Growth of Maoists fuelled by politicians

Ajit Doval
 
In November 2004 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that Left Wing extremism constituted “an even greater threat to India than militancy in Jammu & Kashmir and the North East”, the country took it seriously. They expected that the government would respond with appropriate urgency. Three years down the line, it is clear that [...]

Red corridor

 

 
60 REVOLUTIONS — NAXALITE MOVEMENT
Forty years after the Naxal movement’s chief ideologue Charu Mazumdar, acolyte Kanu Sanyal and hatchet man Jangal Santhal shouted slogans like “power flows through the barrel of the gun” and “China’s chairman Mao is our chairman”, their extremism continues to inspire many to subscribe, though mainly in thought, to their violent [...]

Naxalism And Terrorism

The deliberations at the chief ministers’ conference held on Thursday in Delhi were not different than the proceedings of the Hyderabad meet of the chief ministers held two years back. If the Hyderabad meet lacked a future perspective, the New Delhi conference was also not innovative. The chief ministers harped on the same old line: [...]

Naxal movement fading out in Karimnagar

Karimnagar, December 21: The naxalite movement is fading out in Karimnagar district, which was once considered the strong fort for Maoists and other naxalite groups in the State.
The Karimnagar district Maoist group, which had several top cadre naxalites in its ranks in the last three decades, has been at the receiving end in encounters and [...]