War Against Maoists In India

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<b>Naxals? What Naxals?</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->By no stretch of imagination does Sunil Mahato fall into the category of an exploiter or a class enemy. He did not belong to the landed or the upper caste sections of Jharkhand who are blamed for the deprivation of the local tribals.

If anything, Sunil Mahato was a success story of subaltern empowerment. Naxalites targeted Mahato on the day of Holi. He was shot at point blank. His fault: backing a project that drew tribals into a partnership with the government to fight Red terror. He was successful in mobilising people against the high-handedness of the murderous Naxals.
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The failure of the Manmohan Singh government to learn lessons from the costly mistakes will only corrode our safety. It’s time that the country’s leadership responded to the cries of despair from the 165 districts of India. It’s these people who elect Parliament and not the ever-agitated, bleeding heart liberals.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->