Monitoring Indian Communists - 2

04-26-2006, 12:10 AM

QUOTEMaoists plan long term war against nation 
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Navin Upadhyay | New Delhi
The developments in Nepal have a menacing overtone for India. The Maoists' rejection of King Gyanendra's decision to restore Parliament clearly indicates they are more interested in capturing power rather than restoring multi-party democracy.

Indian intelligence agencies now firmly believe that the Maoists expansion in the country is similarly aimed at capturing political power using the barrel of a gun.
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The interrogation of several senior Maoist leaders over a period of time has led the police and intelligence to the shared conclusion that the ultra were working on a long-term plan to destroy every institution of governance while simultaneously mobilising the masses for an eventual revolt against the Government.

"We have received similar inputs during interrogation of arrested Maoists. There is no scope to doubt that under the garb of fighting alleged "state repression", they have waged a war against the nation," an official said.

The inputs from the interrogations and literature recovered from them paint an alarming picture. The inputs highlight the Maoists' penetration in the hinterland and outline their plan to carry out a protracted war with a three-decade timeframe for the ultimate coup. For now, they were trying to consolidate their bases in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, besides spreading their influence in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, lower Assam, Uttaranchal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra.

The happening in Nepal are bound to embolden the Indian Maoists who share a close tie with their counter-parts in the Himalayan kingdom. The erstwhile Maoist Communist Centre (MCC), which later merged with the People's War to form the Communist Party of India (Maoists), was largely involved in training Nepalese Maoists in the guerilla warfare tactics in the jungles of Bihar's Palamu district.

Sources said that the success of the mass mobilisation programme by the Nepalese Maoists could now be adopted as a role model for Indian Maoists. "The Maoists have tasted the blood in Nepal. If they have a major say in power sharing in Kathmandu, the days ahead could be very challenging for India," said an official. Significantly, in many recent cases of assault on the police and Government establishment in India, the Maoists of the two countries jointly carried out the operations.

Indian Maoists are following a clear strategy: penetrate the rural areas, consolidate, establish inter-state co-ordination, win sympathisers, eliminate rivals, and establish parallel power centres in villages and taluks. This is the same plan, which they successfully implemented in Nepal, where they first took over the countryside and then encircled Kathmandu.

The strategy has so far been remarkably successful in India too. Inquiry by the intelligence agencies and police have revealed that in the Maoists stronghold, in many cases ultras even summon district magistrates and superintendents of police and direct them to award lucrative Government contracts and warn the police to keep away from them. "We have learnt from interrogation and subsequent inquiry that several DMs and SPs have completely surrendered to the Maoists. It is a very dangerous situation," an official said.

Worse is the plight of police stations located in far-flung areas with un-motorable roads without telephone facilities or vehicles. In such cases, the Maoists have taken complete control. They hold Jan Adalats and dispense justice, chopping limbs of the victims or beheading them. The State has completely withered away.

Sources said that the Maoists have set up a 12-member polit bureau, a central committee, and a central military commission. While the polit bureau was responsible for chartering ideological course of the movement, the central committee was entrusted with the task of carrying out the plan, policies and operation. The central military commission coordinates with state and district level military commissions to carry out offensives.

Official pointed out there was need to evolve a coordinated strategy to deal with the Maoists. "The Government has a five-year span while the district administration has one-year response mechanisms du to frequent transfers. Under the circumstances, we can't effectively deal with forces, which have thirty years strategy. India needs to put in place matching response mechanisms if we want to avoid a situation when we will have to send our armies to fight pitched battles in villages to turf out the Maoists. That could bring in a lot of collateral damage and isolate the people," an official said.

But so far, the Government's response has been knee-jerk. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently admitted that the Maoist menace was the biggest internal security threat being faced by the nation. But the Government has not come out with any concrete plan to deal with the crisis.Â


I am not sure whether UPA is awake but from outside it looks like they are sleeping. Other than protecting Queen they have no strategy.

