Opinion Taking Naxalites head-on
The editorial in the latest issue of the RSS journal Organiser titled Maoists are Killers,Terrorists. Gun Them Down says: The Naxalites themselves have declared a war on the state....
The editorial in the latest issue of the RSS journal Organiser titled Maoists are Killers,Terrorists. Gun Them Down says: The Naxalites themselves have declared a war on the state. They attack and kill citizens of this country. The state is duty-bound to use all means available to it to carry out this duty. If their logic was extended,then Khalistan would have been a reality today and so would have been an independent Kashmir. Social parasites who thrive on newspaper headlines and chat shows shed crocodile tears on the plight of the deprived. But they are the first to cry foul when any development project is launched,whether it is bauxite mining or a multi-purpose dam. These are the people who want to keep the Vanvasis and the poor as showcase pieces,as in a zoo for periodic recreation trips. It is interesting that all these people who claim to speak up for the poor live in the thick of luxuries,enjoying all modern amenities possible and thriving on the fancy products of the development they scorn. They are the ones who use poverty as a way to get even richer. Vanvasis are not people from another planet. The Naxalites,who maim and kill people in the name of class war,are exploiting these natives.
The editorial adds: When Salwa Judum was launched in Chhattisgarh,the people in the region welcomed it because it offered an organised opposition to the Naxalites who till then had a clear field for hit and run. But the so-called intellectuals vociferously opposed it,accusing the government of dividing the
Vanvasi communities,pitting them one against another. The logic is not clear. If Naxalites mobilise Vanvasis against the state,it is acceptable,but if the state
mobilises people against Naxalites,it becomes human rights violation! The growing threat from Naxalites is real. Not only because they are standing in the way of development and are attempting to mislead the
people,but also because they are increasingly getting funds and arms from abroad,not to mention training. It needs no great IQ to guess which nation or nations are doing this. The need now is to send a strong message to the armed killers,hiding behind a failed ideology,that they would not get away with stopping the trains and waylaying and blowing up trucks carrying
security personnel. The government needs to let them know that our patience has run out.
Dangerous territory
In an opinion piece titled Dangers of Terrorism and a Talibanised Pakistan, Joginder Singh writes: Over the past two years,more than 2,500 people have been killed in suicide bomb blasts across the entire Pakistan . It was hoped that after Pakistan was carved out of India,in 1947,Pakistan would become a heaven and a model Muslim state for the whole world. More so,after ethnic cleansing of the minorities,both victims and perpetrators are Muslims. The problem is that military rulers have tried to present themselves as Pakistans last hope. But unfortunately,the civilian leaders have done so,as well. Instead of thinking for themselves and the best interest of their country,every Pakistani leader has deliberately encouraged the United States to develop a stake in the countrys political and military affairs. Pakistani policies are more attuned to US interests,than to Pakistani interest. In turn USA supports
Pakistan for every single anti-Indian step it takes. India is the whipping guy for everything going wrong in Pakistan ,whether it Balochistan or Afghanistan . Pakistans rationale both for creating trouble in Kashmir and rest of India is based on the premises,that it is the custodian of Muslim interests,everywhere and more so in India . Having tried four wars and after having been worsted in all of them,it is putting up a brave face,before the world,by fathering motley terrorist groups,to wage a low-intensity war in India,by ensuring their strike at all prominent places.
He adds: India has more than once expressed its goodwill. US war on Taliban has driven both al-Qaeda and Taliban forces to Pakistan ,as well as repeated attacks,on Indian embassy in Afghanistan . It is impossible to predict the precise,unintended consequences of any US or Pakistani action. But the way things are shaping therein shows,that neither US nor Pakistani government has any control on the Taliban activities. A weakened Pakistani government and a recalcitrant army and ISI,pose a danger to the Pakistani nuclear arsenal,a part of which might either fall or be handed over or seized by the terrorist groups therein. The strengthening of such groups either consciously or unconsciously,poses a direct threat to India,as India will be their only target.
Compiled by Suman K. Jha
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