Maoists, like a classic guerrilla force, while remaining submerged in the forested hinterland, have been quietly building up their strength over decades to bring a class revolution in India, without attracting much notice. India on her part has traditionally chosen to down play the existential threat; choosing to keep it on the backburner of national [...]
Naxal leader Koteshwar Rao claimed that they could overthrow the Indian state much before the year 2050. This statement reflects the dissatisfaction of a section of Indian Society from Indian system and State. It took a lot of time for someone to come to that point of taking the decision of secession. Similarly, a lot [...]
Maoists detained the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express near Jhargram in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Tuesday for five hours. Commenting on the incident Maoist Polit Bureau member Koteswar Rao alias Kishanji said, “We want to teach the upper classes a lesson and change their narrow class outlook through this incident”. The incident came on [...]
Recently, Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram admitted, “For Many years we did not assess the Left Wing extremism challenge correctly. I think we underestimated the challenge”. This statement indicates that up till now India has not taken the Naxal problem seriously and consequently has not done anything sincerely to curb that menace. This is not [...]
