'No entry' for CMAS leaders in Andhra
Statesman News Service
KORAPUT, 5 OCT: Posters declaring that Andhra Pradesh police has debarred Mr Nachika Linga, Mr Sigana and Mr Ram Padhi, three leaders of the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) Narayanpatna unit exposed the bitter factionalism within the CMAS today.
The posters carrying the photographs of the leaders were in Telugu and it said that these people should not enter Andhra Pradesh as they spread terror and were responsible for violent clashes as well as destruction of property.
The posters were designed to mislead public into believing that it was a official declaration by Andhra Pradesh police.
Nobody was sure as to who or how these posters had found their way to Narayanpatna. Even the local police here was confused as it was for the first time such purported police declarations had reached walls of the sensitive area.
A senior police officer ruled out the possibility of Andhra Pradesh police putting up such declarations. The official procedure is completely different ~ public notice seeking a wanted person, information leading to arrest and reward for such information etc is the way one goes about it, he clarified.
He drew attention to the fact that the posters found today were more of a warning not to Linga and others not to enter Andhra Pradesh. Such warnings are not issued by the police, he remarked.
It was clearly the handiwork of those who are opposed to the Linga faction of the CMAS, remarked police officers.
The fact is that the Bandhugaon faction of CMAS is at logger heads with the Narayanpatna faction and one of them has considerable support from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. The CMAS has been leading a movement against land grab , liquor and money lending. While the Narayanpatna faction has allegedly taken recourse to a violent struggle , the Bandhugaon unit of the CMAS has opposed it and both sides have clashed in the recent past.
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