play for him. Jwala was more dreaded than founder of of the Ranveer Sena, a private army of landlords  Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, whio was killed a few days back in Ara town, raising a hall of protsts by conservatives upper caste! Jwala, a holder of over 1000 acre of land in Ara village, was not only monster but used to taste the blood of weaker sections after their killings. Jwala was a congress leader, whose writ ran in entire central bihar. One woman Congress legislator was practically his kept. Jwala himself used to tell peole that his first task is to rape, murder, loot and violences like burning of houses of dalits and other weaker sections of society in entire central Bihar. Police and administration during the days of Congress were under his thumb. A day came in 1980s perhaps, and Jwala was killed and shot dead while he was travelkling in his car near his village home like the killings of Brahmeshwar Mukhiya. Today in the changed political situation, Jawala's sons are thriving on lands and other huge property, acquired by Jwala himself. In between, there was lull in his family but in the changed situation, huge lands of killed Jwala, are being managed by his sons. And some time, Jawala's  sons also grabbed the lands of dalits , Muslims and backward s and poor among forward caste.
Such is the tip of ice berg story of feudalism in Bihar and naxal activities. The degenration of youths from upper caste mainly in Bihar and their feudal outlook instead of progressive and radical views has created  piquant situation in the state. If  proper education and training of well beings are not imparted  to our youths particularly in Bihar, the situation would go down to the drains and the dream of good governance of the Chief minister Nitish Kumar would continue to remain a distant dream.

FEUDALISM VIS-A-VIS LEFT MOVEMENT IN BIHAR IN THE WAKE OF DREADED MUKHIYA'S KILLING

For the last four days, Bihar, which is well known for feudalism and atrocity on weaker sections of the society, has once again gained more and more notoriety with the killing of the founder of the Ranveer Sena, a private army of landlords, conservative people and their upper caste tags, Brahmeshwar Singh Mukhiya in the suburb of Ara town by unkown assalaints. Apart from violences in Ara, damaging public property, arsons, loot  and assaulting poor and weaker sections of the society, the trouble spread to the state capital-Patna- where his body was cremated nearby Bansghat funeral site where the first President of India and apostole of peace and non-violence  Dr Rajndra Prasad was also cremated over 45 years back.
 The long processions of a particular sections of society, added and abeted by their caste's senior leaders, with the body of Mukhiya, known for murders of over 459 dalits ,muslims including children and women, specially in Bhojpur, Gaya, Jahanabad, Ara,  Arwal, Aurangabad district in late 1970, 1980s, 1990s reached Patna and created vandalism, violences, loot, anti-government slogans, and  strangely glorifying banned Ranveer Sena and Mukhiya.
 FREE FOR ALL AND  WHO ALLOWED CREMATION IN PATNA?::-It was free of for all of them. Police were no where to prevent any untowards incident. In the process, the arsonists with the body of Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, spared none, burnt police and private vehicles,, assaulted pepole on the main streets of Patna without any rhyme and reasons. And the police, under the command of the Director General of Police Abhayanand remained a silent spectators! Entire government machinery were found cripilled. In this critical hour. The chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar was away from the scene in the state capital on his sewa yatra tour of Bhagalpur and Kishanganj districts. His deputy chief minister and a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil  Kumar Modi and other ministers and senior officials on whom Nitish Kumar bank for so called good  governance were conspicuous by their absence to control the situation!
With all these developments, a big question arises, "who allowed the funeral procession and cremation of Brahmeshwar Singh Mukhiya, who was killed at Ara, about 60 km from Patna, at the bank of Ganga river at  the Bansghat cremation ground"? Is he Abhayanand to appease the banned Ranveer Sena activists and their political associates including rebel JD(U) member of the Lok Sabha from Munger Lok Sabha seat  Lalan singh , the former union minister Akhilesh Singh,  of  then Rashtriya Janata Dal, now of the Congress , state unit chief of the BJP Dr C P Thakur?
