(excerpts) According to a recent report of the Union Home Ministry, the Naxals are now active in 23 of the 28 states in the country. vjp: Goa too? Contemplate the mass exoduses from various states. Hope not. On the other hand, our Botate's may just shape up into Popai's.
LEFT-WING EXTREMISM is not like other militancies. The extremists are not demanding independence and secession from the Indian Union as are other militant movements in the Northeast and J&K. No right thinking person can disagree with their demand for social and economic justice for the poor and deprived. The prevailing ambivalence about how to deal with left-wing extremism makes the task of the security forces far more difficult. It can be argued with some justification that the poor and the deprived have been suffering gross social and economic injustices for centuries. http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub141109my_husband.asp ++++++++++++++++++++++++ venantius j pinto