04-26-2006, 10:21 AM

Naxals attack railway station in BiharQUOTEJhajha (Bihar): In yet another daring attack in Bihar, Naxals hit the Narganjo Railway station on the Jhajha-Asansol Railway line on Tuesday night.

More than 100 armed Naxals attacked the station, and blew up a railway cabin.
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04-26-2006, 10:58 PM

QUOTEArmy, weapons, funds, Maoists have 'em all 
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Navin Upadhyay | New Delhi
In the dense jungles and remote hills of India, hundreds of hardcore Maoists are undergoing tough training in the art of guerrilla warfare. Equipped with sophisticated weapons, these men have been indoctrinated to wage a war against the nation, a protracted war that they hope to win in the next 30 to 40 years.

In the vanguard of the Maoist army is the hardcore People's Guerrilla Army (PGA) with an estimated strength of 8000 cadres spread mainly across - Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Maharashtra and West Bengal. The PGA is responsible for carrying out all daring strikes, including setting up ambush against the police and para military forces, snatching their weapons, eliminating 'enemies', and letting loose a reign of terror.

The guerrilla army is equipped with sophisticated weapons like light machine guns, self-loading rifles, rocket launchers, land mines, carbines, grenades and Insas rifles. Police and intelligence agencies have learnt that most of these weapons have been acquired from militant outfits operating in the northeast and underworld elements. A large chunk of the their armoury also consists of weapons looted from the police and para military forces.

The Maoists are also involved in indigenous production of explosives and rocket launchers through their own research and development programmes. They also managed to acquire weapons from surrendered ULFA cadre between 1990 and 1996. Some of the weapons airdropped in Purulia also reached them, sources said.

At the second level of the Maoists army network is the 25,000-strong Jan Militia, which is less heavily armed, but provides intelligence and logistical support to the PGA. The militia performs pre-strike reconnaissance, guards exit routes, blocks police entry and lends back up support when the guerrilla army retreats.

Below them come 50,000 unarmed Sangam cadres who have been roped in by the Maoists in villages to spread the gospel of armed struggle. The exercise to spread public propaganda is carried out by the frontal organisations who have unidentified numbers of dedicated supporters.

The Maoists have also set in place money-minting mechanisms, which rake in approximately Rs 750 cr each year. A study jointly carried out by the Bihar Police and intelligence agencies in 2000, before the formation of Jharkhand, showed that the MCC and PW, which later merged to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist), used to raise Rs 250 cr each year from the State. As the ultras have grown both in size and influence, agencies estimate that at least Rs 750 cr is collected annually by the Maoists across the country. 

Another major source of funding is collection of levy from those awarded Government contracts. It is common knowledge that in the Maoist strongholds, nearly 15 to 20 per cent of development fund are pocketed by the ultras. In fact, even Central undertakings pay a "levy" to carry out their development activities and day-to-day functioning.

The ultras have also raise substantial sums of money through membership and fine imposed on those who defy their diktats. Contractors and officials engaged in mining and coal extraction are also compelled to pay huge sums of money. Interrogations of the arrested Maoists have revealed that they collected Rs 1000 from each truck that rolls out from coal or metal mines in Jharkhand and Orissa.

The funds are used to acquire arms and infrastructure like satellite phones, sustain cadres, provide training, run propaganda campaign, distribute and print literature. The Maoists effectively use money power to manipulate media and judicial organs. They are also spending a large chunk of money on expansion programmes to find a toehold in States where they have negligible presence.

Experts say the Government needs to work on a two pronged approach. The first and foremost task was to restrict the Maoist area of influence through effective governance and develop regions adjoining their domain. "They need to be quarantined and areas falling outside their influences be immunised to prevent the growth of the malice," an official said.