FEUDALISM IN BIHAR:-Feudalism and caste war  are not new for Bihar. It all started in late 1960s vogorously in the state, in which it is said that over 20000 people, majority of them from dalits, muslims and poor among firward caste were killed. Initially it started with  socialist movement in Darbhanga and Madhubani under the CPI leader Bhogrendra Jha and Socialist leader Suraj Narayan Singh. Both Socilists and Communist parties fought for land to land less in these two districts by capturing forcively Darbhanga Raja lands and distributed them among landless.Later ultra left movement in Bihar started  raising voices against atrocity by feudal upper caste people  and finally culminated into caste and calss war by private armies of almost all upper caste people to suppress the voices of haves-not. Resultantly,at least two private armies-Ranveer Sena and Bhoomi Sena were formed in  late 1970s by land-owing fedal Bhumihar and backward Kurmi caste "in the name of protecting lands and farming from ultra left and dalits in central Bihar districts including Patna, Nalanda, Nawada, Gaya, Jahanabad, Ara, Rohtas, Aurangabad,Arwal ditricts etc  Kurmis' bhoomi sen wasmainly to protect their lands from ultra left and upper caste landloards! Subsequently intense fighting between these senas of vested interests in one hand and MCC (Now CPI-Maoists),and IPF (now CPI-ML)  and other naxal organisations started in these districts! By that time ultra left organisations had launched agitation for lands, home for homeless and stopping of atrocity on weaker sections of society  by feudal land-owing classes and caste.
Feudal mindest of upper caste grouped and regrouped under the over-all leadership of Ranveer Sena , formed by Baramhshwar Mukhiya. Under the gangloard ship of Mukhiya, upper caste people engaged in mass annihiliation of dalits, muslims, backwards, poor from upper caste in central Bihar districts. And Ranveer Sena activists under the direct  leadership Barhmeshwar Mukhiya started genocides in central Bihar districts and killed over 600 dalits, muslims, backwards, poor among upper caste to revenge the armed revolution of ultra left parties and killings of upper caste landed atrocious and feudal landlords and their family members in old Gaya and Arungabad districts.
KILLING SPREE:-Thereafter, killing sprees of dalits started and  over 300 of them were killed in massacres by Mukhiyas and his army members in late 1980s and in 1990s in Bathani toila, Lakshmanpur-Bathe, Nagari, Sidani, Ekwari, Haibashpur, Miyanpur , Panchkouli aaAkopur  and various other villages in  the central Bihar districts.
It all started from Congress rule and Laloo-Rabari rule in Bihar mainly. Mainly because Laloo Prasad Yadav, who on his height of mass populariity, had given voices to the weaker sections of society to resist and protest atrocity on them by rich , feudal upper caste in Bihar. Thus gravitation of killing spree  by Ranveer Sena \and his founder in central Bihar Barhmeshwar Singh took full form, Laloo Prasad Yadav had banned Ranveer Sena And a serious hunt to arrest Mukhiya was started during his regime..Laloo-Rabari tenure in Bihar had also constituted a judicial enquiry commission  led by Justice Amir Das to enquire into role of private armies, particularly Ranveer Sena led By Mukhiya in giving results of massacres after massacres in BIhar.
 The commission had spotted many active politicians of BJP, Congress etc of a particular sections of society in encouraging Ranveer Sena and its head Mukhiya. Being affarid of exposition, many such politicians had demanded scarapping of Amir Das commission. And at last , with the installation of  Nitish Kumar of NDA rule in Bihar, the chief minister Nitish Kumar, without assigning any reasons, had scrapped the commission, to utter surpricse of the people of Bihar! Its head and founder Brahmeshwar Mukhiya went underground and remnained elusive for over eight years. Ultimately Brahmeshwar Mukhiya was arrested from Exihibition Road house in Patna and put on trial in over two dozens massacres cases.
 Even during underground period, Brahmeshwar Mukhiya used to meet mediapersons and secretly mainly in Kankarbagh areas. Once during morning walk, this writer had by chance meeting with Mukhiya through common acquintances, morning walkers! I asked him why he is killing children and women of dalits. His instant reply to me during morning walk was that "our Sena and myself eliminate children as after growing they will become naxalites and raise their voices against upper caste" . About women, his reply was ,I and my sena activists  target them as they give birth to children, who would become naxalites to teach lessons to upper caste landowners." I was stunned with his such statement in early 1990s when Brahmeshwar Mukhiyta\had surfaced during morning walk in Kankarbagh areas with some of my and his common acquintances!
