The Doctrine of Virtuous Murder

The Central India People have often been described as being Original Indians. These “Originals” predated the “Dravidians”, “Aryans”, “Persians” who ever came and then settled in this country and later called it home. But then in this cooking pot of people the spread of “Naxalism” is an indication of the desperation and alienation that now sweeps over these “Original Indians”. India shall always amaze one with its vastness of population. CalcuttaDelhi or Bombay now, there is no escaping the size of the Indian population. But then sometimes as you travel the sudden thought comes to mind of small clusters of settlement where even our “mail” trains refuse to stop, roads if there are made by people daily trotting down on them and then once you fly across to destination the thought sinks in that a vast portion if India is difficult if not impossible to reach. The roads and railways in the country act as the view in a cricket ground. There pose as the view available right behind the umpires head, most people cram for that, the story of developed India is much like that. back in the early 1900’s and

The “States” have been formed but then most of the “Babus” don’t loose sleep over what goes on in the interior. Even they believe in creation of a “State” what they want to see. One CM might join towns but railways, the other opens up a State Highway right next to it. Development done, but both bypass the so called “interior & inferior” regions”. This is one of the main reasons why the “Naxal” problem is what it is today. No one is bothered for that part of the forsaken state. The same idea would later affect the regions of the north east, especially Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur. Is the centre really bothered on what goes on in these regions? 62 years numerous governments have done nothing thus giving China the guts to say the mentioned places weren’t India’s after all.

But then the states always have not shunned these places away from development. The “Naxals” have always accused the government for not letting the poor rise from their misery and poverty. They have claimed the “Politicians” to be corrupt and in most cases these were true which led them to launch their movement in 1967 thus justifying violence. But since then they have got a much acquired “taste” to eat. The point being made there was no attempt to lay down arms. The “Gun Totting” way of getting things done have gone bit too far. Try building a road and the engineer is kidnapped and then killed. Join the local police and your parents will be brutally tortured. Try setting up a small scale industry and you will have to shell out lakhs as 'protection money' to them.

Most of the so called “Naxalite Infected” areas are actually rich in minerals. But since years there have been no development. After all, bridges, schools, gram panchayat offices, electricity towers have all been blown up to show who is really in control. Thus while the “Naxalites” blame the corrupt officials, the state blames the “Naxalites” for damaging tactics. Terror seems to be the order of the day, else why would one go around “Beheading Cops” and killing “Security Guards” at PSU establishments. Thus the question remains what about the people for whose cause the “Naxals” are fighting for. They have not been of any great help, the state has been shunned from helping, and helping themselves (acquiring arms) have been of utmost priority. One would ask when would this end. The centre is clearly going to get impatient.

It would not take much time for the state to move out the vulnerable police out of the equation and send in the army and in a battle where “India” would fight “India” it is not difficult to imagine who would turn out victorious. 15000 is the number which has been put to the “Maoists” killing all of them certainly cant be the “Final Solution”, but then these 15000 must understand the limits to which a government can be pushed. Their so called “Doctrine of Virtuous Murder” cannot be dealt with a loose hand any more. India has made difficult decisions in the past, the “Bhindrawale Saga” still hurts us in a wrong way, but then such decisions have been made.

The government and the “Naxals” both need to get the “Wider Picture” right. While the government needs to understand that no long term development of India is possible without taking a Pan India view, the “Naxals” should understand that challenging a government who has virtually no decent opposition to take its position away is nothing else other than “Elimination”.

PC’s call to “Abjure Violence” is well made and both sides needs to adhere by that and TALK.