Side by side, the Government needs to raise Special Task Forces, on the pattern of Grey Hounds of Andhra Pradesh and modernise the police force, set up a Central coordination committee and put in place a long-term strategy to deal with the Maoists. But so far, apart from admitting the seriousness of the problem the Governments seems to be doing precious little. This indifference could internally bleed the nation and make it ineffective in taking on the full fore of the Maoist onslaught as and when they decide to go for the final coup.

Red alert 
Maoist Army
People's Guerrilla Army ------------ 8000 men
Jan Militia ------------ 25,000 men
Village level cadres ------------ 50,000

Arms: Light machine guns, self-loading rifles, rocket launchers, land mines, carbines, grenades and Insas rifles.
Fund: Rs 750 cr per year.
Source of fund: Extortion, Levy, penalty, membership, cut from development fund, coal extraction and mining.

**acharya** · 04-28-2006, 08:28 AM

riday, April 28, 2006
Indiaâs communists draw middle-class vote in West Bengal

KOLKATA: Thousands voted on Thursday in an east Indian state where the ruling communists are expected to return to power with the unusual support of a new, well-heeled middle class.

West Bengal has the worldâs longest-serving elected communist government which is looking forward to a seventh straight term, this time with the help of groups who have shunned it in the past.

The stateâs ruling left has actively wooed foreign and domestic investment after years of focusing on land reform and empowering poor peasants.

The five-stage election in the state of 80 million people is one of five in different states and is seen as the biggest test for the Congress party-led federal coalition, which came to power in 2004. The vote pits Indiaâs communists, who support the federal coalition, against the Congress in two states and analysts say a good showing by the left could see it gain more say in New Delhi over foreign and economic policies.

âThank God, Calcutta is changing. I will vote for the left for the first time, as the quality of life in the city is better,â said hotel executive Salmoli Mukerji. Her sentiments were echoed across Kolkata, once known as Calcutta, with voters crediting reformist Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

Kolkata, once famous for its urban poverty and Mother Teresaâs efforts to ease its effects, is witnessing a real estate and retail boom with new shopping malls, hotels and modern offices springing up. Investors, including global and Indian IT giants, have flocked to the city. Thursdayâs polls involve more than 12 million people voting for 76 seats in the 294-member state assembly. The vote ends on May 8 and ballots are due to be counted on May 11 and results expected the same day. Security was high across Kolkata and two neighbouring districts also voting on Thursday and there were no reports of violence. Reuters

04-28-2006, 08:42 PM

14 CPI(M) activists get life term QUOTETHALASSERY: The District and Sessions Court here on Thursday sentenced 14 CPI(M) activists to rigorous life imprisonment in a case relating to the murder of two Bharatiya Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (BJP-RSS) workers at Melur, near here, in 2002.

The court awarded the sentence to the accused under various Sections of the IPC. The court on April 24 had found them guilty of committing the crime. The convicts are: Edakkandy Dineshan (43), Pannyodan Sivadasan (31), Edakkandy Ashokan (38), K.V. Mahesh (26), K.V. Jithesh (25), P.P. Nishanth (23), U. Sathyan (36), Nadukkandy Baiju (27), M. Suresh Babu (46), Pacheyan Sasi (44), Vellora Ittoopy Pradeepan (34), V.P. Reneef (24), Nadukkandy Raveendran (54), C.P. Sreedharan (64). The 15th accused M. Sampathkumar had been acquitted by the court on benefit of doubt.

Delivering the judgment, Judge S. Satheenathan also ordered the accused to pay a fine of Rs.2 lakhs each. An amount of Rs.14 lakhs each would be given to the victims' families. The convicts were ordered to remit the amount immediately to be paid to the victims' family as compensation.
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**acharya** · 04-29-2006, 11:30 AM

Kerala

Communists are a virus

We are Malayalis. We love our country India and our state Kerala. Are we satisfied with the development situation in Kerala, which is plagued by militancy of Communism and Trade Unionism? In the field of development, infrastructure, industry, IT, ITES, BT, agriculture, food processing, communication, etc, compared to our neighbours like Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, and Maharashtra, we are far behind. Kerala is very much equivalent to that impoverish West Bengal than the prosperous southern states.

