Maoist insurgency in India is rapidly gaining ground in India and currently in 20 states these guerillas have made their presence felt. In some states, they have even evolved into a potent and lethal insurgency.
According to a safe estimate, these Maoists have so far killed more than 900 Indian security forces. Some time back, they were summarily brushed aside as a land of outdated ideologies but now their presence is felt and seen every where. Now to hunt them down, as many as 70,000 paramilitary officers are being deployed. These guerillas abound in some of the most rugged terrain. For instance, the devise jungles and mountains on the other sides of the River Indoravati belong to these Maoist rebels, who are determined to overthrow the governments as and when the circumstances so permit. For Indian Government, this fast-growing Maoist insurgency is source of constant headache and powers that he feel greatly concerned about the future of India . The Maoists however, have made it abundantly clear that they do not want to secede. Their main goal is to topple the system. It will not be amiss to mention here that the Maoist’s main claim is to represent the dispossessed of Indian society. Their main interest is to uplift the indigenous tribal groups who are stark victim of poverty, illiteracy and infant mortality. Here, we must acknowledge that despite harrowing inequalities in society, India has successfully emerged as a global power but at the same time, has deepened sharp inequalities in society. For this injustice, Maoists accused the government of trying to push tribal groups off their land to gain access to raw material. Maoists also blame government for sabotaging roads, bridges and even energy line. According to political analysts if the Maoists political goals are not seen as attainable, then it will not be easy for the government to uproot them. A close look at the Maoists activities makes it abundantly clear that violence erupts almost daily in the area of their influence. Here, Mr. Jim Yardley, a noted scholar, reveals that during the past five years, Maoists have detonated more than 1000 improvised explosive devices in Chattisgarh. Recently, they burned two schools in Jhorkhand and also hijacked and later released a passenger train in West Bengal . They also carried out a raid against a West Bengal Police Station. These are all alarming signs for the government and to combat the situation, the Government has organised a counter insurgency campaign called “Operation-Green Hunt”, which calls for sending police and paramilitary forces in that jungles to confront the Maoists and drive them out of their newer footholds and push them to remote forest areas, where they could be contained. However, this will not be an easy exercise and it may take years as predicted by Vishwa Banjan, Chief of the State Police in Chattisgarh. To him, casualties would be inevitable as there is no zero casualty doctrine. Further, once the area is cleared, Government plans to introduce development projects, such as roads, bridges and schools in the hope of winning support of the tribal people. Tracing the history of the Maoist movement, we learn that this movement was first evaluated after a violent 1967 uprising by local Communists, over a land dispute in a West Bengal village known as Naxalbari, hence the name Naxalites. With regard to the role of Communists, we see that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is an influential political force that holds power in West Bengal . In other places, they opted to go underground and by the 1980s, many found sanctuaries in Chattisgarh, especially in the region. From here, the Maoists recruited and trained disgruntled tribal villages and slowly spread out. For years, the Central Government regarded them as a nuisance, but in 2004, the movement was radicalized, authorities say, when its two dominant wings merged with the more violent Communist Party of India. With police officers dying in large number and Maoists carrying out bolder attacks, the debate around the insurgency has sharpened in India ’s intellectual circles and on the opinion pages and talk shows. Viewed in this context, India ’s reputed writer, Arundhati Roy, has recently called for unconditional talks. She told CNN – IBN, that the Maoists were justified in taking up arms because of government’s oppression. Summing up, as a result of this Communist insurgency, life of a common man in India has become quite miserable. The Naxalites think that he is helping the Police. On the other hand the police think that he is helping the Naxalites. So the common man lives in constant fear as to who will kill him first.
According to a safe estimate, these Maoists have so far killed more than 900 Indian security forces. Some time back, they were summarily brushed aside as a land of outdated ideologies but now their presence is felt and seen every where. Now to hunt them down, as many as 70,000 paramilitary officers are being deployed. These guerillas abound in some of the most rugged terrain. For instance, the devise jungles and mountains on the other sides of the River Indoravati belong to these Maoist rebels, who are determined to overthrow the governments as and when the circumstances so permit. For Indian Government, this fast-growing Maoist insurgency is source of constant headache and powers that he feel greatly concerned about the future of India . The Maoists however, have made it abundantly clear that they do not want to secede. Their main goal is to topple the system. It will not be amiss to mention here that the Maoist’s main claim is to represent the dispossessed of Indian society. Their main interest is to uplift the indigenous tribal groups who are stark victim of poverty, illiteracy and infant mortality. Here, we must acknowledge that despite harrowing inequalities in society, India has successfully emerged as a global power but at the same time, has deepened sharp inequalities in society. For this injustice, Maoists accused the government of trying to push tribal groups off their land to gain access to raw material. Maoists also blame government for sabotaging roads, bridges and even energy line. According to political analysts if the Maoists political goals are not seen as attainable, then it will not be easy for the government to uproot them. A close look at the Maoists activities makes it abundantly clear that violence erupts almost daily in the area of their influence. Here, Mr. Jim Yardley, a noted scholar, reveals that during the past five years, Maoists have detonated more than 1000 improvised explosive devices in Chattisgarh. Recently, they burned two schools in Jhorkhand and also hijacked and later released a passenger train in West Bengal . They also carried out a raid against a West Bengal Police Station. These are all alarming signs for the government and to combat the situation, the Government has organised a counter insurgency campaign called “Operation-Green Hunt”, which calls for sending police and paramilitary forces in that jungles to confront the Maoists and drive them out of their newer footholds and push them to remote forest areas, where they could be contained. However, this will not be an easy exercise and it may take years as predicted by Vishwa Banjan, Chief of the State Police in Chattisgarh. To him, casualties would be inevitable as there is no zero casualty doctrine. Further, once the area is cleared, Government plans to introduce development projects, such as roads, bridges and schools in the hope of winning support of the tribal people. Tracing the history of the Maoist movement, we learn that this movement was first evaluated after a violent 1967 uprising by local Communists, over a land dispute in a West Bengal village known as Naxalbari, hence the name Naxalites. With regard to the role of Communists, we see that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is an influential political force that holds power in West Bengal . In other places, they opted to go underground and by the 1980s, many found sanctuaries in Chattisgarh, especially in the region. From here, the Maoists recruited and trained disgruntled tribal villages and slowly spread out. For years, the Central Government regarded them as a nuisance, but in 2004, the movement was radicalized, authorities say, when its two dominant wings merged with the more violent Communist Party of India. With police officers dying in large number and Maoists carrying out bolder attacks, the debate around the insurgency has sharpened in India ’s intellectual circles and on the opinion pages and talk shows. Viewed in this context, India ’s reputed writer, Arundhati Roy, has recently called for unconditional talks. She told CNN – IBN, that the Maoists were justified in taking up arms because of government’s oppression. Summing up, as a result of this Communist insurgency, life of a common man in India has become quite miserable. The Naxalites think that he is helping the Police. On the other hand the police think that he is helping the Naxalites. So the common man lives in constant fear as to who will kill him first.
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