T
he announcement by both Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and home Minister P Chidambaram that Maoists are the greatest threat to the nation is an indication of how the Maoists menace has taken shape today. While the government terms them as terrorists, they love to call them as the protector of the poor. The Communist Party of India (Maoists) or Maoists as they are commonly known have been giving the security agencies sleepless nights these days. Be it in Lalgarh or Orissa or Jharkhand or Andhra Pradesh or Maharashtra, everywhere, the Maoists are unleashing reins of terror by triggering blasts or attacking police stations. The Maoists are basically based in the rural hinterland where there is no development. According to the Maoists, poverty is forcing the poor to turn to Maoists. According to them, until government becomes pro-poor they will continue their fight against the state. The commander claimed that Maoists are fighting for the rights of poor farmers and landless labourers and in turn the rural people give their support to the cause of rebels. Maoist insurgency began in the late 1960s and so far thousands of people have been killed. Their influence is on the rise especially in rural areas of east, central and southern India. Recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh identified Maoists or Left-wing extremism as the greatest threat to the nation’s internal security. However, the Maoists said that rebels who have been denied their basic rights are taking them by force. He accused the Indian security forces for carrying atrocities against the 'poor' and 'helpless' people. Maoists force poor people to join their ranks and train them in carrying out hit-and-run attacks. They even try to carry it forward as a family tradition by teaching their children the same tactics. Look at this nine-year old child, who was rescued recently by the police while he was trying to elope from his home in Jharkhand for New Delhi, the Indian national capital. Shahzad is the son of a Maoist as well as the nephew of a Maoist commando. They used to teach him tactics of using arms and ammunitions and parade him among the Maoists. The boy claimed that he would never wish to be like his uncle and even his father as they ended up being rounded up by the police. Struck by that tragedy, he now refuses to return to his home. Getting ready for launching a decisive battle against the Left-wing extremists across eight major states after the monsoon, the government had declared CPI (Maoist) as a terrorist outfit. The ban came in the wake of rising violence unleashed by the Maoists across the eastern and central region as was recently witnessed in Lalgarh where extremists had virtually taken control of the villages.
he announcement by both Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and home Minister P Chidambaram that Maoists are the greatest threat to the nation is an indication of how the Maoists menace has taken shape today. While the government terms them as terrorists, they love to call them as the protector of the poor. The Communist Party of India (Maoists) or Maoists as they are commonly known have been giving the security agencies sleepless nights these days. Be it in Lalgarh or Orissa or Jharkhand or Andhra Pradesh or Maharashtra, everywhere, the Maoists are unleashing reins of terror by triggering blasts or attacking police stations. The Maoists are basically based in the rural hinterland where there is no development. According to the Maoists, poverty is forcing the poor to turn to Maoists. According to them, until government becomes pro-poor they will continue their fight against the state. The commander claimed that Maoists are fighting for the rights of poor farmers and landless labourers and in turn the rural people give their support to the cause of rebels. Maoist insurgency began in the late 1960s and so far thousands of people have been killed. Their influence is on the rise especially in rural areas of east, central and southern India. Recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh identified Maoists or Left-wing extremism as the greatest threat to the nation’s internal security. However, the Maoists said that rebels who have been denied their basic rights are taking them by force. He accused the Indian security forces for carrying atrocities against the 'poor' and 'helpless' people. Maoists force poor people to join their ranks and train them in carrying out hit-and-run attacks. They even try to carry it forward as a family tradition by teaching their children the same tactics. Look at this nine-year old child, who was rescued recently by the police while he was trying to elope from his home in Jharkhand for New Delhi, the Indian national capital. Shahzad is the son of a Maoist as well as the nephew of a Maoist commando. They used to teach him tactics of using arms and ammunitions and parade him among the Maoists. The boy claimed that he would never wish to be like his uncle and even his father as they ended up being rounded up by the police. Struck by that tragedy, he now refuses to return to his home. Getting ready for launching a decisive battle against the Left-wing extremists across eight major states after the monsoon, the government had declared CPI (Maoist) as a terrorist outfit. The ban came in the wake of rising violence unleashed by the Maoists across the eastern and central region as was recently witnessed in Lalgarh where extremists had virtually taken control of the villages.
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