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And we will say " sorry" after that...It is good news in a sense. All these people can be gathered at single place. We just have to call it some sort of Railways policy making session. Attach the name People's/Socialist/Union etc. We can invite Arundhati Roy, Teesta Seetalwad and Medha Patkar as special guests.
Then hire some goons. Throw one bomb in the buliding. Naxlites/Maoists problem resolved.
CBI is a white elephant of Govt India....We need to check how many cases they have solved till date. If they are efficient...I am sure half of todays politicians wd hv bn behind bars.here you go...
No CBI probe into Jnaneswari express derailment: WB govt
KOLKATA: West Bengal Home Secretary Samar Ghosh on Monday ruled out CBI inquiry into the May 28 Jnaneswari express derailment in which 148 people were killed.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee had demanded a CBI probe into the incident. The train's driver B K Das had filed a FIR with the Government Railway Police(GRP) unit in Jhargram in which he referred to an explosion on the track when the Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Jnaneshwari Super Deluxe Express derailed in West Midnapore district, about 150 kms from Kolkata.
The FIR was filed against "unidentified miscreants" under sections 150 (maliciously wrecking or attempting to wreck a train) and 151 (damage to or destruction of certain railway properties) of the Railway Act but made no mention of Maoists.
All-India Anti-Terrorist Front chief M S Bitta had also sought a CBI inquiry into the Jnaneswari Express disaster, claiming that the CID was incapable of handling the case and announced a cash reward for anyone who gave evidence against perpetrators of such incidents.
No CBI probe into Jnaneswari express derailment: WB govt - India - The Times of India
Failed in coping with the Maoist insurgency, new operations of the Indian security forces have exposed the helplessness of India. In this regard, on May 18 this year, Home Minister P. Chidamabram said that the Indian government “welcomes peace talks with Maoist rebels.” On the other side, the CNN-IBN news channel quoted Ramanna, a Maoist leader in Chhattisgarh state, as saying over the phone that the government should first withdraw thousands of paramilitary soldiers, deployed to fight the rebels and create peaceful conditions for talks.
However, peace talks have been offered by the New Delhi after the Maoist insurgents ambushed a bus on May 17 that killed 45 police officers and civilians who were returning after an operation, killing two Maoists. The event has highlighted the Maoists’ strength despite a government offensive aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest militancy.
Besides, on May 26, Maoist militants sabotaged a high-speed train in eastern India, killing at least 65 people after it smashed into the path of a goods train.
In fact, Maoist uprising which has taken the form of armed struggle is indigenous. It has become an unending insurgency due to the injustices and state terrorism perpetrated by the rich Hindus and Indian security forces.
Maoist movement initially started by its leader, Mupala Luxman Rao in 1969 in the form of peasant uprising in West Bengal, protesting against big Hindu landlords who left no stone unturned in molesting the poor people through their mal-treatment such as forced labour, minimum wages, maximum work, unlawful torture and even killings—the evils one could note prior to the Frech Revolution of 1789 when fedual lords had practised similar injustices on the farmers.
However, instead of redressing the grievances of the peasants and workers, Indian security forces in connivance with the rich-dominated society used the forces of state terrorism in crushing the Maoist movement. The Maoists had no choice, but to launch an armed struggle for their genuine rights.
The Naxalite-Maoists, as they call themselves, are the liberators, representing landless farmers and the downtrodden masses who have been entangled into vicious circle of poverty, misery and deprivation. The Indian indiscriminate social order treats them resentfully, setting aside human dignity and self-respect. It is owing to the continued inequalities that Maoists have appealed to the sentments of the helpless poor, who found their future dark under the susequent regimes led by so-called democratic forces of India. According to a report, “Out of total 1.17 billion populations, over 39% of dispossessed Indians, living below poverty line are hopeful that Maoists would bring a change in their wretched lives.”
Ideologically, the Naxalites are against the current Indian state. They believe that Indians have yet need freedom from hunger and deprivation, and from the exploitation of the poor by the rich classes of landlords, industrialists and traders who control the means of production. Due to these reasons, Maoists target all representatives of the state like politicians, the police and other officials. At local level, they target village functionaries and landlords.
Having its voice unheard, Maoist movement which had been raging in West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkand, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, has expanded to Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Now, it is a popular movement which has massive support of people for its ideology.
In the recent months, Maoist insurgency has intensified enveloping new areas. An Indian government assessment admits that the Naxalite influence has extended over a third of the country.
Notably, Maoist movement has become a violent struggle because of the use of undue force by the Indian security forces. In this regard, on October 31, 2009, The New York Times wrote, “India’s Maoist rebels are now present in 20 states and have evolved into a potent insurgency. In the last four years, the Maoists have killed more than 900 Indian security officers…violence erupts almost daily.” The Times explained, “If the Maoists were once dismissed as a ragtag band of outdated ideologies, Indian leaders are now preparing to deploy nearly 70,000 paramilitary officers for a prolonged counterinsurgency campaign to hunt down the guerrillas in some of the country’s most rugged terrain…the Maoists represent the dispossessed of Indian society, particularly the indigenous tribal groups, who suffer some of the country’s highest rates of poverty, illiteracy and infant mortality…India’s rapid economic growth has made it an emerging global power but also deepened stark inequalities in society. Maoists accuse the government of trying to push tribal groups off their land to gain access to raw materials and have sabotaged roads, bridges and even an energy pipeline.”
BBC had reported on October 12, 2009, “In response to the atrocities of the Indian police, Maoist rebels had blown up culverts and cut electricity to railways in various regions during two-day strike.”
Naxalite insurgency known as Red Corridor has become so popular that India is actively considering shifting 23 battalions of para-military forces from occupied Kashmir to the Maoist affected areas.
Surprisingly, in the recent past, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted in a meeting of police chiefs saying: “his country is losing the battle against Maoist rebels…violence is increasing” and “Maoists have growing appeal among a large section of Indian society including tribal communities, the rural poor and the intelligentsia.”
While on the one hand, Indian rulers realise the real causes of Maoist uprising, but still accuse China of backing the Maoist guerrilla warfare. They have started a series of allegaion against Beijing in this connection. Some Indian high officials misperceive that China supplies armes and ammuniton to Maoists in neighbouring Nepal where C
Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations.
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My attitude on the Maoist insurgency has changed; earlier I dismissed the possibility out of hand.
Now, I welcome any and all criticism, from anywhere. Criticism is good, it will help us identify the problem and solve it.
This insurgency is a problem, make no mistake.
If we bury our collective heads in the sand, we will pay a hash price.