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The Naxal Menace

The biggest threat to the general election does not come from terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir with their Kalashnikovs and rocket-launchers. It is the spectre of Maoist violence that is worrying security agencies. Thousands of central and state security personnel will be stretched to their limit during the election as they fight a cat and mouse game with men and women who still swear by the dream of proletariat rule. Maoist or Naxalite violence is of serious concern in 12 of India's biggest states.

Who are the Naxalites?

The Naxalites, also sometimes called the Naxals, is a loose term used to define groups waging a violent struggle on behalf of landless labourers and tribal people against landlords and others. The Naxalites say they are fighting oppression and exploitation to create a classless society. Their opponents say the Naxalites are terrorists oppressing people in the name of a class war. Last year Naxalites accounted for nearly 88 percent of organised violence and killings in the country. Who do they represent? The Naxalites claim to represent the most oppressed people in India, those who are often left untouched by India's development and bypassed by the electoral process. Invariably, they are the Adivasis, Dalits, and the poorest of the poor, who work as landless labourers for a pittance, often below India's mandated minimum wages.

Who do they target ?

In 2003, there were 1,671 Naxalite attacks, in which 95 security personnel and 422 civilians were killed. In the same period 250 extremists were also killed. The threat is spread across the 'Compact Revolutionary Zone,' which stretches from the Nepal border to Tamil Nadu. Fifty-three districts have been identified as 'highly affected' by the threat of violences by the Naxalites, while 17 are 'moderately affected.' Fifty-two districts are 'less affected' and 21 are possible targets. The targets are the same: police stations, police informers, government machinery, landlords and moneylenders, etc.

"Election as an entire process is a target. We have a tough challenge on our hands," says a BSF officer. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are the worst affected; Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are partially affected.

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Naxal rally draws huge crowds - The extreme left winning finally after twenty years - Maoist Naxal Leaders’ political limelight and peace talks with Congress!
Balaji Reddy, Special Correspondent
October 12, 2004
Are Naxal finally winning in India? Many experts think so. The unconditional recent peace offer from Congress Government of Andhra Pradesh and huge rally in Naxal rallies are showing early signs of Naxal and Maoist popularity in India.
Emerging from a prolonged underground life, top naxalite leaders in Andhra Pradesh today expressed keenness to wrap up their first-ever direct talks with the State Government in three rounds spread over 15 to 20 days, starting from October 15. Making a first public appearance after two decades, the State People's War Secretary, Ramakrishna, and other top leaders said land distribution to the poor and economic policies based on self-reliance would form the core of their agenda during the forthcoming talks with the Government. The Maoist rebels, with AK 47s slung from their shoulders, emerged from their hide-out in Nallamala forest area and briefly interacted with the media at Chinaarutla in Prakasam district before proceeding to Guttikondabilam village in Guntur district to unveil a martyrs'' memorial and address a public meeting. Before proceeding to the meeting venue in a convoy of cars, the naxalite leaders handed over weapons to their colleagues as revolutionary slogans reverberated the air. "We are hopeful of resolving some of the pressing problems of the people through talks. At the same time, we are prepared for a prolonged armed struggle," Ramakrishna, a school teacher-turned revolutionary, said. It is the first public appearance by Maoist leaders since the Congress Government lifted the ban on the PWG in July last and invited them for talks in tune with the party's pre-poll promise of reviving a dialogue with naxalites.
The first public rally of People's War in Hyderabad in 14 years registered an impressive turnout at the Hyderabad’s Nizam College Grounds.

Jana Natya Mandali, the cultural wing of the People's War, provided the backdrop for Naxal leaders to explain why they were entering into a peace dialogue with the state government.

"We want to tell the people the agenda for the talks - peace, self-reliance and land to the tiller,'' said Gaddar, People's War emissary.
Among the 65,000-strong crowd that had gathered was Upendra from Karimnagar district, whose brother Michael Sudhakar was allegedly killed by the police in 1992.
He has high hopes from the peace talks like many others.
"Ceasefire and peace are very important. If a policeman is killed or a Naxal, the mother feels the same pain and anguish,'' Upendra said.
The meeting saw several underground operatives come out in the open, for which the state government is taking credit.
"It is a victory for government of Andhra Pradesh because we have given them the freedom,'' said Jana Reddy, Home Minister, Andhra Pradesh.
This show of strength comes just days before top People's War leader Ramakrishna and Janshakti leader Amar walk into the state Secretariat in Hyderabad for direct talks with the government.