09-21-2005, 01:46 AM
Jane's Intelligence Watch Report - Daily Update
> 16-Sep-2005 11:03:15
> Volume/Issue: 12/184
>
> The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) and the
> Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) have
> established a border regional committee, the Asian Age
> reported on 15 September. The foundation of the
> committee is the latest evidence of cross-border
> co-operation between the two groups, following the
> announcement by CPN-M chairman P Prachanda and CPI-M
> General Secretary Ganapathy in early September that
> the two groups would 'fight together and establish
> communism and socialism'. According to Indian police
> sources, Nepalese and Indian Maoists launched their
> first co-ordinated operation in June 2005 in the
> village of Madhuban, on the Nepalese border in Bihar.
> Fears of a resurgent Naxalite campaign in India (the
> Naxalites are revolutionary groups named after a
> peasant uprising in Naxalbari, West Bengal in 1967)
> increased following the creation of the CPI-M from two
> former Naxalite organisations in October 2004.
> Previously the Naxalites were widespread but deeply
> factionalised. The creation of the CPI-M appeared to
> be a direct attempt to mirror the success of the CPN-M
> in Nepal. Since then, violence has been on the rise in
> Indian states such as Bihar, Jharkand, Chhattisgarh
> and Andhra Pradesh, all states with a strong Maoist
> presence. As no co-ordinated national policy has been
> devised in India to deal with the Maoist threat, and
> with Nepal unable to effectively counter the CPN-M,
> the CPI-M's capabilities and influence will continue
> to grow.
> 16-Sep-2005 11:03:15
> Volume/Issue: 12/184
>
> The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) and the
> Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) have
> established a border regional committee, the Asian Age
> reported on 15 September. The foundation of the
> committee is the latest evidence of cross-border
> co-operation between the two groups, following the
> announcement by CPN-M chairman P Prachanda and CPI-M
> General Secretary Ganapathy in early September that
> the two groups would 'fight together and establish
> communism and socialism'. According to Indian police
> sources, Nepalese and Indian Maoists launched their
> first co-ordinated operation in June 2005 in the
> village of Madhuban, on the Nepalese border in Bihar.
> Fears of a resurgent Naxalite campaign in India (the
> Naxalites are revolutionary groups named after a
> peasant uprising in Naxalbari, West Bengal in 1967)
> increased following the creation of the CPI-M from two
> former Naxalite organisations in October 2004.
> Previously the Naxalites were widespread but deeply
> factionalised. The creation of the CPI-M appeared to
> be a direct attempt to mirror the success of the CPN-M
> in Nepal. Since then, violence has been on the rise in
> Indian states such as Bihar, Jharkand, Chhattisgarh
> and Andhra Pradesh, all states with a strong Maoist
> presence. As no co-ordinated national policy has been
> devised in India to deal with the Maoist threat, and
> with Nepal unable to effectively counter the CPN-M,
> the CPI-M's capabilities and influence will continue
> to grow.