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Kolkata once more turning Maoist hotbed
The Maoists have infiltrated Kolkata and its suburbs once again, entrenching themselves in some of the very areas that were their strongholds during the first phase of their movement, 40 years ago.
They have raised an action squad of trained fighters, picked from areas with sizeable scheduled caste, scheduled tribe populations and brought them to the city.
Intelligence officials named specific areas in North and South Parganas and Howrah the districts that surround Kolkata in which the Maoists had once more established bases.
This was revealed to the police and intelligence agencies by Venkateswar Reddy, alias Telugu Deepak (44), state committee member and Bengal military commission chief of the party, arrested last Wednesday.
Deepak also said a section of government employees and former Naxal activists were working for the Maoists.
Intelligence officers, who have been interrogating him, told HT Deepak had selected a number of soft targets in the city for the squad to strike at with improvised explosive devices.
They said, quoting Deepak, that the Maoists were keen to avoid hurting ordinary civilians. They would hit government specially security establishments instead, to inflict heavy losses on the police and paramilitary forces.
The Maoists cant have a guerrilla-style hit-and-run operation in Kolkata. But they may plant IEDs at police camps, an intelligence officer said.
They could also plant explosives in political leaders vehicles, a senior officer of the state polices Criminal Investigation Department said. He said Deepak had developed a unique IED that could be triggered despite the detonating wire being spotted and disconnected.
Deepak also told his interrogators that the Maoist strategy was to place propagandists in lower middle-class suburban areas to transform peoples grievances into revolutionary zeal.
Deepak himself had camped in a tribal-dominated area in Howrah district and worked as a homoeopathic doctor to gain peoples confidence.
Kolkata once more turning Maoist hotbed: jailed leader- Hindustan Times
The Maoists have infiltrated Kolkata and its suburbs once again, entrenching themselves in some of the very areas that were their strongholds during the first phase of their movement, 40 years ago.
They have raised an action squad of trained fighters, picked from areas with sizeable scheduled caste, scheduled tribe populations and brought them to the city.
Intelligence officials named specific areas in North and South Parganas and Howrah the districts that surround Kolkata in which the Maoists had once more established bases.
This was revealed to the police and intelligence agencies by Venkateswar Reddy, alias Telugu Deepak (44), state committee member and Bengal military commission chief of the party, arrested last Wednesday.
Deepak also said a section of government employees and former Naxal activists were working for the Maoists.
Intelligence officers, who have been interrogating him, told HT Deepak had selected a number of soft targets in the city for the squad to strike at with improvised explosive devices.
They said, quoting Deepak, that the Maoists were keen to avoid hurting ordinary civilians. They would hit government specially security establishments instead, to inflict heavy losses on the police and paramilitary forces.
The Maoists cant have a guerrilla-style hit-and-run operation in Kolkata. But they may plant IEDs at police camps, an intelligence officer said.
They could also plant explosives in political leaders vehicles, a senior officer of the state polices Criminal Investigation Department said. He said Deepak had developed a unique IED that could be triggered despite the detonating wire being spotted and disconnected.
Deepak also told his interrogators that the Maoist strategy was to place propagandists in lower middle-class suburban areas to transform peoples grievances into revolutionary zeal.
Deepak himself had camped in a tribal-dominated area in Howrah district and worked as a homoeopathic doctor to gain peoples confidence.
Kolkata once more turning Maoist hotbed: jailed leader- Hindustan Times
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India sets target of three years to eliminate threat from Maoists
Jeremy Page in Delhi
A crude but powerful hand made rocket is stuck in a roadside tree
Maoist rebels who are now active in almost a third of India represent more of a threat than Islamic terrorists, but will be defeated within two to three years, P Chidambaram, Indias Home Minister announced today.
It was the first time that an Indian official had either set a target for defeating the Maoists also known as Naxals or Naxalites or rated them a bigger threat to national security than Jihadist militants.
Mr Chidambarams comments came as his government deploys thousands of paramilitary forces in an unprecedented nationwide assault on the Naxalites, who have been fighting to overthrow the government since 1967.
The Home Minister told a media conclave in Delhi that the Maoists and Islamic militants represented the two biggest threats to Indias national security, but the former was the more serious.
Jihadi terrorism can be countered, usually successfully, if you are able to share information and act in real time, he said. But Maoism is an even graver threat.
Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister, had previously described the Naxalites as the biggest internal threat to Indias security, implying that Pakistan-based militants represented the greater danger.
