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the Cabinet, and as the Home Minister, it is his responsibility to take a holistic view of the issue and put it up to the Cabinet rather than opt for a narrow sectarian view. The Home Minister is also a member of the core group," the AICC General Secretary said. Singh's statement is significant as it has come close on the heels of the Dantewada massacre in which Maoists killed 75 CRPF jawans and one Chhattisgarh policeman. "Maoists, at the most, are misguided ideologues who have lost faith in the system and feel that the only way to deliver is through the barrel of a gun. "But the sheen of that political ideology appears to be wearing off when we see traders, forest contractors, industrialists and mining companies carrying on their business without a problem - in fact, quite merrily - in the Naxalite-dominated areas," Singh said in the article titled 'Rethink counter-Maoist strategy". He said, "The Centre provides central forces at the request of the state government and their deployment is the responsibility of the state government. In this incident, where was the state police? I believe it was represented only by a head constable. "Why is the home minister taking the flak when it is the chief minister who should be answering the questions?" he asked He said the problem could be resolved by paying more attention to the issues of livelihood of local people and governance rather than converting the serene and calm environment of Bastar into a battlefield. "Ultimately, whether the bullet is fired from a Naxal's gun or a policeman', the victim is an ordinary Indian citizen", he said. (The Hindu 14/4/10) ‘Salwa Judum losing steam’ (12) New Delhi, April 20, 2010: The controversial Salwa Judum movement that started in Chhattisgarh nearly five years ago has lost its momentum, the government told Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The movement had started out as a revolt of local tribals against the excesses of Maoists in Chhattisgarh, with encouragement from the state government. “However, the movement has lost its momentum,” Minister of State in the home ministry Ajay Maken told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Maken did not elaborate since the Supreme Court was hearing a related case of allegations of violation of human rights by Naxalites and Salwa Judum activists. Maken’s statement comes in the backdrop of the home ministry’s renewed emphasis on accelerated development of Maoist affected districts as well as police action. Home Minister P. Chidambaram had on Monday emphasised on the ministry’s two-pronged approach that had ensured massive allocation of funds for 34 Naxal-affected districts. “Extra money is being given under various programmes… We have programmes that apply throughout the country applying to these 34 districts also, and, additional money is being given,” the home minister said. Chidambaram, however, noted that the states were slow in spending the allocated funds. “Unfortunately, not all the money is being spent... I think money must be spent,” he said. The home minister emphasised on taking development to the extent possible to these areas. As and when security forces grain control over these areas, “we must rush in development. That is our approach; and that will continue to be our approach”. With no clear word on the effectiveness of the Unarmed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) being tested in Chhattisgarh, the home ministry has approached the National Technical Research Organisation to deploy UAVs under its control for anti-Naxal operations. “With the rains just round the corner and concerns that the UAVs undertrial were noisy, we are going to borrow the UAVs for now,” a government official said. (Hindustan Times 20/4/10) Fight Naxals politically, don't ignore Salwa Judum threat: CPI leader D. Raja (12) NEW DELHI: Asserting that Left wing extremism had to be fought politically and ideologically, Communist Party of India MP D. Raja called upon the Union government to rework its strategy in dealing with naxalism, stating that the only way to bring peace was to restore the civil administration and provide justice in tribal areas. Mr. Raja, who intervened during the Rajya Sabha debate on the recent attack on the CRPF in Chhattisgarh, also came down heavily on the government-sponsored vigilante group, Salwa Judum, which he termed a threat to democratic politics. He said the State government's failure to give justice had made the problem worse. “The victims of Salwa Judum have not got justice and they have not been given rehabilitation.” Quoting intelligence figures, he said Maoist numbers had swelled by at least 22 per cent since Salwa Judum began. Condemning the killings of CRPF jawans in the strongest terms, Mr. Raja said the tribal people in Chhattisgarh are today increasingly getting alienated. “In the name of mining operations, in the name of projects, in the name of development they are being evicted from their place of living. The forest wealth is being handed over to the corporate sector and to the MNCs. Neoliberal policies which are imposed on the tribal people of Chhattisgarh have created this kind of situation,” he argued. He said the Chhattisgarh government had agreed on October 17, 2008 to rehabilitate and compensate villagers whose houses had been burnt down by the Salwa Judum. However, nothing had been done. “The Union government, despite acknowledging in court that Salwa Judum has burnt houses and committed illegal acts, continues to glorify and praise [it]. If you say Left-wing extremism is a threat to parliamentary democracy, Salwa Judum, a non-state player, is also a threat to the democratic politics,” he remarked. On February 2, 2010, he said, the Supreme Court asked Nandini Sundar, Kartam Joga, Manish Kunjam and other petitioners before it to file a comprehensive rehabilitation plan. “The State
