Friday, February 19, 2010

Urgent need for political unity

With the spurt in Maoist violence in Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar, there is urgent need for political unity to deal with the problem of internal threat to the nation. More than half number of districts in the country, spreading over13 states are in the grip of naxal violence. It is no longer a problem of law and order. Apart from massacring 25 policemen in Silda police station in West Bengal and twelve innocent persons in a Bihar village of Jamui district and the abduction of Block Development Officer in Jharkhand by the Maoists have kept the nation agonised. This is the seventh day since the BDO was abuducted and the Maoists are silent despite the acceptance of their demands by Chief Minister Sibu Soren. Sibu Soren is heading the Jharkhand government in coalition with Bhatiya Janta Party and its ally JD(U). It is only God who can save the nation from Maoists where the CM of the state desscribe the abduction of BDO as trivial incident. CM Soren has always been found sympathetic to Maoists and his action amply reflects that he wants to keep them in good humour to keep his government going. Naxals are anti-national and they must be treated as such. Centre of late has taken initiative to fight naxalism and it must be co-operated by all the governments of naxal-affected states on the serious problem of maoism. BJP has clearly spelt that it treats outside and inside terror equally and always advocates for dealing with maoist violence with firm hand. In the given situation of Jharkhand, it must ask its allied government of Sibu Soren there to get the abucted BDO freed from the clutches of Maoists and then deal with them firmly. if even then the Jharkhand CM ignores the advice of his ally on the issue and deliberately connive with Maoist issue for political interests, the BJP must warn it of withdrawing support to him in national interest. Maoist menace is a national problem that must be dealt with unitedly by rising above political affiliations. Vested political interests of different political parties are the major hurdles in the way of fighting naxalism. In West Bengal, the allegations of being soft towards maoists going on between ruling CPI(M) and opposition Trinamool Congress. TMC supremo Mamta Bannerjee is even in disagreement on dealing maoists with iron hand with the Centre of which she is a coalition partner. The political disunity over the ways to deal with naxalism give the naxalites enough opportunity to stage sense killings of innocent persons and policemen in the naxal-affected states of the country. As police force is under the command of state government, it must be given free hand to deal with maoists firmly.

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