We know that before independence, West Bengal was the richest state of India. But now its condition is poor and pathetic because of Marxist-Maoist parties like CPI (M) and CPI. The main culprit behind the under-development of Kerala is none, but the same Communist Party, Bureaucracy, and Trade Unionism. These anti-development forces destroyed two rich states in India - West Bengal and Kerala.

E M S Nambudiripad became the first chief minister was the greatest catastrophe of Kerala. EMS and his Communist-Marxists-Maoists-Naxal militant outfits are a curse to all Malayalis. Electing Communist Party to power in 1956 was greatest mistake (blunder) done by Malayalis in Kerala's History. Communists are not human beings, but viruses. Their menace is now becoming insufferable. According to a survey, nearly 100 per cent of Communist leaders are uneducated and illiterate.

We want to see a prosperous Kerala. We want to make Kerala as a new Bangalore, or Australia, or Singapore, or Finland, or France, or Estonia. We not only want Kerala be a 100 per cent literate and educated state, but also industrially developed, clean & green, free from the menace of CPI (M), Communism, Marxism, Atheism, Trade Union Terrorism, bandhs, hartals, strikes, bureaucratic mafias, and also from the nonsense of Nayanar, Pinarai Vijayan, Achuthanandan and their likes.

We all know that the main reasons for the unattractiveness of FDI (Foreign Investment) in Kerala are above factors. Foreigners will not come to Kerala because of Communism, and Trade Unionism. We must consider bandhs, hartals, strikes, trade unionisms, employee unionism, etc. as terrorism.

Moreover these Communists are against Christians (especially Syrian Christians), Nairs, Brahmins, Menons, Ezhavas, Adivasis, SCs, STs, and Moderate Muslims. They are against all peoples who worship God Almighty. They want to make all peoples Atheists. So these communities should join hand to fight against the threat of our greatest common enemy - Communism. Christians should remember that Communism is against the teachings of Bible. Christianity always opposed Communism, especially in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Serbia, Italy, USA, and our Kerala too.

What Kerala needs is a '2nd Vimochana Samaram' (Liberation Movement) against CPI (M) and LDF by a grand alliance of Nairs, Christians, Brahmins, Menons, Ezhavas, Adivasis, SCs, STs, and Moderate Muslims. We are all believers and pro-God, but communists are non-believers and anti-God. Christianity should reintroduce 'Mahlon Chollal' (Expulsion from the community) system, which restricts Christians from involving in the Communist anti-Social activities. Till 1980s this system existed. Brahmins, Menons, and Nairs should also reintroduce their similar system of 'Padiyadachu Pindam Veykkal' or 'Brashtu Kalpikkal' (Expulsion from the community) against Communists in their communities. This should be a new 'Shuddi' (Cleansing) movement.

Juan Rosario
Sr Software Engineer

04-29-2006, 08:00 PM

QUOTENaxalites kill 13 hostages in Chhattisgarh
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Agencies | Raipur
Maoist rebels slit the throats of 13 of 40 tribal villagers abducted earlier this week in Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday.

The killings are the latest in a series in some of the dozen or so states where Maoist extremists operate.

The bodies were found deep in the forest 22 km from a Government-run relief camp which was near the spot where the group had been taken hostage at gunpoint in revolt-hit Dantewada district.

"The bodies had multiple wounds and rebels killed them by slitting their throats," district police chief Praveer Das said.

On Friday, police in Chhattisgarh found two bullet ridden bodies of men, part of the group who had been seized, taking the toll from the kidnapping to 15.

The tribals had been returning to Dornpal relief camp in Dantewada district 550 km south of the state capital Raipur.