But India has suffered only one attack by suspected Islamist militants - a bombing in the western city of Poona which killed 12 people last month - since the devastating one on Mumbai in November 2008.
By comparison, Maoist violence claimed 908 lives in India in 2009, the highest since 1971, according to the Home Ministry.
Inspired by the radical leftist ideology of Mao Zedong, the Naxalites launched their rebellion following a peasant uprising in the village of Naxalbari in West Bengal in 1967.
Since then it has grown into a force of about 40,000 permanent armed cadres and 100,000 militia members who control a Red Corridor, consisting mainly of dense forest, stretching from West Bengal to the border of Nepal.
They have killed about 7,500 people since 1998, according to government figures, and held up billions of pounds of potential investment in remote areas rich in natural resources.
Indian security officials also believe that the Naxalites, who claim to be fighting for the rights of the poor, are now planning to expand their activities into major cities including Mumbai and Kolkata.
Mr Chidambaram said the Maoists had a presence in 200 of Indias 626 districts, were capable of striking in 84 districts and virtually dominated 34 districts.
"They have declared a war on the Indian state, he said. They are anti-development. They do not want the poor to be emancipated or become economically free."
He said the Government was willing to hold peace talks with the Maoists, if they renounced violence, but would continue to use force against them if they did not and would defeat them within two to three years.
"We are confident that before the term of UPA II (the Governments second term) ends, we will get rid of Naxals and will have considerably strengthened our security to face any threat," he said.
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India sets target of three years to eliminate threat from Maoists - Times Online
Jeremy Page in Delhi
A crude but powerful hand made rocket is stuck in a roadside tree
Maoist rebels who are now active in almost a third of India represent more of a threat than Islamic terrorists, but will be defeated within two to three years, P Chidambaram, Indias Home Minister announced today.
It was the first time that an Indian official had either set a target for defeating the Maoists also known as Naxals or Naxalites or rated them a bigger threat to national security than Jihadist militants.
Mr Chidambarams comments came as his government deploys thousands of paramilitary forces in an unprecedented nationwide assault on the Naxalites, who have been fighting to overthrow the government since 1967.
The Home Minister told a media conclave in Delhi that the Maoists and Islamic militants represented the two biggest threats to Indias national security, but the former was the more serious.
Jihadi terrorism can be countered, usually successfully, if you are able to share information and act in real time, he said. But Maoism is an even graver threat.
Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister, had previously described the Naxalites as the biggest internal threat to Indias security, implying that Pakistan-based militants represented the greater danger.
But India has suffered only one attack by suspected Islamist militants - a bombing in the western city of Poona which killed 12 people last month - since the devastating one on Mumbai in November 2008.
By comparison, Maoist violence claimed 908 lives in India in 2009, the highest since 1971, according to the Home Ministry.
Inspired by the radical leftist ideology of Mao Zedong, the Naxalites launched their rebellion following a peasant uprising in the village of Naxalbari in West Bengal in 1967.
Since then it has grown into a force of about 40,000 permanent armed cadres and 100,000 militia members who control a Red Corridor, consisting mainly of dense forest, stretching from West Bengal to the border of Nepal.
They have killed about 7,500 people since 1998, according to government figures, and held up billions of pounds of potential investment in remote areas rich in natural resources.
Indian security officials also believe that the Naxalites, who claim to be fighting for the rights of the poor, are now planning to expand their activities into major cities including Mumbai and Kolkata.
Mr Chidambaram said the Maoists had a presence in 200 of Indias 626 districts, were capable of striking in 84 districts and virtually dominated 34 districts.
"They have declared a war on the Indian state, he said. They are anti-development. They do not want the poor to be emancipated or become economically free."
He said the Government was willing to hold peace talks with the Maoists, if they renounced violence, but would continue to use force against them if they did not and would defeat them within two to three years.
"We are confident that before the term of UPA II (the Governments second term) ends, we will get rid of Naxals and will have considerably strengthened our security to face any threat," he said.
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India sets target of three years to eliminate threat from Maoists - Times Online
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India will be able to counter Maoist menace by 2013
With Maoist violence continuing unabated, Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the country will be able to counter the menace by 2013.
"We must meet the challenge to fight against Maoists and terrorism in the next two-to-three-years. We know it is a big challenge for India, but we will be able to meet the challenge in the next two-to-three years," he said at a function organised by a Business daily in Mumbai last night.