government in Chhattisgarh took two weeks to file a response but has not done anything till now.” The main aspects of this rehabilitation plan were to: (a) identify affected persons through survey, (b) hold sittings of district judges in block headquarters, etc., (c) deal with heinous crimes like rape, murder and restore essential services in the villages. All this was to be supervised by a senior retired judge or retired secretary to the Union government, he said. Responding to Home Minister P. Chidambaram's statement that “human rights activists” should guarantee that Maoists would not again demolish schools the government rebuilds, Mr. Raja asked whether the government was ready to guarantee that “schools will be allowed to run as schools, not as camps of security forces.” School buildings in tribal areas had been taken over by the security forces, he said. “Can [Mr. Chidambaram] assure the nation that school buildings will be used for schooling the children of tribal people?” Quoting The Hindu report of April 14, 2010, Mr. Raja said the Maoists had indicated that they were ready for a simultaneous ceasefire. “Can the government remain adamant? [The Home Minister] says that if [the Maoists] abjure violence, then only [the government] can speak. But ceasefire or giving up violence has to be a matter agreed upon by two sides.” (The Hindu 21/4/10) People of Naxal-hit Orissa villages return home from camps (12) Rourkela, April 22, 2010: After spending more than four months in make-shift camps, 191 families of five tribal villages in the Naxal-hit Sundergarh district have returned home. Nearly 3,000 people had been sheltered in camps near the K-Balang police station area in the Bonai sub-division of the district since December 22, last year after the Maoists ran through their vilages. The villagers of Relhatur, Mahuspada, Longakata, Sanblijore and Jharbeda moved to the K-Balang police station for fear of reprisal after they helped security forces to arrest some ultras along with arms and ammunition. The villages were earlier promised jobs under NREGS, medical health care, and education in the camps till the situation improved in their villages. But, the promises were never redeemed by the authorities, the villagers complained. There were frequent landmine blasts in the villages which damaged school buildings, panchayat buildings and health centres triggering panick. The Maoists have, meanwhile, appealed to the villagers to return home and extend their support to their movement.(Hindustan Times 22/4/10) Dantewada massacre: Probe finds command failure (12) New Delhi The inquiry by the E N Rammohan committee into the Dantewada massacre is likely to hold the Deputy Commandant who was leading the 82-member CRPF team responsible for “command and control” failure and violation of standard operating procedures. The report is likely to fault the Chhattisgarh police for lack of cohesiveness, failure to fully support the Central paramilitary forces in anti- Naxal operations in the state. It will impress upon the Centre and states the need to respect tribal rights and not allow rampant industrialisation in tribal areas. On April 6, Naxals killed 76 securitymen, 75 of them from the CRPF, in Dantewada district. Top government sources told The Indian Express that former BSF Director General Rammohan completed his inquiry on Wednesday evening. He is likely to submit the findings to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram as early as tomorrow though he had been given time till April 25. Rammohan met Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday and had a one-onone meeting, discussing anti-Naxal operations. While the contents of the inquiry report are classified, Rammohan has recommended a string of steps to bring Chhattisgarh tribals on board with anti-Naxal operations. He is learnt to have suggested that the state government refrain from signing more MoUs with industries in tribal areas. Sources said he found that the task given to the personnel of the CRPF 62 Battalion was a joint operation that had the concurrence of senior state police officials but local police support was less than desired. This negates the claim of a Chhattisgarh IG who on April 6 said that the CRPF was operating solo. State police support to the CRPF patrol party was headed by a head constable. It is learnt that the inquiry found lack of cohesiveness among the state police — the Dantewada DIG and his SP were not exactly functioning as a unit. The inquiry found evidence that the CRPF team did not stick to the earmarked patrol task with specific grid references, made its own rules by moving in and around the area where they were finally attacked by the Naxals. (Express India 23/4/10) Gujarat police arrest 10 Maoists (12) Surat, April 25 : Gujarat Police have been able to arrest at least 10 suspected Maoists in the last two months. Acting on a tip-off that some Maoist cadres were trying to incite the tribal population in the state for violence, the Gujarat Police formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) and made arrests. Public prosecutor Ranjit Singh Rathore has informed that one of the recent arrests was that of Vishvanath Varadarajan Iyer, an ex-Customs officer. According to the police, the ten arrested Maoist cadres were trained in arms handling in the Kerala by a Filipino trainer and Iyer facilitated the Maoists' training. "Till now ten Maoists cadres have been arrested. One of them is Vishvanath alias Vishu Varadarajan Iyer. Vishwanathan took training in the forests of Kerela and also gave training to others. The trainer was from
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