Maoist rebels, who claim to fight for India's poor peasants and landless labourers, suspect many villagers at government relief camps to be part of a state-backed anti-Maoist group

Indian home minister call these commie terrorist his own. <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devilsmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='devilsmiley.gif' />

04-29-2006, 08:09 PM

Kerala and West Bengal are gone, no return, can't be fixed. They are competing with Zaire or Sudan.
People of Kerala and West Bengal are to be blamed, who are electing commies every election.
Now commies are in control of Central Government. They are trying same with rest of India.
Where is India infrastructure is moving? Now its back to negative growth.

05-02-2006, 12:27 AM

'Left can pull down UPA govt, but will not' 
QUOTE"We can pull down the [UPA] government in one day. But if we pull it down, there is no guarantee that we will be able to provide an alternative at the Centre. We don't have that strength," Basu told a May Day rally in Kolkata.

He said that the CPI(M) had not expanded beyond West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura. "We have to keep this government for five years. By then we will know our strength."

"We are not really expanding beyond the three states. Not only the party, but our mass organisations and trade unions are also not expanding," he admitted.


Yes, only 3 states had gone into drain, whole country is left.

05-09-2006, 10:03 PM

Nepal Maoist boss secretly met Left in Delhi
QUOTEOn April 6 at 4 pm there was a knock on the door of Nationalist Congress Party leader D.P. Tripathi, who was waiting inside with the CPI(M)âs Sitaram Yechury with some anticipation for this meeting. A middle-aged, bearded man in trousers and shirt was standing outside, having just got off the pillion of a bicycle on which he had ridden through New Delhiâs streets to reach the political leaderâs residence. It was the Nepal Maoistsâ legendary leader Prachanda, rarely seen in public, a man deemed to be a terrorist by the United States but who has a mass following in Nepal, and known to be a stickler for keeping his word.

The two-hour meeting, the first between Mr Yechury and Mr Prachanda and the second for Mr Tripathi, was very successful. The Maoist leader placed a three-point agenda for future interactions on the table. He made it clear that he was for multi-party democracy and would not go back on this if the 12-point formula was followed in letter and spirit; that his cadres would not resort to violence provided there was no repression against them; and three, there should be no interference from India and it should be left to the Nepalese people to determine their destiny.

Mr Tripathi, when contacted on Monday, said that âa significant indication of the sagacity of the Maoists had come when they kept to their word of keeping the democratic struggle completely peaceful, and when they took the first step of declaring a unilateral ceasefire for three months.â He said that despite the attack on the protesters by the security forces acting under instructions from King Gyanendra, the Maoist cadres operated under strict instructions not to retaliate. He said that he had been communicating with Mr Prachanda through an intermediary since their last meeting on the Nepal-Bihar border several months ago.

gangajal · 05-09-2006, 11:51 PM

QUOTE(Mudy @ Apr 29 2006, 08:09 PM)Kerala and West Bengal are gone, no return, can't be fixed.Â They are competing with Zaire or Sudan.
People of Kerala and West Bengal are to be blamed, who are electing commies every election.
Now commies are in control of Central Government. They are trying same with rest of India.
Where is India infrastructure is moving? Now its back to negative growth.
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Communists have given up on communism at least in West Bengal. Buddhadev Bhattacharyya has realized that following the Communist route is a road to nowhere and is now actively moving in the capitalist direction. The change in West Bengal is unbelievable.

05-10-2006, 12:07 AM

QUOTECommunists have given up on communism
No, Ideology is still intact and kicking. Now with money they can do more damage to India and its civilization.
They are like Dimak/parasites who are eating their own home.

gangajal · 05-10-2006, 12:27 AM

QUOTE(Mudy @ May 10 2006, 12:07 AM)<div class='quotetop'>QUOTECommunists have given up on communism
No, Ideology is still intact and kicking. Now with money they can do more damage to India and its civilization.
They are like Dimak/parasites who are eating their own home.
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The top leadership has given up on ideology. The problem they are facing is that many of the cadres have fanatical ideological views. This is the reason why the top leadership's main task is to fool its own cadres. CPIM has stopped attacking Ramakrishna order. It has also stopped supporting Mother Teresa. CPIM leadership has also realized the dnagerous implications of the uncontrolled migration of Bangladeshi muslims and the mushrooming of madrassas. There is no trace of ideology now. CPIM leadership has also given up on the idea of the dictatorship of the proletariate.

