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Monday, December 7, 2015

ब्रह्मदेव शर्मा नहीं रहे! आप लाखों आदिवासियों के दिलों में हमेशा रहेंगे! अलविदा!Dr B D Sharma : A Life Lived in Struggle for the Rights of Marginals

Himanshu Kumar
डाक्टर ब्रह्मदेव शर्मा गणितज्ञ थे .
उन्होंने आईएएस की परीक्षा पास करी 

वे बस्तर के कलेक्टर बने 
अबूझमाड़ नामक आदिवासी इलाके का विकास करने के लिए उन्होंने सरकारी खर्च पर सरकारी सुविधाओं से सजा धजा कर एक गाँव बसाया 
जिसमें पोस्ट आफिस, बैंक, ग्राम सेवक, पटवारी आवास, अस्पताल आदि सब बनाया गया
लेकिन जब कलेक्टर बीडी शर्मा उस सरकारी आदर्श आदिवासी गाँव का उदघाटन करने गए तो उन्होंने देखा कि
उस जगह पहले से बसे हुए आदिवासी उस जगह को छोड़ कर और घने जंगल में चले गए थे 
इस घटना नें कलेक्टर बीडी शर्मा को आदिवासियों को समझने की रुची पैदा कर दी 
इसके बाद कलेक्टर बीडी शर्मा नें आदिवासी जीवन, उनकी संस्कृति , अर्थव्यवस्था को बहुत गहराई से समझा 
सरकार नें बस्तर में कमाई के लिए प्राकृतिक जंगल समाप्त कर के चीड के रोपण का प्लान बनाया तो कलेक्टर बीडी शर्मा नें उसे उठा कर रद्दी की टोकरी में फेंक दिया और कहा कि जंगल आदिवासी का जीवन है उसे सरकार के मुनाफे के लिए इस्तेमाल नहीं किया जा सकता 
बाद में ब्रह्मदेव शर्मा को भारत का आदिवासी आयुक्त बनाया गया .
वे पूर्वोत्तर विश्वविद्यालय के उपकुलपति भी रहे 
इसके बाद वे आदिवासी मामलों के सबसे मुखर योद्धा के रूप में उभरे 
बस्तर में आदिवासियों की मर्जी के खिलाफ जब भाजपा सरकार नें १९९२ में लौह कारखाना लगाने की कोशिश करी तो ब्रह्मदेव शर्मा नें आदिवासियों का साथ दिया 
इस से चिढ कर भाजपाई गुंडों नें बस्तर के जगदलपुर नगर में ब्रह्मदेव शर्मा पर हमला किया उनके कपड़े फाड़ दिए और उनके गले में जूतों का हार डाल कर जुलूस निकाला 
इसके बाद ब्रह्मदेव शर्मा नें बस्तर जाना बंद कर दिया था 
सन दो हज़ार आठ में मैंने डाक्टर ब्रह्म देव शर्मा से आग्रह किया कि चलिए आप अब बस्तर चलिए 
ब्रह्मदेव शर्मा दंतेवाडा में हमारे आश्रम में रहे 
उन्हें लेकर मैं सलवा जुडूम कैम्प दिखाने ले गया 
ब्रह्म देव शर्मा नें मुझे खूब सारे किस्से सुनाये थे 
उसके बाद ब्रह्म देव शर्मा से कई बार आदिवासियों के आधिकारों के बारे में कानून सीखने का मौका मिला 
जिसने हमें अपना काम करने में बहुत ताकत दी 
आज ब्रह्मदेव शर्मा नहीं रहे 
आप लाखों आदिवासियों के दिलों में हमेशा रहेंगे 


Dr B D Sharma : A Life Lived in Struggle for the Rights of Marginals

Dr B D Sharma : A Life Lived in Struggle for the Rights of Marginals

New Delhi, December 7 : Dr Brahma Dutt Sharma (known to many of us as Dr Sahab), left for passed away on December 6th in Gwalior. He was not keeping well for sometime and was being looked after by his son and daughter-in-law. Narmada Bachao Andolan and NAPM pay its heartfelt condolences to the family and to the Andolan Biradari, of which he was an integral part.

 

He led many battles in his life and worked tirelessly to achieve the constitutional rights of the adivasis, dalits, workers and farmers, over five decades of his working life beginning with the troublesome days in Bastar (1968) and being the last Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (1986-1991). He also served as the Vice Chancellor of NEHU, Central University and in numerous committess of Planning Commission and National Advisory Council.

 

He was a bureaucrat, a contemporary of late S R Sankaran, B N Yugandhar and others who stood for the people, just a way government servant should. As SC/ST Commissioner, he not only authored seminal reports on empowerment of SC/STs but also played a key role in authorship of the Bhuria Committee report, enactment of PESA and Forest Rights Act. As Secretary in the Minister of Tribal Affairs, he initiated the idea of Tribal Sub Plan. Untill as late as 2014, he continued to collaborate and help Government in its various initiatives with the tribals and adivasis, but also challenged them on every front, for their continued betrayal and non-implementation of various plans and governance failure in the scheduled areas.

