In the backdrop of massive state repression – as witnessed in murders, rapes, illegal deten-tions and custodial tortures – that defines Bastar today, a spirited ‘August Kranti- Tiranga Padyatra’ was organized in Bastar this August. Various political parties and groups as well as concerned individuals are part of the “Bastar Bachao Sanjukt Sangharsh Samiti” which had organized the padyatra, including AAP, PUCL, CMM, JMM and CPI (ML) Liberation. From 9-15 August, several adivasis, representatives of various groups, social activists and individuals marched across Bastar. Throughout the padyatra, they proclaimed loud and clear that the values of democracy and freedom enshrined in the Constitution are today conspicuous by their absence in Bastar, and that the padyatra was an attempt to reclaim these pre-cious values guaranteed to each and every citizen. The padyatra started from Ambedkar Park in Dantewada at 5 pm on 9 August. At the start of the yatra, Soni Sori garlanded….

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