Communist Party of India Maoists

The Communist Party of India Maoists has been on a spree of murder and destruction in different parts of India for the past 60 years.

The million strong Indian army plus the Police in every State and the para military forces have not made a dent in this internal war. Why?

The CPI (M) forces are popularly known as Naxalites. Who are truly Naxalites. Are they an underground communist movement, a secret army or foreign terrorists? None.

The Naxalites cannot be easily put down because they are made up of ordinary citizens of India and recruited from academic staff of University colleges, school- teachers, Government servants of middle and lower ranks and even policemen. They gather in the night, murder and destroy in the night and are back at their civilian desk come morning.

There exists a fertile field for recruitment into this movement - the urban recruit is possibly disgusted with the corrupt political system, the academics with lack of freedom in their area of work, the Government servant boiling mad against the bureaucracy, and the policeman frustrated with lack of due promotion. Naxals are not a law and order problem but one of socio political implications.

With more and more disappointments and frustrations setting in at all levels of society, Non-Governmental Agencies must study the problem at base roots, establish an interchange of ideas and lead the Naxals into constructive activities. Is this possible or is there another solution?