KILLING OF MUKHIYA BECAUSE OF GANGWARFARE:-Latest killing of Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, in my opinion, is the result of gangawrs among activists of  banned .Ranveer Sena as well as fight for political supremacy among higher caste, specially dominant Bhumihars among the legislators of NDA coalitoon government , comprising JD(U) and BJP in Bihar. Apart from that, one more reasons could be cited recent acquital of all the accused persons in a massacre case of 23 dalits including women and children in Ara district including Mukhiya , who were awarded capital punishment and  life  sentences by the district and session judge of Ara, had been declared null and void by the division bench of the Patna high court. Instead of appealing the case in the Supreme court, Nitish Kumar government showed dithering attitude to appease a particular upper case and his dominant alliance partner-BJP.. I think this must have antagonised concious and elightened people and they would have thought to give instant justice to Mukhiya by killing him.
ORIGIN OF NAXALWAD IN BIHAR:-In 1970s, over a dozen instances of killings of landlords and feudal forces had taken place in north Bihar. It all started from Musahari village in Muzaffarpur district where four landlords were killed by naxalites while carrying out their direct annihiliation theory, propunded by top -ranking naxalites- Charu Mazumdar and Kanu Sanyal. There after a seriors of murders of landlords and feudal people, having vested interests had taken place in Darbhanga district, specially in town areas. The then dreaded naxalite Umadhar prasad Singh, who was product of Naxalbari movement under the leadership of Charu and Kanu, killed a landlord Balani, who created atrocity among weaker sections of society in Darbhanga town suburb, and one Prasad of Mirzapur areas of  Darbhanga town, and known for investing money on high interest rate to poor and torturing them in case of non-payment, were killed by Umadhar Singh in direct action of Naxalites.Later Umadhar Singh had told mediapersons in late 1980s that ultra left had now chanmged their strategies because they could not get peoles' support for whom naxalites are eliminating feudal and landloards. Umadhar Singh later became three times MLA from Hayaghat assembly constituency and even today he is formewr naxalite but working for success of  naxal movementin the country leaving lonely at his Darbhanga town residence where on a few uyears ago before his death Kanu Sanyal was a regular visitor. Recently, I personally went to meet Umadhar Singh out of courtsey and sauw a host of present and pastMaoists at his residence chalking out strategies over a cup of coffee! Umadhar Singh was also key organiser in giving result to Musahari killings in Muzaffarpur district!

BHOJPUR TURF:-More over later, war of turf shifted to Bhojpur and Gaya zones of Bihar where under the stewardship of Veteran Naxalite top ranking leader Satya Narayan singh had given shapes to annihiliation theory of Naxalites at many places in these areas. Satyanarayan Singh, a resident of a nearby village of Ara town, had spent his whole life in Telegana\ areas in Andhra Pradesh for harbouring the naxal activities in that state. In his early 50s, Satyanarayan, who remained underground in Telegana areas, fell ill in the deep forest of Teleganana while underground  and before he was gven treatment, he died. It must be recalled  that his body was brought to Calcutta just after emergency during the regime of Morarjee Desai and his cremation took place on the confluence of Ganga-sea in Calcutta. His funeral procession was unique in the sense thar being from Bihar, worked whole life for ultra -movement throughout the country , specially in Telegana areas, was well attended. Thousands paid floral tributes to him. His funeral procession was four-kilo meter lomg,
After that mantel of ultra-left movement in central Bihar went to IPF , led by Vinot Mishra and MCC , now CPI-ML (Maoists). Their presence were significant in  late 1970s and 1980s and 1990s in Bihar. But at later stage, the IPF , who had gained most popularity among masses, were converted into a political Party-CPI-ML. Practically the CPI-ML had beeen left lone voices of masses in Bihar as one of the viable communist parties in the state. CPI-ML (Maoists) are also concnentrated in Bihar's Gaya, Jahanabad, Muzaffarpur, Champrans, Aurangabad, Jamui, Nawada, Sitamarhi, Raxoul, Purnia, Saharsa, Darbhanga etc areas in Bihar. Of late these naxal organisations are giving shape to spread the movement in different parts of Bihar by spreading its network. Earlier Laloo Prasad Yadav had sympathetic corner with Naxals and Maoists now Nitish Kumar has also applied same theory although during Nitish regime, many hardcore and senior naxal leadrs had been arrested and put behind bars!