Chidambaram said India is facing another challenge that of preventing criminals making entry into Parliament.
"We are the largest and disciplined democracy in the world. We need honest and decent people to come to Parliament," he said.
India will be able to counter Maoist menace by 2013: PC- Hindustan Times
With Maoist violence continuing unabated, Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the country will be able to counter the menace by 2013.
"We must meet the challenge to fight against Maoists and terrorism in the next two-to-three-years. We know it is a big challenge for India, but we will be able to meet the challenge in the next two-to-three years," he said at a function organised by a Business daily in Mumbai last night.
Chidambaram said India is facing another challenge that of preventing criminals making entry into Parliament.
"We are the largest and disciplined democracy in the world. We need honest and decent people to come to Parliament," he said.
India will be able to counter Maoist menace by 2013: PC- Hindustan Times
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Gun men with extremism and little supports from the local can only managed to make some menace in jungle areas of eastern India. Outside the area they are like mercenaries. But GoI is to blame more than the Maoist themselves, because they never took any serious actions before 2008. Maoist could be easily destroyed seven years back but instead of that Communists of WB started to treat the whole jungle region as supporters of these out laws resulting increased support for the Maoists. Every commies of India whether they are Lefts or Maoist did only bad to India.
GoI needs both development and force to get rid of this menace.
GoI needs both development and force to get rid of this menace.
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if this happend maoist and islamic militants both easily eraised
gowthamraj, never associate militancy with religion. Militants have only on religion "KILL INNOCENTS".
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hey most top maoist leaders are either behind bars or dead.operation green hunt has been launched.
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Maoist are desperate, they are not getting public support despite of their high voltage propaganda.
And the areas under their dominance are shrinking day by day.
If govt. remain firm, don't fall into trap in name of peace talk, the chidambram remain the home minister they will be history for sure and too soon.
And will not able to make come back again.
As, govt. will develop that type of areas on priority building schools, dispensaries, roads, employment guarantee schemes etc.
And the areas under their dominance are shrinking day by day.
If govt. remain firm, don't fall into trap in name of peace talk, the chidambram remain the home minister they will be history for sure and too soon.
And will not able to make come back again.
As, govt. will develop that type of areas on priority building schools, dispensaries, roads, employment guarantee schemes etc.
Countering chinese is enough.Maoist problem will take care of itself.
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It is very likely that this issue can completely be tackled and done away with by 2014-15, provided Chidambram is around and the central government remains committed and not fall prey to the propaganda unleashed through the so-called intellectuals by the naxals. I think 2013 remains a little too optimistic but to make it a success state governments need to get serious about the situation confronted with or a lot of good work done off late will be lost.
When Chidambram says something that certainly cant be sidelined as a mere rhetoric and this chap knows what he is talking about, and in here come the two important worrisome states of bihar and jharkhand.
Bihar is due for election in another 8odd months time period and nitish kumar for now is in no mood to commit anything against the naxals so one needs to wait till the new government gets formed by the end of this year as to what would be the real tone taken by the next incoming government, till then atleast for now bihar remains a no action area, there is too much of a political gamble for the NDA government there.
Sibu soren who sympathizes with the cause of naxals will be hard nut to crack but his love for the CM’s post is more than that for any other cause and he can do anything if he were to be promised a CM’s tenure for five years. His is a case of one where one can and should fire from his shoulder but do it with the carrot (CM’s post) and stick (action against the naxals) theory. One needs him as the CM when this action gains momentum because if he were to be in the opposition he will create a huge stir about the whole issue.
As for the naxal movement in the present context is declining is nothing more than a propaganda; they today have a carder base of over 20,000 people which is dramatic increase with more sitting on the fence ready to join them with north India being the new recruit zone, and operational zone and if they are allowed to go unchecked then uttar pradesh is the next target area.
There has been too much stress on development and force as solutions but those are not the only solutions if we are to have a lasting peaceful solution. Other than the two there is need for social engineering and in here the land reforms with the tribals getting their due and police reforms are the core to a viable solution. Both these very important solutions remains a state subject, but the question is are they honest enough to work it out or is there too much politics at stake, only time will tell but this is a problem which can very well be checked, and I remain an optimist that we will see a declining naxal movement by the mid of this decade.
When Chidambram says something that certainly cant be sidelined as a mere rhetoric and this chap knows what he is talking about, and in here come the two important worrisome states of bihar and jharkhand.
