[Quote Pillai said 908 people had been killed in Maoist violence in 2009 — the highest since 1971. “It is quite likely the violence will go up in 2010 or 2011 before the tide begins to turn.” Unquote And also: Quote The government believes it can quell the Maoist threat by 2017-18. Pillai said the Indian state would reoccupy the rebel-held areas in the next seven or eight years .. Unquote
The implications are too sinister. It's an open declaration that violence will further go up in the immediate future. And don't look forward to any early cessation. So the drummed up paranoia is a just a fiendish ploy. In the meanwhile, the heat having been turned on, it's no wonder that the Maoists appear somewhat desperate to have the "peace talks" started. It's just not Koteswar Rao; the known high profile and articulate supporters exuding cautious hopes of an early evolution till the other day have now started pleading for "talks". (Ref. < http://marxistleninist.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/indian-academic-saroj-giri-on-the-maoist-offer-for-ceasefire-and-talks/> and just compare with 'The dangers are great, the possibilities immense: On the current political struggle in India' at < http://sanhati.com/excerpted/1897/>.] I/II. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100306/jsp/nation/story_12184398.jsp 2061: Cometh the comet and Maoists OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT *New Delhi, March 5:* The Maoists plan to rule India by 2050 or 2060, Union home secretary G.K. Pillai said here today. If that happens, the rebels will reign over the planet’s most populous country and its third-largest economy — as India is predicted to be by 2050. If they grab power by 2060, they will have done it just in time to welcome the Halley’s Comet as it appears over our skies in 2061 in the course of its 76-year orbit of the solar system. But don’t panic just yet. The government believes it can quell the Maoist threat by 2017-18. Pillai said the Indian state would reoccupy the rebel-held areas in the next seven or eight years — by when, according to some forecasts, India will be the world’s eighth wealthiest nation with the highest number of billionaires. “The overthrow of the Indian state is not something they are willing to do tomorrow or the day after. Their strategy, according to a booklet they circulated, is that they are looking at 2050 — some documents say 2060,” Pillai told a seminar on “Left-wing extremism situation in India”. The home secretary said intelligence inputs suggested the rebels were receiving help from retired army personnel in planning strikes. He said the rebels were well trained, on a par with the armed forces of any country. “They are very highly motivated, highly trained. I am quite certain that there are some, may be some ex-army or some people who have been with them.” The home secretary said he had based his inference on information that the Maoists planned every operation in great detail. “After every attack, they do a post-mortem and analysis. The analysis is as good as (those that the) armed forces of any country do,” he said. Pillai added: “Now they can bring many sectors of the Indian economy to their knees. But they don’t want to do it today. They know that if they do that now, the state will come very hard (at them). They are not fully prepared to face the onslaught…. So they would rather go very slowly.” He conceded that the anti-Maoist operations had not wrought significant reverses so far, and that the government needed seven to eight years to have full control over the areas lost to the rebels. “The operations have not hit even five per cent of hardcore militants. The real armed cadres are yet to come out.” Pillai said 908 people had been killed in Maoist violence in 2009 — the highest since 1971. “It is quite likely the violence will go up in 2010 or 2011 before the tide begins to turn.” II. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Talk-or-well-attack-cities-Kishanji-warns-Centre/articleshow/5652695.cms * * *Talk or we'll attack cities, Kishanji warns Centre* SOMEWHERE ON THE BENGAL-JHARKHAND BORDER: The Maoists are now training their guns on big cities and Kolkata and Bhubaneswar could be among their next targets if the government does not announce talks immediately, a senior commander has warned. The threat came from CPI (Maoist) politburo member and military commander Koteswar Rao, alias Kishanji. He served the government with an ultimatum from his jungle hideout on Saturday, threatening to strike cities and towns if it rejected their offer of talks. Chief ministers Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Naveen Patnaik — in Kolkata and Bhubaneswar respectively — have been insisting that operations against the Maoists be stepped up. Kishanji put Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren in a different bracket. "He comes from a tribal family and understands their problems. We will confront him only when he acts adversely," the Maoist leader said. He also endorsed Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's demand that a major share of mining income should be spent in the area instead of being sent to Delhi. Asked whether Naxals would be responsible for the bloodbath in case of intensified strikes, Kishanji said, "Why blame us? The government is not sure what it wants. We honoured Chidambaram's proposal of a 72-hour ceasefire before the talks. I gave my cell number to the media and kept it open for three hours on February 25 waiting for the government to call me. None of the officials called me." But many caution that the Maoists are not sincere about talks and will use the truce as an opportunity to regroup and re-arm themselves. And as proof, they point out that although Kishanji gave a ceasefire call on February 23, there was no let up in Maoist attacks. Kishanji blamed government for not honouring the truce call, saying forces went ahead with their operations and killed Lalmohan Tudu, leader of People's Committee against Police Atrocities. The Maoists will not take it lying down, he asserted. "We will intensify our strikes if government does not initiate talks. If need be, we will proceed towards towns and cities." "Governments have been blaming us for violence. Our party came into being some years ago. What about the phase when we were not there? What have the governments done for welfare of the adivasis in last 53 years?" he asked. He claimed that 90% of adivasis can't avail of government jobs under reserved category. 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