In the background f of all thse developemnets in Bihar, the killing of Barhmeshwar Singh Mukhiya must not be taken seriously. But Nitish Kumar will have to answers many questions with latest developments in the wake of killings of Mukhiya and vilolences and vandalism in Ara, Patna and other placres of the state with tacit support of his  administration. Nitish Kumar, who is striving hard to build new Bihar and during his stewardship Bihar has started looking up on almost all fronts, must bev facing the worse challenges of his political life. Nitish will must to take final call!

Mamta is mass leader, Nitish is a manoeuvrer

In the last recent years, two regional straps-Mamta Bannerjee (West Bengal) and Nitish Kumar (BIhar)-have emerged powerful politicians  in eastern India out of" negative votes of the electorate in both the states, being disgusted with the misrule of left front government led by Buddhdeo Bhattarya in west Bengal and also Laloo-Rabari "so called Jungle Raj" in Bihar".But there are differences in "negativism" in West Bengal and Bihar. Mamta Bannerjee had been fighting continuously in West Bengal  in the last several years of her own and alone while in Bihar Nitish Kumar was working against the Laloo-Rabri misrule along with Hindu saffron party-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
 In one aspect Mamta Bannerjee had started anti-left campaign mainly through principled stand of land acquisition  from poor farmers mainly in Singur areas for Tata motors  as well as  atrocity by left brigades in West Bengal for the last 34 years. In the process, she took support of "negative votes" of urban middle class". One thing also went in her favour in dethroning left front government, her clean image and honesty  and  at the same time wide support base among  common masses including Muslim community, which constitute overr 28 percent in West Bengal and alliance with Congress in the last assembly elections in west Bengal  about one year back.
Moreover, Nitish Kumar, who upset Laloo-Rabari regime of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) over seven years back and took over the rein of Bihar government, had only "negative votes" against RJD Situation in Bihar had gone bad to worse. But some how or other major chunk of vote banks of national president of RJD remained intact. Laloo was mainly defeated over seven years back with the support of upper caste votes consolidating against him and also militant attitude among upper caste to get Laloo anyhow humiliated. In the process, Laloo lost the support of dalits, poor, other backwards and  muslimsas as well as  even some chunk of votes of upper caste like Rajputs, who remained with him earlier. Practically , there were outburst against Laloo Prasad Yadav for creating mess in Bihar  during his rule in 15 years in Bihar. Nitish proved more tactful in managing these splinter votes along with bulk chunk of votes of miltant upper caste in both the assembly elections with the support of his alliance partners-BJP.
Like Mamta Baneerjee , Nitish could not be described as mass base leader! On the front of proven integrity, Mamta Bannerjee is at high pedestal-there have been no finger raised against her for accepting money or creating corrupt bureaucracy. In this sector, Nitish excelled many political leaders. During his regime of over seven years, corrupt practises have increased mani-fold in Bihar. Rather people of Bihar are groaning under corruptions right from panchayat and block level to secretariat level of Bihar government.
Not only that, there are no complaints against Mamta Bannerjee that she had given seats to industrialists or capitalists for Rajya Sabha on the consideration of money. But in Bihar, it is open secret that Nitish Kumar and his alliance partner-BJP have sold seats to industrialists and money mafia. In the process, Nitish Kumar from his JD(U) quota has given Rajya sabha seat twice to one King Mahendra of Bihar, a medicine producer allegedly  in lieu of money. A retired controversial  IAS official Mr N K Singh was admitted in JD(U) fold and made Rajya Sabha member from Bihar by JD(U) of Nitish Kumar, reasons best known to him. Singh was in no way connected with JD(U) any time in the past! In this respect Mamta had given her party nomination to a few journalists of proven integrity.
