......His major political works include Bhumi, Jati, Bandhanam (Land, Caste
and Bondage), a path-breaking study on land, reforms, caste and the
agrarian relations in Kerala, Against Avakianism an ideological critique
of Bob Avakian, the dogmatic-revisionist leader of the Revolutionary
Communist Party of the USA.
As one of the leading Maoist thinkers and theoreticians, Ajith has
written several significant articles and replies on issues related to
gender and caste from a Maoist perspective.
He was the editor of the international magazine A World to Win,
published by the Revolutionary International Movement, a coordinating
center of various Maoist parties and forces across the world. An
interesting aside- as a young kid who used to travel with his father
Karunakara Menon Kannampilly, Counsellor, Indian Embassy, Peking,
(1958-61), the People’s Republic of China, once had the rare opportunity
to garland Chairman Mao.
He was arrested by the ATS in Pune in May last year, and has since been
in the Yerwada prison there. Already a heart patient who had undergone a
bypass surgery, he was admitted to the hospital on the fifth of this
month following chest pain.
However, the authorities have denied him even an attendant and he was
later taken back to the prison cell without proper treatment. In a
critical stage where timely and expert treatment is crucial, the
authorities are inhumanely denying even these basic rights.
No charges have been framed against Murali, other than booking him under
the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). He is one of
the many victims of this draconian law, where people could be arrested
for any reason and held almost indefinitely without any evidence or
criminal cases being registered against them. In fact, Murali has been
produced before the court only once in the past 15 months of
imprisonment.
Human rights activists are urging that the authorities urgently ensure
expert treatment to Murali, and allow, at the very least, his son to
stay and help him as an attendant or otherwise grant him bail on medical
grounds.
A recent statement, signed by globally renowned scholars, academics and
human rights advocates including Noam Chomsky, Gayatri Chakravorty
Spivak, Partha Chatterjee, Anand Teltumbde, Prabhat Patnaik, Bernard
D’Mello, Meena Kandasamy calling upon the authorities “to ensure a fair,
transparent and speedy trial of Muraleedharan or release him on bail”
is reflective of solidarity and protest at an international level
against the Indian state’s intent to silence or even to annihilate
political prisoners and voices of dissent.
Prof. G Haragopal, Defense Committee, Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners
Varavara Rao, President, Revolutionary Democratic Front, Founder, Revolutionary Writers Association
Rajkishore, General Secretary, RDF
Prof. G N Saibaba, Deputy Secretary, RDF
Varalakshmi, Secretary, Virasam (Revolutionary Writers Association)
Prof C Sheshayya, President, APCLC
Prof. G Lakshman, President, Telengana Civil Liberties Committee.
Hyderabad