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WEAPONS EQUIPMENT VEHICLES neo-liberal policies of globalisation, liberalisation, privatisation”. Naxal influence has since spread over a huge geographical area. According to the Home Minister’s own statement, various Naxal groups have pockets of influence in 20 states across the country, and over 2,000 police station areas in 223 districts of these states are partially or substantially affected by the menace. He further revealed that the party’s politbureau had decided to expand its activities into newer areas on the one hand and intensify its ‘mass resistance’ in the existing areas on the other. No wonder, Naxal violence has been on a high trajectory. There have been significant violent incidents in about 90 districts of 13 states. In 2008, there were a total of 1,591 incidents of Naxal violence resulting in 721 killings. In 2009, there have already been (till August 27) 1,405 incidents of Naxal violence resulting in the death of 580 persons. Casualties among security forces personnel have been quite high. Altogether 231 security forces personnel lost their lives in Naxal violence in 2008, while 270 personnel have already lost their lives this year so far.
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he Naxal movement, which erupted violently in the country in 1967, has passed through three distinct phases. The first phase witnessed the formation of the CPI(ML) and its rapid spread over different parts of the country. “Expand anywhere and everywhere,” was Charu Mazumdar’s message. This phase ended with the death of Charu Mazumdar and was followed by ideological differences within the party leading to fragmentation of the movement. The second phase began with the formation of the People’s War Group in Andhra Pradesh in 1980 under the leadership of Kondapalli Seetharamaiah. The movement, with the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh as its epicentre, spread over the neighbouring states. This phase also tapered off with the state government mounting well coordinated counter-insurgency operations against the Naxals. The third phase started at the beginning of the 21st century. Its highlight has been the increasing militarisation of the movement with the Naxals establishing their presence over vast swathes of territory. The Ninth Congress of the People’s War Group held in 2007 “reaffirmed the general line of New Democratic Revolution with agrarian revolution as its axis and protracted people’s war as the path of the Indian revolution”, and resolved to “advance the people’s war throughout the country, further strengthen the people’s army, deepen the mass base of the party and wage a broad-based militant mass movement against the
Main Features The Prime Minister has described Naxalite movement as the single biggest threat to the internal security of the country. The movement which started from a small village in 1967 has spread over a vast swathe of the country during the last over 40 years. Thirteen states of the country are particularly affected. These include Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Haryana and Tamil Nadu.
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The movement which started from a small village in 1967 has spread over a vast swathe of the country during the last over 40 years. Thirteen states of the country are particularly affected. These include Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Haryana and Tamil Nadu.
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