Eyes on the Ken-Betwa Adivasi Protests — UPDATES:
- After 18 days, Jai Kisan Sangathan leader Amit Bhatnagar suspended his hunger strike.
- He ended the complete fast after the state assured protesters that fresh village-by-village surveys would be conducted in Chhatarpur.
- Joint teams of government officials and Jai Kisan Sangathan representatives are expected to recheck that eligible families affected by the Ken-Betwa Link Project were excluded from compensation and rehabilitation.
- Bhatnagar has described this as the movement’s “first success,” not its conclusion.
What is Nyay Satyagraha?
- The struggle will now continue as Nyay Satyagraha
- Bhatnagar plans to travel from one affected village to another to:
// help families submit and pursue their claims
// monitor the verification process
// track whether the government fulfils every assurance
- He has warned that the movement will enter another phase of agitation if these promises are not implemented.
What is Nyay Upvaas?
Bhatnagar has shifted from the indefinite hunger strike to a Nyay Upvaas (Justice Fast)
- He will continue refusing food grains and roti until the last eligible family receives justice and their rightful demands.
- His decision followed a serious deterioration in his health
- Women in affected villages had also begun a chulha bandi, refusing to cook in solidarity with the protest
elderly people and children had also started fasting.
What has the government said?
- The Madhya Pradesh government has not accepted the protesters’ entire case
- It maintains (of course) that all affected families have already been sanctioned compensation and rehabilitation benefits
- Ironically, the government’s own written response acknowledged that earlier village-level surveys in Chhatarpur identified 638 additional eligible families.
This increased the sanctioned list from 3,080 to 3,718 families across 14 villages.
The government also stated that 1,321 families across seven villages in Panna had been displaced.
What are the Adivasi protesters sayings?
- Eligible families were excluded from rehabilitation lists
- Compensation assessments were flawed
- Gram Sabha proceedings had irregularities
- Benefits were given to some ineligible people while legitimate claimants were left out
- The government denies that there has been a scam and says only a small number of cases remain unresolved because of documentation or banking issues
What happens next?
- Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said that specific complaints will be investigated
- He has said the verification exercise will be completed within one month.
A fresh survey is a step, but not rehabilitation. The movement continues until every eligible family receives compensation, rehabilitation, land and statutory rights.
Sources: Indian express, NDTV.
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Police, CRPF, and RAF personnel deployed around the Jantar Mantar protests have been asked to remove their name tags.
This is not a small thing. Removing a name tag is illegal. It exists for one reason — so that a police officer can be identified. If an officer engages in unlawful brutality and nobody can identify him, no action can ever be taken against him. Anonymity enables police excesses.
The Supreme Court settled this long ago. In D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal, the Court directed that police personnel must wear accurate, visible and clear identification and name tags with their designations. Concealing them is a violation of a binding direction of the Supreme Court.
So we have set up a website to report it.
If you see a police officer, CRPF or RAF personnel without a name tag:
1. Take their picture
2. Upload it on the website
3. Every single one will be sent to the Delhi Police Commissioner and the DG CRPF, with a demand for an explanation
The law applies to everyone. It applies to the police too. Modi-Shah cannot be allowed to run the police as their personal mafia.
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Hollywood actor #JohnCusack has become the first star from the West to publicly react to India's ongoing student protests. Sharing Arundhati Roy's words on X, he backed the student movement, saying, "They cannot beat these kids."
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An important update regarding Ken Betwa Link project and Adivasis' protests. Amit Bhatnagar still continues his hunger strike and in solidarity many Adivasi families have started a chulha-band andolan, which is also a form of Hunger strike!! Please amplify this!!!!
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It was such a peaceful movement, feel so sad that it had to take a violent turn. My heart goes out to the students and their families who were hurt. Paper leak is a very serious issue, and I am glad to know n see that the kids of our country have come together for a better educational system, and their parents supported them.
I truly appreciate the stand they have taken, showing dedication, sincerity, and keenness to study hard n make their future and a greater, educated India. This andolan, this protest, is the right way to go abt it, n the students have done this peacefully. So courageous and brave. Driven and motivated towards education, this generation will make India proud.
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