Author: Premendra Agrawal (Premendra_in@indiatimes.com)
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In the democracy every citizen is the king
or badshah. But they should not be Mir and Mirza: "The chess continues
even as the British troops march into the city until they have a fight over
the game. Mir, who has nearly shot Mirza and is ashamed of his behavior, says,
'We cannot even cope with our wives, so how can we cope with the company's
army?'"
The situation of the seven political parties
of Nepal is like that. Maoist hijacked the democracy movement there. Actually
these parties have become the Hostage of Maoist.
It is being said that in the Maoist conflict,
nearly a third of the fighters in the Maoist stronghold areas are said to
be women and about 30 percent of the Maoist's soldiers are children. In April
the Maoists announced a drive to recruit 50,000 additional child soldiers.
'Thakuma, amra dakat noy, Maobadi buthi (grandma, we are not dacoits, we are
Maoists)', a girl said in Bengali but she was Santhali.
Maoist wants to grow beyond Nepal
"The news of the palace massacre made
me wonder how these events will impact the big questions being discussed when
I was in the Maoist areas. Two key issues on the minds of the Maoist political
and military leaders were: how soon the Nepalese army would be used against
them and when India would get more directly involved in the conflict. When
I interviewed Comrade Prachanda, the leader of the CPN (Maoist), he told me,
"Ultimately, we will have to fight with the Indian army. That is the
situation. Therefore we have to take into account the Indian army. When the
Indian army comes in with thousands and thousands of soldiers, it will be
a very big thing. But we are not afraid of the Indian Army....." These
are few words quoted from an article posted by Li Onesto and published in:
http://rwor.org/a/v23/1100-99/1107/nepal_royals.htm
Maoist sword on India's security
The emergent political scenario is one of
a million mutinies? This is foreseen by Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul with the
Maoists being a major factor and force. The dominant Indian foreign policy
mandarins tend to believe, naively, that even though 170 (out of 602) districts
in 17 (out of 29) states are Maoist infected, Nepal must be dealt with harshly
as only three states border the Himalayan Kingdom, and, thus, the dangers
of the spread of the ideology is overestimating their strength.
Maoist recruiting retired Gurkha mercenaries
The Maoists are preparing for India to invade.
The Maoists say India's best infantry units consist of Gurkha mercenaries,
who may not be effective if used against other Nepalis. The Maoists are reportedly
recruiting retired Gurkha mercenaries to train their soldiers.
CPM supports Armed Maoist insurgency
".India should recognise this because
advocating a role for the Maoists in Nepal would reap benefits at home. Keeping
the Maoists out of the frame will make Nepal ungovernable," Yechury said
to Indianexpress on April 21, 2oo6. The Maoists have been in touch with leaders
of India's so called all-party Nepal Democracy Solidarity Committee. New Delhi,
Feb. 5, 2005: India's apprehensions over the growing influence of Nepal's
Maoists notwithstanding, the Left today made it clear that it is willing to
express solidarity even with the armed rebels if they fight for restoration
of democracy in their country.
Congress leaders are going red
Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and
Dr.Singh are going red when they described the Left parties as their "valuable
allies. Sonia, PM speeches do not inspire Congressmen in Kerala.
Secularism of Congress
The Naxalites totally reject India's Constitutional
democracy and its electoral processes. This leaves no ideological basis for
a negotiated solution. Moreover, if we are to be taken seriously on our claims
to being a 'democracy', it is imperative that we rule according to the nation's
Constitution and the laws of the land.
Recently ISI mark weapons were found after
the arrest of naxalites in Ambikapur of Chhattisgarh. The Peoples' War Group
has claimed responsibility. These are not Islamic jehadis, but Hindu militants
indoctrinated by the Maoists in the cult of violence. Their links with ISI,
Nepali Maoists and LTTE have been documented.
Senior Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh
chief minister Ajit Jogi on Nov 4, 2005 asked party leaders not to support
the anti-Maoist movement as the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leaders
were involved in the agitation.
"We consider those who have taken up
arms due to economic reasons as brothers. We are trying to bring them into
the mainstream," Shivraj Patil said during a discussion in Rajya Sabha
on internal security. The Minister's intervention came when Prabhunath Singh
(JD-U) said Patil had referred to terrorists as brothers.
Secularists see secularism as America sees
'terrorism' only for its interest. Somnath Chatterjee said Naxalites are not
criminals. Then who are criminals? Is Kanchi Shankaracharya criminal? Are
police officers who are gunning naxalites and other insurgentrs, criminals?
Congress could win in Andhra because of the
help of armed Naxalites. Central government is for whole India but Shivraj
Patil says that every state is free to take decision separately for naxalites
problem.
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