Thursday, December 18, 2008

PRESS CONFERENCE

A W A M I B H A R A T
"E X P O S I N G T H E P O L I T I C S O F T E R R O R"
PRESS CONFERENCE
MARATHI PATRAKAR SANGH,
CST, MUMBAI 20TH DECEMBER / 2 - 3 pm
SPEAKERS: FEROZE MITHIBORWALA (RASHTRIYA SAMAJ PAKSH - NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT), KISHORE JAGTAP (AWAMI BHARAT - SPOKESPERSON), DILIP BANSODE (BHARIP BAHUJAN MAHASANGH - PRESIDENT - MUMBAI)MULNIWASI MALA (PHULE-AMBEDKARI VICHAR MANCH)
NEW ISSUES AND QUESTIONS HAVE EMERGED SINCE THE LAST PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WE HAD ORGANIZED AFTER THE MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK,ESPECIALLY IN CONTEXT OF THE THREE SLAIN ATS POLICE OFFICERS, SHRI KARKARE, SHRI KAMTE AND SHRI SALASKAR.
AT THE POPULAR LEVEL OF THE MASSES & WE THE PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING A HIGH LEVEL JUDICIAL PROBE
INTO THE VERY MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THE UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF THE ABOVE THREE OFFICERS.
WE SUPPORT THE DEMAND MADE BY CABINET MINISTER A. R. ANTULAY AND FOR THE NATIONWIDE DEBATE THAT HE HAS CATALYSED BY RAISING THE ISSUE IN THE PARLIAMENT ITSELF.
WE ALSO CATEGORICALLY DEPLORE THE STATEMENT MADE BY RATAN TATA WHERE HE HAS INSULTED THE MEMORIES OF THE MARTYRS OF 26/11 BY STATING THAT OUR POLICE AND ARMY ARE INEPT.
RATAN TATA HAS A LOT TO ANSWER FOR AS HE WAS CLEARLY AND REPEATEDLY WARNED ABOUT THE IMPENDING ATTACK ON THE TAJ & YET REFUSED TO TAKE ADEQUATE MEASURES WHICH THEN COST THE LIVES OF TEN'S OF INNOCENTS.
CERTAIN OTHER FACTS IN TERMS OF THE INTELLIGENCE REPORTS AND CLEAR WARNINGS HAVE ALSO COME TO LIGHT, WHICH RAISE THE QUESTIONS OF BOTH LETHARGY OR WORSE COMPLICITY !!
WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A FACT FINDING TEAM THAT WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FROM OTHER CITIES AS WELL.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER QUESTIONS AND SMOKING GUNS THAT WE WILL BE RAISING AND WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE IN THE PUBLIC FORA TILL THE TRUTH OF 26/11 IS FINALLY EXPOSED AND THE TRUE CULPRITS BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.

1 comment:

Jason Keith Fernandes said...

I would request you to please reconsider the use of '26/11' as a term that is used.

26/11 bears striking resemblance to '9/11' and in doing so we are only strengthening the case of those who argue that the violence in Bombay was India's 9/11.

I am not saying that we should not refer to the date, that is possible by saying "the 26th of November" or referring to the incident as 'the violence" etc "in Bombay". To refer to the episode as 26/11 is to only enter the debate on the grounds that the corporate and rightist combine has set.