Saturday, October 24, 2009

Centre must take tough stand against naxalism

There is not much difference between terrorism and naxalism. Terrorism is external threat to the country, while naxalism is internal threat. Hence, there must not be any difference in ways to deal with naxalism and terrorism. Both are anti-nationals. So, they must be dealth stringently. As far as the intellectual suppor that they get is concerned, the government must use proper platform of propaganda to counteract it. The intellectuals who provide support to Maoists must be asked on what basis they sympathise them. They are doing so because the Maoists butcher even the innocent children and in the name of war against state terrorism they ghareo police stations with a mob of hundreds of armed cadres and shot the police personnel dead on the spot. On what basis the Maoist intellectuals and human rights activists hold the maoists’ action of beheading the Jharkhand police officer Francis Induwar justified. It is nothing but perverted intellectualism.State must not show any sort of liniency towards Maoists as long as they hold the gun. The police officer of Sankrail police station of West Midnapur in West Bengal was kidnapped by Maoists and they released him in swap to the freedom of their 22 women cadres. The West Bengal gave in to their demand and under the agreement it did not oppose their bail in the court of law. This nothing but bending of the state before the anti-nationals.And this type of softening of stand towards the anarchists, who do not have faith in the rule of law, by the West Bengal government to keep its own political interest safe must not be allowed by the Centre.Under these circumstances, the Centre must intervene without caring political fall-out. It is also undoubtedly true that the rampant disparity in our soceity is the main reason among the tribals and the poor to join naxalism . So there is also urgent need to initiate develomental issues vigorously in naxalite-afected state to remove economic disparity from the society. Maoists are acquiring weapons through Bangladesh, Myanmar and possibly Nepal .Government has rightly expressed willingness for a dialogue with Maoists provided they abjure violence. Intellectuals who have sympathy for the cause of naxalites must not try to romanticise them. They should prevail up on the naxalites to lay down arms, join the national mainstream and after that put their demands for economic upliftment.They can achieve nothing at gun point.

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