04-26-2006, 12:10 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Maoists plan long term war against nation </b>
Pioneer.com
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. <b>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</b>.
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, <b>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</b>.
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. <b>They hold Jan Adalats and dispense justice, chopping limbs of the victims or beheading them. The State has completely withered away</b>.
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. <b>"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,"</b> an official said.
<b>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.</b>Â
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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.
Pioneer.com
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.
Â
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. <b>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</b>.
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, <b>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</b>.
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. <b>They hold Jan Adalats and dispense justice, chopping limbs of the victims or beheading them. The State has completely withered away</b>.
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. <b>"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,"</b> an official said.
<b>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.</b>Â
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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.