So where are they following any ideolog? They are not following. They are repackaging themselves as European social democrats.

05-10-2006, 12:45 AM

QUOTE(gangajal @ May 9 2006, 11:51 PM) The change in West Bengal is unbelievable.
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like what??

can we have examples to prove thats its indeed unbelievable?

05-10-2006, 12:50 AM

QUOTE(Mudy @ Apr 29 2006, 08:09 PM)Kerala and West Bengal are gone, no return, can't be fixed.Â They are competing with Zaire or Sudan.
People of Kerala and West Bengal are to be blamed, who are electing commies every election.
Now commies are in control of Central Government. They are trying same with rest of India.
Where is India infrastructure is moving? Now its back to negative growth.
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funnily enough kerela is among the states that are doing well. despite being commie, they have highest literracy, low infant mortality etc etc.

as for india's growth - commies or not, by 2010 we will hit 10%

05-10-2006, 12:54 AM

gangajal,
They are openly supporting or better call they are Maoist in India. Objective of revolution is still on. Commies of WB are not only supporting Indian Maoist but Nepal, Burma and others.
Now they are running Central Government of India, twisting puppet appointed spineless PM of India. They are changing Indian Foreign policy without any regards to India's priority or security.
People of WB are not ready to depart from its religious root. Commies of WB failed to stop Durga Puja. They know once they attack local religious sentiment they will be history. Commies had tried couple of experiments to stay in power. Promoting Teresa or ridiculing Hindu sects or promoting illegal Bangladesh did helped them till now.
Problem they are facing now is they tried to show some dreams to people which in not achievable. Russia is a good example. Now they are trying to ape China, but China did major cultural destruction. We donât know whether current China will keep its rural citizens happy with growing numbers of rich population in limited urban area.

WB commies still believe in revolution.

05-10-2006, 12:57 AM

QUOTEfunnily enough kerela is among the states that are doing well. despite being commie, they have highest literracy, low infant mortality etc etc.
Ben,
Please list no of industries or job created by commies in any state.
List no of industries destroyed or moved to other states.

No of literate doen't matter, if you can't provide work.

Bharatvarsh · 05-10-2006, 01:27 AM

Kerala also has the dubious honour of having one of the highest suicide rates in the world.

05-10-2006, 01:37 AM

QUOTE(Mudy @ May 10 2006, 12:54 AM)gangajal,
People of WB are not ready to depart from its religious root. Commies of WB failed to stop Durga Puja. They know once they attack local religious sentiment they will be history.

Now they are trying to ape China, but China did major cultural destruction.


yes but as you rightly pointd out in the first part (also corroborated by missionaries), people in wb, commie or noncommie are not prepared to depart from their religious root.

so tho i am not so sure the commies in wb will be able to emulate china's economic succes, i am sure they WONT be able to replicate china's socio-religious purge.

and the first para also convinces me that the day communism falls in wb, it will turn right immediately. cos bengalis are basically very attached to everything they hold dear.

05-10-2006, 01:39 AM

QUOTE(Mudy @ May 10 2006, 12:57 AM)<div class='quotetop'>QUOTEfunnily enough kerela is among the states that are doing well. despite being commie, they have highest literracy, low infant mortality etc etc.
Ben,
Please list no of industries or job created by commies in any state.
List no of industries destroyed or moved to other states.

No of literate doen't matter, if you can't provide work.
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well they are doing well as per social index at least if not economic.

but for the bright mallu idea of going to the gulf as white collar manual labours, the remmited money would be zero and yes then economically they would be no better off than a bihar or a wb.

and my name is BEN_AMI

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