At a protest held in front of the Consulate of India in Istanbul, the slogans “Stop Operation Kagar! End the Massacres!” were raised.
Upon the call of Partizan, Alınteri, Devrimci Hareket, Ezilenlerin Sosyalist Partisi, Kaldıraç, Komün, Mücadele Birliği, Sosyalist Meclisler Federasyonu and Sosyalist Mücadele İnisiyatifi, participants gathered in front of the consulate building located in Şişli. The consulate building was surrounded and guarded by police.
During the protest, where a banner reading “Stop Operation Kagar! End the Massacres!” was unfurled, the following slogans were frequently chanted:
“Stop Operation Kagar!”,
“Lal Salam, Lal Salam, Lal Salam to India!”,
“The Adivasi People Are Not Alone!”,
“Human Dignity Will Defeat Torture!”,
“Down with the Prisons, Freedom for the Prisoners!”,
“Comrade Hidma Is Immortal!”,
“Comrade Basavaraj Is Immortal!”,
“Long Live Revolutionary Solidarity!”
The press statement was read out in both Turkish and English.
The full statement
As in many parts of the world, the fascist state in India carries out massacres against revolutionary forces organized on the basis of the people’s interests and against the people themselves. The real power behind these massacres is the imperialists who plunder the land, forests, waters, underground and aboveground resources, and human labor of oppressed countries. What is happening in Gaza, Syria, and Turkey is also happening in India. We are here to protest this aggression against the peoples.
On 18 November in India, Madvi Hidma, who was under medical treatment, was captured along with eleven comrades and subsequently murdered. This attack, carried out within the scope of Operation Kagar, is the latest link in the chain of systematic massacres the Indian state has carried out for years.
Madvi Hidma, Basavaraj—the leader of the Maoist movement murdered before him—and the entire Naxalite movement are representatives of the just struggle against imperialist plunder. Through the Revolutionary People’s Committees they built, poor people gained access to water channels, education, and healthcare. During Operation Kagar, these facilities were destroyed, demolished, and wiped out in many places. Nothing was put in their place. The people were once again condemned to deprivation. The reason Adivasi communities embrace this movement is clear: it is their lands, forests, and waters that are plundered; it is their living spaces that are destroyed. What is called “economic development” in India is in reality the deepening of people’s poverty and worsening of living conditions. For this reason, Adivasis and other oppressed national and religious communities opened their doors to Hidma and his comrades and embraced them.
Operation Kagar, carried out today, is a directly anti-people operation. Its aim is to open space for international mining and industrial monopolies and to hand over India’s natural wealth to global monopolistic companies. What is being done for this purpose is causing widespread and extensive environmental destruction.
Through its “saffronization” policy, the Indian state carries out a comprehensive repression campaign against oppressed faiths, activists of Dalit movements, human rights defenders, revolutionary, progressive, secular student and youth organizations, teachers, patriots, intellectuals, artists, writers, lawyers, journalists, scientists, workers’ and peasants’ organizations, and national movements such as Kashmir, Naga, Manipur, Assam, and Bodo. Representing the interests of the reactionary and exploitative ruling classes, the government resorts to illegal methods, torture, extrajudicial executions, and arbitrary arrests to silence anyone who criticizes policies that are not in the people’s interest.
Over the past twenty years, many companies have signed agreements with the Chhattisgarh government regarding natural resources; tender and allocation processes have clearly violated constitutional guarantees and international norms. Rivers have been sold to private companies, handing over the people’s basic sources of life to foreigners.
In the 2022–2023 period, Chhattisgarh’s mining revenue reached 153 million dollars; half of this was obtained from Bastar’s Dantewada region. However, despite these vast resources, the Adivasis remain among the poorest communities in India; literacy, health, and human development indicators in Bastar’s seven districts remain among the lowest in the country. Meanwhile, the state systematically destroys Adivasis’ rights over land, forests, and water.
The Indian state encourages those within the Adivasi population who inform on or kill Naxalite cadres and activist peasants through “reward” policies. These policies have increased extrajudicial killings. It is known by everyone that many people claimed to be killed in clashes were in fact captured and tortured to death.
Even the 2024–2025 Bastar Police Action and Results Report shows that the number of reported “clashes” rose from 68 to 121 in 2024; the number of those killed increased from 20 to 217. A significant portion of these bodies were left to rot or burned. These practices aim to hide evidence of torture and execution and to prevent families from accessing the bodies. The rapid cremation of the bodies of Madvi Hidma and Madakam Raje is a clear indicator of this.
Most of the more than 550 people killed as of September 2025 were massacred in the mineral-rich Bastar forests, home to indigenous Adivasis such as the Gonds and the Mariyas.
The whole world witnessed the Indian government imprisoning leaders and activists of mainstream and local parties in Kashmir, and then abolishing Kashmir’s autonomy. For the past nine years, Modi has imposed increasing fascism and a State of Emergency. Thousands of Muslims and Dalits have been imprisoned. Nevertheless, political-prisoner status is denied, and the struggle of the Indian people against repression and the plunder of the country is portrayed not as a political struggle but as ordinary crime. Courts are forced to release many people after years-long investigations because no “evidence” can be obtained.
Repression against political prisoners is equally severe; people are arrested on fabricated charges, and even basic humanitarian conditions are not provided in prisons. Sick and elderly prisoners are most affected. No medical aid is available in prisons. This has led to the deaths of some. Recently, Sai Baba and Tota Setharamiah died shortly after being released on bail. Families are not informed about such incidents. Families of long-term prisoners face economic hardship. Television channels have shown that most families live in extremely poor conditions.
Today the Indian state aims, under the names of “unconditional surrender” and “reintegration,” to create divisions among the people and legitimize policies that open land, forests, and water to imperialist companies.
We once again declare that we stand with the Indian people’s struggle for justice, freedom, and equality. We call on all peoples of the world to support the Indian revolutionaries against the massacres in India and to struggle against imperialist plunder and pillage.
Our Call to the Government of India:
- Immediately stop all crimes committed against the people. End extrajudicial executions, torture, arbitrary detention, and all forms of state violence; cancel projects that open the living spaces of Adivasis and other indigenous communities to plunder.
- End Operation Kagar. Establish an independent investigation commission for all massacres carried out within the scope of Operation Kagar, including those of Madvi Hidma and Madakam Raje, and bring the responsible perpetrators before the court.
- Recognize the collective rights of Adivasis over land, forests, and water; end the transfer of natural resources to monopolistic companies.
- Grant “political prisoner” status to those who fight for the interests of the people and against the destruction of nature; improve prison living conditions, remove all obstacles to the treatment of sick prisoners, and unconditionally release those who have been imprisoned for long periods without treatment.Alınteri, Devrimci Hareket, Ezilenlerin Sosyalist Partisi, Kaldıraç, Komün, Mücadele Birliği, Partizan, Sosyalist Meclisler Federasyonu, Sosyalist Mücadele İnisiyatifi
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