With no bullet proof helmets,jawans falling prey to maoists

[harpoon]

read up on this, the insurgency is very widespread
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Way too exaggerated.Even some parts of Kerala are shown as affected. Our last recorded Maoists incident (called Naxalites then ) was more than 30 years ago in the 1970s.

 

[Janmejay]

A little correction here!West Bengal Police with the active help of the Central Forces has successfully eliminated the maoist movement in the state and there hasn't been a single maoist related incident in the state for the past two years.Heck they even killed the chief of the maoist military commission Kishen in an encounter way back in 2011!

Yeah and also the link which a Pakistani shared is also outdated according to which Balghat (in M.P.) is alos affected by Naxalies.I live near Balaghat but havent heard about Naxalies for years now

This report points to the contrary mate.....
Maoist Insurgency Spreads to Over 40% of India. Mass Poverty and Delhi’s Embrace of Corporate Neoliberalism Fuels Social Uprising | Global Research

I hope you understand the difference bw controlling and spreading and this report is too much exaggerated.And the link which you previously shared says that Balaghat (in M.P.) is also affected but i live near Balgaht and havent heard them about for years now.

 

[Khan_patriot]

I hope you understand the difference bw controlling and spreading and this report is too much exaggerated.And the link which you previously shared says that Balaghat (in M.P.) is also affected but i live near Balgaht and havent heard them about for years now.

I guess you could be right mate, the media has a way of exaggerating.....

 

[harpoon]

I guess you could be right mate, the media has a way of exaggerating.....

Moreover the Maoist threat is used by bureaucracy and politicians to get extra funding from the state/center, making the Maoists bigger than they actually are.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

I always thought the Indian Army had Kevlar helmets. Are these Para-military, or perhaps police? (oops, just read a post asking the same thing)

Not all ... many of them are still using those tin can helmets...even in IOK..

 

[Cheetah786]

Give the army a free hand and they will finish the maoists in a day.Same goes with Kashmiri separatists.But then who will play politics.

I like Guys like you who can solve problems effecting the nations for decades in a day.

 

[OrionHunter]

I always thought the Indian Army had Kevlar helmets. Are these Para-military, or perhaps police? (oops, just read a post asking the same thing)

Interstate Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) including Police commando units.

The Indian Army is NOT operating against Maoists anywhere. However, a few Air Force choppers are being used in emergencies like casevac.

 

[Koovie]

Not all ... many of them are still using those tin can helmets...even in IOK..

Most Army units in J&K use Patkas, and tin cans are in the process of being replaced.

 

[Genesis]

sometimes I wonder are Indian forces even want to eliminate these guys?

KMT had some trouble eliminating communists in China for one main reason, the forces deployed don't want to eliminate them. IF there's no communist, their usefulness is done. They will no longer exist.

Does Indian forces have this problem? They are not the army, so if these "maoists" are completely destroyed would they still get funding?

 

[अखण्ड भारत!!!]

sometimes I wonder are Indian forces even want to eliminate these guys?

KMT had some trouble eliminating communists in China for one main reason, the forces deployed don't want to eliminate them. IF there's no communist, their usefulness is done. They will no longer exist.

Does Indian forces have this problem? They are not the army, so if these "maoists" are completely destroyed would they still get funding?

Yes government is not willing to fight them and playing politics instead.Else maoists are at most 100000 while Indian army is around 2 million.Should not take more than a month in full scale operation to destroy them.

 

[kurup]

Yes government is not willing to fight them and playing politics instead.Else maoists are at most 100000 while Indian army is around 2 million.Should not take more than a month in full scale operation to destroy them.

Are you sure about the number of maoists ?? 1,00,000 of them .

 

[अखण्ड भारत!!!]

Are you sure about the number of maoists ?? 1,00,000 of them .

It is a maximum estimate...and not fighters but all who provide them with stuff,their network,etc.

 

[Vinayak Tiwari]

@Secularpakistani Maoism is not at all a big issue in India, now it's there in couple of smaller states. It takes few weeks to clean it up with a force. They are trying to be in news during election season for various reasons, once it's over they will not be aggressive anymore.

Just don't say that again being an Indian. Ask a jawan who has lost his leg to an I.E.D or a family who has lost it's member.