 

He was extremely disturbed by the violence and war like situation in the tribal areas, and in a letter, dt May 17, 2010 to the President of India, he wrote :

 

I am constrained to state at this critical phase of the history of tribal people that the Union Government is guilty of abdicating its Constitutional responsibility by allowing the situation to degenerate from that of stray revolts in 1960s to 'warlike situation' at the moment. It has remained unconcerned with the simmering discontent from day one with the adoption of the Constitution. It has not issued a single direction to any State in 60 long years. You as head of the nation, at a critical time must ensure that the Union Government accepts unequivocally its Constitutional responsibility with due apologies for the decimated, shattered and disinherited tribal communities whose irretrievable loss- physical, economical and emotional - is an un-washable blot on the fair face of our nation that still stands by equity and justice. 

 

He stood for the rights of the people, for implementation of the self rule in the Gram Sabhas as mandated by the Constitution and championed the cause of the Hamare Gaon me Hamara Raaj. Even while serving as the SC/ST Commmsioner, he filed the first case in the Supreme Court, demanding the implementation of the Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal (NWDT) award. SC ordered the implementation of the NWDT award by the governments, which paved the way for allotment of land for land to thousands of the project affected families. Unfortunately violating the SC order and order of numerous Tribunals and Commissions and in face of continued struggle of Narmada Bachao Andolan, the NDA government is pushing ahead the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam, leading to submergence of nearly 2 lakh plus people in the Narmada Valley.

 

Dr Sharma was a visionary and was troubled by the growing inequity in the society in the wake of the neo liberal reforms pushed by the government. He worked tirelessly to implement the laws, policies, programmes and schemes of the government using all the means available with him, but he knew the real swaraj will come only if people themselves organized and fought for it and took control of their own life, means of livelihood, control over natural resources, had a say in the development plan and became a beneficiary in the process of development. He founded Bharat Jan Andolan and lent his voice and support to Narmada Bachao Andolan, National Alliance of People's Movements, Kisani Pratishtha Manch, Campaign for Survival and Dignity and many more people's struggles and movements.

 

He travelled through out the country and propagated his views and solutions to the farmers and workers distress, advocated for their rights and kept stressing the fact that we are headed towards a agrarian crisis and something which stemmed from the fact that farmers and workers were not getting their due. They were not being compensated for their efforts and hard work. He would often ask at the gatehrings, bata mere yaar, meri mehnat kaa mol hai kya ?

 

He wrote extensively and also published for which he set up his publishing unit, Sahyog Kutir Prakashan. He lived frugally and minimally, travelled across the country as a simpleton, wearing his dhoti kurta and remained accessible to every one. Even when he was not keeping well, he joined us all at the completion of 20 years of NAPM at its biennial convention in Pune, last year.  

 

He will be missed for his courage of conviction and dedication to the cause of the marginalized. In his death we all have lost a great teacher and a comrade, who was always there for us in times of crisis and in struggle.

 

Saathi tere sapno ko manzil tak pahunchayenge ! Zindabaad !

 

Medha Patkar - Narmada Bachao Andolan and the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM); Prafulla Samantara - Lok Shakti Abhiyan & Lingraj Azad – Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti, NAPM, Odisha; Dr. Sunilam, Aradhna Bhargava - Kisan Sangharsh Samiti & Meera – Narmada Bachao Andolan, NAPM, MP; Suniti SR, Suhas Kolhekar, Prasad Bagwe - NAPM, Maharashtra; Gabriele Dietrich, Geetha Ramakrishnan – Unorganised Sector Workers Federation, NAPM, TN; C R Neelkandan – NAPM Kerala; P Chennaiah & Ramakrishnan Raju – NAPM Andhra PradeshArundhati Dhuru, Richa Singh - NAPM, UP; Sister Celia - Domestic Workers Union & Rukmini V P, Garment Labour Union, NAPM, Karnataka; Vimal Bhai - Matu Jan sangathan & Jabar Singh, NAPM, Uttarakhand; Anand Mazgaonkar, Krishnakant - Paryavaran Suraksh Samiti, NAPM Gujarat; Kamayani Swami, Ashish Ranjan – Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan & Mahendra Yadav – Kosi Navnirman Manch, NAPM Bihar; Faisal Khan, Khudai Khidmatgar, & J S Walia, NAPM Haryana; Kailash Meena, NAPM Rajasthan; Amitava Mitra &Sujato Bhadra, NAPM West Bengal; B S Rawat – Jan Sangharsh Vahini & Rajendra Ravi, Madhuresh Kumar and Shabnam Shaikh – NAPM, Delhi, Brother Varghese, Hyderabad and Subhash Lomate, Jai Kisan Andolan

 For details contact : 9818905316 | email : napmindia@gmail.com 

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