What do maoists want

The tribals still feel unsafe when the police enter their villages during ANOs. Interviews by journalists, including this writer, with several former high-ranking Maoist cadres have underscored their naive understanding about the basic tenets of Communist or Maoist thought.

It always comes across as some kind of rote learning that struggles to respond to posers they were never exposed to. Once varied choices of world views are made available to them, the so-called Maoist indoctrination will start wearing thin. That their perceived commitment to Maoists is more existential than ideological has been proven time and again with tribal youths queueing up by hundreds during police recruitment drives in Naxal-affected districts.

Thus, although the ideological factor does play a role in swelling the Maoist ranks, there is no need to overstate it and no urgency for a counter-ideological blitz, least of it from the religious right.

Actually, involving organisations like the RSS will only complicate matters. Reasons are not far to seek. The RSS is focused on religious revivalism. It insists that tribals are Hindus. Concerns of people in the so-called Red Corridor have, however, have nothing to do with religion. The real concerns of the captive populations under Maoist control are of bread and butter on one hand and the existential crisis engendered by being torn between Maoists and civic and police administration on the other.

The government must keep penetrating deeper into Dandakaranya, which arguably is the last bastion of Maoists. ET Financial Inclusion Summit. Malaria Mukt Bharat. Wealth Wise Series How they can help in wealth creation. Honouring Exemplary Boards. Deep Dive Into Cryptocurrency. ET Markets Conclave — Cryptocurrency.

Reshape Tomorrow Tomorrow is different. Let's reshape it today. Corning Gorilla Glass TougherTogether. ET India Inc. ET Engage. ET Secure IT. Web Stories. Morning Brief Podcast. Economy Agriculture. Foreign Trade. Company Corporate Trends. Most of them are subsistence farmers or landless, mainly living in extreme poverty. There is lack of basic facilities such as roads, healthcare, education and drinking water in the region. Thousands fear displacement as the government moved to exploit the hidden treasures located mainly in the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha.

Maoists from Andhra Pradesh helped organise tribals in Chhattisgarh over the issue of land rights and displacement during the s. The state has emerged as the stronghold of the Maoists in recent decades since when mining was initiated. They are deeply embedded in the villages. At the same time, it is not that everybody supports them. Their presence has considerably gone down from nearly districts across 20 states until a decade ago to districts across 10 states. The states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Bihar are considered severely affected.

Since the counterinsurgency was launched eight years ago, violence has escalated and a growing numbers of casualties, particularly civilians, have been reported. More than people have been killed in the violence across the country this year. Last year, nearly people were killed. The adivasis have been caught in the middle of a conflict that has pitted the Maoists against government forces. Security forces have been accused of committing mass sexual and rights abuses, and extrajudicial killings of innocent adivasis.

Human rights activists and journalists have been targeted for reporting the abuse and unlawful killings. Maoists recruit villagers for their operation and the latter become vulnerable to arrest and torture by government forces.