Bihar is due for election in another 8odd months time period and nitish kumar for now is in no mood to commit anything against the naxals so one needs to wait till the new government gets formed by the end of this year as to what would be the real tone taken by the next incoming government, till then atleast for now bihar remains a no action area, there is too much of a political gamble for the NDA government there.
Sibu soren who sympathizes with the cause of naxals will be hard nut to crack but his love for the CM’s post is more than that for any other cause and he can do anything if he were to be promised a CM’s tenure for five years. His is a case of one where one can and should fire from his shoulder but do it with the carrot (CM’s post) and stick (action against the naxals) theory. One needs him as the CM when this action gains momentum because if he were to be in the opposition he will create a huge stir about the whole issue.
As for the naxal movement in the present context is declining is nothing more than a propaganda; they today have a carder base of over 20,000 people which is dramatic increase with more sitting on the fence ready to join them with north India being the new recruit zone, and operational zone and if they are allowed to go unchecked then uttar pradesh is the next target area.
There has been too much stress on development and force as solutions but those are not the only solutions if we are to have a lasting peaceful solution. Other than the two there is need for social engineering and in here the land reforms with the tribals getting their due and police reforms are the core to a viable solution. Both these very important solutions remains a state subject, but the question is are they honest enough to work it out or is there too much politics at stake, only time will tell but this is a problem which can very well be checked, and I remain an optimist that we will see a declining naxal movement by the mid of this decade.
Sir with all due respect have we been able to solve kashmir issue, in my humble opinion no, all insurgencies can last for so long unless they are externally supported.Hence my comment that if we develop the capability to finger china in the same way this thing will go otherwise we will be talking about this after another decade or so.
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J&K, is a situation well and truly under control, compare it what it was a decade back when there were daily 2or3 terror attacks to what the situation is now, when a terror act gets reported after a lull period of no less than 10-15days at a stretch, compare the causalities both injured and fatal then and now. we tend to talk about J&K more because we have fought wars over that state, pakistan likes to highlight on an international fora and india has them by the neck on terrorism so it suits us and to them to keep it in the news, where as on ground the situation is much different.
india successfully quelled the khalistan movement, and has had a similar success in tripura with hardly any act of terror reported and chinese remain more involved in the north east, and this when bangaldesh was actively feeding the terror orgs in the NE.
what you highlight has come across as a success story in assam with the ulfa on a complete back foot post bangladesh pushed off their support to them. there is no one solution to anyone given situation, you have to tackle it differently and customize it as the situation evolves, take the case of nagaland, who would have thought back in the late 90s that a peace process would have yielded us such great benefits, what we need now there is development and the existing terror groups will get more irrelevant.
PS: please, do not address me as sir, i am like you just another member of this forum. thanks.
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Maoists got the attention they were seeking from GOI. Now the real A$$ wooping
is dispatched by GOI towards jungle's and rural areas. These operation will only be successfull if GOI stands by to it's commitment, to pave the way for faster development of infrastructure.
1. Have a proper vision for growth
2. Plan for the long-term
3. Have commitment and show political will
4. Give innovative ideas a chance
5. Remove unnecessary controls and roadblocks
6. Boost investors’ confidence
7. Make human capital productive
8. Leave all doors open so that corruption is kept away
9. Spread the value of education and make it compulsory
10. Review and adjust the demand / supply position of infrastructure from time to time.
Once the CRPF gets done with it's operations. They should develop one of the best response teams to these area to expedite issue that needs attention. Neglecting the locals after operations will only make the external forces gain more trust among locals. I got my fingers crossed on Congress keeping their eyes after this maoists menace is over. We all know how lazy our leaders get after they fullfill there election goals.
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operation geen hunt launched
within days news sarface maoist leader kishenji is heavily injured
maoist threat to blow orrisa CM's house
already the half of maoist politburo is behind bars
a desperate attempt by the maoist to stop greenhunt by launching a unilateral ceasefire just days before it,and presenting the govt some unacceptable conditions
these should be totally converted it to a novel-DESPERATE TIMES-A TRUE MAOIST STORY
within days news sarface maoist leader kishenji is heavily injured
maoist threat to blow orrisa CM's house
already the half of maoist politburo is behind bars
a desperate attempt by the maoist to stop greenhunt by launching a unilateral ceasefire just days before it,and presenting the govt some unacceptable conditions
these should be totally converted it to a novel-DESPERATE TIMES-A TRUE MAOIST STORY
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