Leftist-Islamist
in
Amitabh Tripathi,
Victory of Maoists in
has two reactions in
One which portray this victory as an opportunity for Indian government to
pursue Naxalites in
the path of their Nepali counterpart. According to second reaction victory of
Maoists in
deteriorate the security interests of Indian and Indian government should work
hard to crush Maoist insurgency in
as well preventing Maoists to make king of
context.
The most dangerous sign which people in Indian media have
shown is that they are pleading for Maoists and it has some serious
implications as well reasons. Indian media in general and print in
particular has dominance of people who are indoctrinated with Leftist ideology
and most of them were activists of Left in their college period. They belong to
that period when Marxism was fashion for intellectuals and college campuses
were full of these people. In
since 1989 social and political change took place. After Economic
reform was initiated and some drastic changes came in existence at economic
level it has some impact on society as well. In the meantime, surge of Hindu
forces was witnessed and leftist ideology sidelined.
After demolition of Babri
structure in Ayodhya in 1992 leftists collaborated
with several anti Hindu forces in the name of secularism and in this
composition they don’t have more say but were surviving in any way.
After 2000, situation has changed to some extent
and social division of have’s and have-not�s
has come in debate again and it has given a chance to leftist to curse
American policies as well as some agencies as responsible for all this. In
Indian context this development is very important because social disparity has
created a vacuum in society and provided an opportunity for any organisation to woo have-not’s to their side and Naxalites in
very shrewd manner. They are active in remote parts of
very poor, illiterate and geographically scattered and made of hills and
forests. Because of these geographical conditions these areas are
very much terrorism prone.
Two years back I journeyed to one of Naxal
affected areas, named Chhatisgarh, and met with some Naxalites. They have clear edge over Indian security forces
because of geographical structure, but most important, Naxalites
work on a parallel political and social system. They have their own schools in
which they not only teach children of tribes but also give financial assistance
to their parents. I had a chance to visit their schools and see their their text books.� These
text books teach that Hindus in
are in alliance with �imperialistic
both communal and imperialistic forces because they are two faces of same
coin. They talk about a new world order where there will be no disparity
and there is equality. They also publish a magazine called Mukti
Maarg (Way of Salvation). In this magazine they have
mobilised those writers and academicians with a leftist inclination.� Islamists also talk of new world order that they
claim is based on Quran and Shriyat.� Both leftist and Islamist ideologies support
repression and violence to achieve their goal.
This theme has also been adopted by Islamists in
is a common point where Islamists and leftists in
a chance for a resurgence of communism with a global reach.� This is why they are pursuing the Indian
people and government to hail the victory of Maoists and see it as a golden
opportunity to bring Naxalites into the �mainstream.
Although it has serious implications for both
been discussed at all.� In
appeal, and they are confined largely to only three states:�
Kerala and Tripura where
they hold the governments.� But in other
states their presence is negligible. In this new scenario, they are looking to increase
their presence with help of Naxalites.� Naxalites have a
large presence in more than 100 districts of the Indian states of Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa,
Bengal
Chhatisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh. In these states they
have more influence in some pockets. When two years back I visited Chhatisgarh and met with some Naxalites
and their sympathizers, I was told then to look closely at the developments in
system of
and reconstruct it according to their ideology.�
They plan to use this to sharpen their movement in
of Naxalites are almost activists of communists
parties in
support of Naxalites and intimidation these sympathisers have a plan to broaden the electoral power of
Communists in
As I said earlier, growth of Naxalites
in
on
also. After 9\11 we have witnessed several leftist ideologues overtly
supporting Islamists, but in
a new Left-Islamist nexus is building against their common enemy in
this nexus grows stronger in
and South Asia, it would finally damage
Four years back in
several people in media with liberal-left inclination said openly that Al Qaeda
had launched a war against
but
because Osama Bin Laden has said nothing against
misrepresentation of facts. These are the people who want to see the victory of
communist ideology at any cost and even they don’t hesitate to make an alliance
with Islamists for this cause. Victory of Maoists in
has emboldened leftists in
and they are dreaming of the resurgence of communism.
To counter this growing trend we have to take some initiatives.
A parallel nationalist movement should be promoted in
to fill the vacuum for dissatisfied people.� This ultimately will culminate in strong
anti-imperialistic movement. Once nationalist movement will take root, Naxalites have no chance to woo dissatisfied people to their
side. This is also true with Chinese hegemony in
Coalition government in India of Congress and Left have some common agenda, and Congress is eyeing to stay in power for the next
ten years. The president of Congress Party, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, is grooming her
son Rahul Gandhi to hold the post of premiership for the
next ten years. To make this happen, Congress has to rely heavily on Left
parties and this is why Congress has adopted the policy of submitting to
leftist and Islamist demands. In the short run, this situation of Indian
government will embolden the Islamist and leftist forces.
Taking into account the global scenario, Indian and American
interests have become very much common at least at strategic level.
future and it would have security implications for
as Dr. Richard Benkin has predicted could become reality in
Asia
and
together and
should consider Hindu nationalists as their ally.
