GREEN HUNT FALTERS

by Rohit Kumar

The Maoist insurgency in its North East is a massive problem for India. The Maoists fighting for control and supremacy are dominant in over 223 states and threaten to create a Red Corridor all the way to Nepal. The Maoists (Communist Party of India-Maoist or CPI-M) are targeting the soft vulnerable areas of India’s richest states and this is by no means a coincidence. India’s ‘Shining India’ image is tarnished by this reminder of grievances driven by poverty, discrimination, State oppression and a caste system that makes extremism an attractive option. The trouble in the North East ties in with the freedom struggle in Kashmir that is fuelled by state terrorism against the predominantly Muslim population. This has been the driving force behind the creation of the Students Indian Muslim Movement and other similar movements among India’s large Muslim population. Atrocities like the mass killings of Muslims in Gujerat and the Samjhota Train Massacre—both State sponsored and abetted events—have added to the simmering indigenous cauldron that is bubbling on its own without the external stimulus that India blames it on.

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