Mamta, having all political qualities, is not so shrewed like Nitish Kumar. Once Laloo had described Nitish Kumar that "Nitish has teeths in his  stomach (Nitish ke pet mein daint hai)"! Mamata, who has become targets of media in west Bengal because of her frankness while Nitish kumar has controlled the media by  practically declaring "undeclared censorship on news papers and news magazines as well as electronic channels" through his manoeuvrings in distributing advertisements indiscriminately  and also through pulling up owners of newspapers and electronic channels!
One factor is also marring Mamta's prospect in West Bengal despite her mass support base, Mamta appears all alone in carrying the responsibility of running her government without any vocal support from her party leaders in Trinamula Congress as well as Ally-Congress party. whereas Nitish Kumar has array of leaders both in his party-(JDU) and alliance partner-BJP to highl;ights the things unnecessarily. I find while Nitish Kumar making only announcements of developments in the last over seven years more and his colleagues in alliance partner and his own party more vocal in highlighting achievements and developments in Bihar-that are not true!
Unlike Nitish Kumar, Mamta has strong base among  Scheduled Caste,Scheduled Tribes and Minority Muslims (Muslims alone constitute around 28 percent of the West Bengal electorate). Although Nitish Kumar in Bihar has also initiated certain measures among Muslims, particularly Pasmanda (backward and dalit Muslims) to woe the minority, the muslims are still feeling not so secured in the hands of Nitish because of saffron party-BJP, being his alliance party in Bihar and at the  central level also. Muslims as a whole are not happy with Nitish Kumar for dividing Muslims as backwards and forwards Derfinitely, Nitish Kumar has implemented reservation for women and mahadalits for their upliftment for having biggest share of chunk of development measures. But these measures are already in vogue in West Bengal well before the installation of Mamta Bannerjee government in West Bengal! In this respect Mamta is in advantageous position because she has been beating left front from their sticks in the changed political scenario.
On land reforms measures and stopping of forcible land acquisition, Mamta Bannerjee had long back pulled up the carpet from left front government led by CPI-M in West bengal. Before coming to power Mamta had vigorously opposed the land acquisition move in Singur and Nandigram against the left government policy of land acquisition for industrial purposes. She put the left front on wrong box as harbourer of industrialisation by snatching land of  poor land owners, she presented herself as fighter for for the right of farmers. after assuming power in West Bengal she outmanoeuvred the left at its own game. She adopted firm stand against foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, creation of special economic zone (SEZ) in West Bengal,. She also opposed Pension Fund Regulatory development authority bill at union level, which the left parties had made their own agenda. Similarly she had opposed  Lokayukta clause in the Lokayukta bill and has practically held to ransom the move of the centre on the National Counter Terrorism Centre notification under Unlawful Activities Act. She had been harping seriously on a three -year moratorium on the interest on loans taken by the west Bengal government in successive yrears from Union government.
On these scores, Nitish Kumar had lagged behind in vocally raising the issue. On land reform measures for implementing bataidari right and surplus land to landless, Nitish is yet to fulfil his promises despite the facts that  he had constituted Bandopadhaya committee on much fan-fare . Bandopadhaya committee's recommendations on land reforms if gatherinmg dust. To please upper caste vote banks and his alliance partner-conservative BJP, Nitish put the entire land reform measures in cold storage just on the eve of the last assembly elections to please the  vested interest vote banks! Unlike Mamta, Nitish is gradually acquiring lands for setting up industries for investors in Bihar.
Both have similarity in at least one aspects-that is wiping out opposition voices through political violences. In Mamta regime in the past one year more than 90 persons have been killed in political violences, mainly from CPM rank and file. Nitish Kumar also weakened the opposition voices in Bihar and has become allegedly instrumental  political violences , over 200 persons were killed in the last two years In Bihar-recent one is a liquor trader in Gopalganj district by his party MLA Pappu Pandey, against who a case has been registered for murdering the liquor trader a few days back. Opposition voices and suggestions are ignored by Nitish Kumar and practically thrown into waste papers baskets right from Assembly proceedings to government level.
