Timeline
2005: Salwa Judum Begins
THE INDIAN STATE FORMED THE SALWA JUDUM (PURIFICATION HUNT) MILITIA FROM AMONG THE LOCAL ADIVASIS IN BASTAR IN THE NAME OF COUNTERING THE MAOISTS. THE SALWA JUDUM CARRIED OUT NUMEROUS RAPES, VILLAGE BURNINGS AND KILLINGS UNDER THE IMPUNITY GIVEN BY THE STATE.
2009: Operation Green Hunt Begins
OPERATION GREEN HUNT BEGINS A NEW PHASE IN COUNTER-INSURGENCY WHERE THE INDIAN STATE EMPLOYS THE TRAININGS AND TECHNIQUES OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISTS’ “HEARTS AND MINDS” STRATEGY, IN A DESPERATE BID TO INCREASE THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGN AND INDIAN CORPORATES IN RESOURCE-RICH REGIONS AND CRUSH THE MOVEMENTS OPPOSED TO CORPORATE LOOT OF INDIA’S NATURAL RESOURCES
2011: Banning of Salwa Judum
SUPREME COURT BANS THE STATE-BACKED VIGILANTE MILITIA SALWA JUDUM AND RECOGNIZED THE VILLAGE BURNINGS, GANG RAPES AND GENOCIDAL CONCENTRATION CAMPS SET UP BY THE SALWA JUDUM AS PART OF THE STATE’S ATTEMPT AT ERADICATING ADIVASI PEASANT RESISTANCE.
2014: Failure of Operation Green Hunt
OPERATION GREEN HUNT RECEIVED VARIOUS SETBACKS AND FAILED, AFTER A STRONG CAMPAIGN FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AND AGAINST WAR ON PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED DURING THIS PERIOD.
2015: New Experiment in Surjagarh
INDIAN STATE RE-STARTED CORPORATIZATION- MILITARIZATION WITH A NEW EXPERIMENT IN THE SURJAGARH HILLS REGION, TARGETING THE ANTI-MINING STRUGGLE IN THE REGION AGAINST IMPERIALIST LLOYD METALS LTD., EMPLOYING FOBs AND CARPET SECURITY MEASURES TO CRUSH THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE
2017: Operation SAMADHAN-Prahar
OPERATION SAMADHAN-PRAHAR BEGINS, EXPANDING THE INDIAN STATE’S DRACONIAN EXPERIMENT FROM SURJAGARH ANTI-MINING STRUGGLE TO THE REST OF RESOURCE-RICH REGIONS ACROSS INDIA.
2018: Arrests of Bhima Koregaon-16
THE ARRESTS OF BHIMA KOREGAON-16, WITH THE PRECURSOR ARREST OF DR. G.N. SAIBABA, HEM MISHRA AND OTHERS FROM 2014, SIGNAL THE HERALDING OF AN INDISCRIMINATE ATTACK ON ALL FORMS OF DISSENT THAT QUESTIONS THE RULING CLASSES.
2021: First Aerial Bombing
FOR THE FIRST TIME, INDIAN STATE USED ISRAEL-MADE DRONES TO DROP BOMBS ON ADIVASI PEASANTS. SINCE THEN, AERIAL-BOMBING AND DRONE STRIKES HAVE OCCURRED
2022: Surajkund Scheme is Plotted
OPERATION SAMADHAN-PRAHAR WAS RE-EVALUATED AFTER 5 YEARS AT SURAJKUND ‘CHINTAN SHIVIR’ IN HARYANA IN OCTOBER 2022 WHERE THE COUNTRY’S TOP BUREAUCRATS, MINISTERS AND DEFENSE EXPERTS DEVISED THE NEW SURAJKUND SCHEME, EXPANDING THE MEASURES OF OPERATION SAMADHAN-PRAHAR WHILE INSTITUTIONALIZING DRONE-BASED AERIAL BOMBINGS ON ADIVASI PEASANTS, EXPANDING THE POWERS OF NIA AND ED, TARGETING COMMUNISTS, RELIGIOUS MINORITIES, OPPRESSED NATIONALITIES AND OPPRESSED CASTES NOW. SURAJKUND SCHEME MAKES BASTAR THE EPICENTRE OF CORPORATE LOOT-MILITARIZATION WHILE THE TREMORS OF THESE GENOCIDAL MEASURES WILL NOW BE FELT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.