Falsyfying History Communalising education India's Nuclear Doctrine Dangerous vision of India's nuclear Future BJP cannot provide stability BJP's stability is nothing but a hoax, it has already failed Kamtapuri What and why? An Agenda for self reliant development The terms "privatisation" "commercialisation" "independent regulator" "re-structuring" "competition" were used to suit the interest of a few.

Our discussion in Part I has led us to understand the condition of the Adhiyars. However their plight saw no change has come even after independence. In the fifties and sixties they were still getting exploited by the Jotdars belonging to the ruling Congress Party. When the United Front Ministry came into power in West Bengal, the unfulfilled demands of the exploited peasants got due recognition. Movements started everywhere to recover the rested lands and benami land. The Jotdars had no longer any control over the police and other machineries of the Govt. The Bargadars formed a mass committee and the agricultural labourers had the objective to recover stored food crops from the Jotdar-Mahajans and to distribute it at a fair price. The Jotdars and Mahajans fell in serious trouble. Therefore, they intended to separate North Bengal from West Bengal and to form another state where Congress would be in power. Here one important development which need to be mentioned is that in all peasant movements, the refugee peasants or the Bhatiyas played the lead role and they remained at the forefront of the movement.

The Jotdars and their descendants in North Bengal did not give up hope to get back their old position and power. The separatist and extremist movements in different parts of North Bengal like the one led by Subash Ghising and the Boro movement in Assam have given rise to new hopes in their minds. They want to drive out the people of lower class like the Adhiyars and agricultural labourers at the first opportunity.

Because of several historical and geographical reasons, industries could not be developed in North Bengal. Now, the ruling Left Front Govt. has taken the initiative to develop industries there. But for that a peaceful political environment is extremely necessary. The Kamtapur separatist forces, especially their militants, however, want to disrupt peace in the area. The Kamtapuri activities are trying to make the Rajbanshis understand that the refugees who came from East Bengal after independence and settled down in North Bengal are coming in their way of obtaining jobs. If these refugees are driven away from the country, the Rajbanshis will get better opportunities everywhere. This is not at all true. It should always be kept in mind that those who came as refugees in different parts of India after independence, are in no way responsible for the partition of the country. They have equal rights over the country like others. All the leaders of the Uttarakhand movement have now joined hands with the Kamtapuri separatists and the Jotdars and Mahajans who lost their lands are giving support to them. They believe that they will get back their lands if a separate state is formed where the Left Front will not be in power.

The Kamtapuri movement started in the 90s in demand for a separate state formed on the basis of a different language. Though they talk about promoting the development of North Bengal, their real objective is to drive out the Bhatiyas or the refugee peasants. The success of Kamtapuri movement will benefit the Jotdars and Mahajans only, as there is a possibility of getting their lands back through the formation of a separate state. But the youths from lower-middle class families are joining this movement without recognising its consequences. They will be the worst sufferers if the movement succeeds. To protect the rights of the Adhiyars, poor peasants and landless labourers the Left Front rule in the state is extremely necessary. The anti-left forces like Congress-BJP, Trinamul and Kamtapuri should be defeated. The peasants will lose everything to the Jotdars if a separate state is formed. In the present situation, the hands of the democratic forces should be strengthened to defeat all reactionary forces and to preserve and protest the rights of the peasants in North Bengal.