 Mamta had different approaches from Nitish to refute her failures in governance. She used to tell entire thing has been "shajona (staged)"-right from Park street rape case to attacks on media, suicides of framers and agriculture labourers. On the other hand Nitish Kumar government in Bihar does not take notices of all these failures in authoritarian style although Mamta Bannerjee also believes in tackling her failures in authoritarian style. Mamta always sees the spectre of the CPI(M) behind any embarrassment to the government. In this game Nitish Kumar has unique style of silencing vocal opponents like Ram Bilas Paswan and Laloo Prasad Yadav, by reminding the people the past misdeeds of both these leaders.
Both Mamta and Nitish have to some extend achieved  success in tackling Naxalite or Maoists problems. While Mamta , who had got maximum support in dethroning left front government by Maoists, had forgotten all those things in "realpolitik". she discarded them after coming to power. she successfully combined armed forces operation against naxalites militants, fighting for advasis along with promise of development in the naxal-infested zones of Pachim Midanapore, Bankura and Purulia etc in the zone where Maoist violences, prevalent since 2008. Nitish Kumar, who is also in agonising moments because of intermittent naxal violences in  different parts of Bihar, specially in Champaran and Juamui region, has also played his card very cautiously and like Laloo Pradsad has made naxalites and their organisation his friends for temporary truce. His government, although, has even failed ro modernise the police forces and initiating development measures in naxal-infested areas in Bihar despite the facts that union government has pumped huge funds on this score.
Mamta has interestingly faced Gorkhaland problem by signing an accord with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha for the establishment of a larger autonomous Gorkha Territoral administration and in initiating anti-land acquisition for industries through a move to put on the investors themselves for acquiring land for setting up industries themselves, who have promised investment proposals of over Rs 80,000 crore in the first nine months of her tenure. In Bihar Nitish Kumar had  has not succeeded in preparing any blue prints for setting up industries in Bihar by investors although the Bihar government has received such proposals\worh over Rs 60000 crore in the last two years.
On the moratorium of interest on loans from union government, Mamta is fighting tooth and nails with the centre and also for adequate fund for the development measures for West Bengal and she has been given patience hearing by union government on this score , Nitish Kumar, who is raising persistent campaign for special status to Bihar, has been rebuffed by the Planning Commission that Bihar could not be put under special category quota. However, the long fight of Nitish has extracted assurances from union government and planning commission that special assistance's might be arranged to Bihar from central government!
Now the question is of mass appeal of both the regional stalwarts from eastern states. Mamta has clean image!
There used to become many ups and down for Mamta in West Bengal-but when I visited the many parts of West Bengal in March-April, I found that Mamta Bannerejee has definite mass appeal throughout the West Bengal!  Even her worst critics, never deny her courage, fortitute and financial integrity!She has proved that she is the credible leader in West Bengal against left parties.. She is the lone face among women leader, who without any tacit support of anybody, particularly male politicians, has succeeded in ending the 34 year rule of left front government in West Bengal. Many political obituary and epitaph have been written on Mamta but she proved that she is the mass leader of West Bengal without any black-spot. And After Jyoti Basu, Mamta Bannerjee has only appeal among masses of West Bengal. Here I must compare her with Laloo Prasad Yadav of Bihar, who had such tremendous mass appeal in touching the hearts of rural poor and in giving the poor the voices in Bihar in  late 1990s and early 2000s. Like Laloo Mamta , in her oratorial skill, speaks voices of people in West Bengal like Laloo in his typical style, used to speak the voices of poor in Bihar
Nitish Kumar of Bihar, who had given hopes and aspirations to the people of Bihar for rebuilding a new Bihar, has developed many ifs and buts.  Enlightened people had seen in Nitish Kumar, an able and efficient administrator like first chief minister of Bihar Dr Sri Krishna Sinha! But hopes and aspirations are bellying!His authoritarian and dictatorial style apart from his dependence on bureaucracy have cost him heavily and dented his public image. His image has taken down-turn specially in rural areas because of non-implementations of his  promises at the time of elections. Situation has come to such a pass that now the people have stated demonstrating against him and pelting stones on him during his various yatras in rural areas!.

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For the last 15 to 20 days I am not in my mental frame of mind. Becase of that , I am not reaching out to my readers, viewers. Abot my mind, I fail to understand what The Almighty has desired for Me. I  have completely surrenderred before Almighty in the last leg of my life!