The real question coming out is, do our politicians have the requisite political resolve or are we still listening to rhetoric? This as I have said is a watershed moment and also a point where if the actual resolve to finish off the menace is not taken now then it will be left a little too late and whenever that happens possibly a little too less in the day.
The three main political ideologies and political outfits, the congress, the bjp and the left have taken a stand which makes sense, but the dilly dally done to make political gains is of no use at least not at this point in time.
Left is being confronted in WB but today the real sympathizer of naxal, mamta benerjee, is moving scot-free. In jharkhand bjp supports the government but shibu soren has no problem with the naxals, he in fact declines the existence of naxals. The nda in bihar led by the jd-u and supported by bjp see no problem with the naxals at least till the time the elections do not happen, which is like another 8 odd months from today, which means no action till then and free movement for recruitment for the naxals. In chhattisgarh its more talk which has gone on for over 6 years now than the real will to take them on, again one finds a bjp angle. I am seriously forced to question the political will in all the big talk these political parties are doing.
They have a huge base, with the front which has taken to the arm struggle constituting some 15000-20000 people and followers that run into many-many thousands if not many-many lacks. They are increasing their base which can be gauged from the fact that in 2003 they were present in just 50 districts, but today the same number is between 220-230 districts which is huge since that constitutes one third of the country, and are trying to move to virgin territory up north and to urban centers. The modus operandi is to move in disguise as the labor force, and to influence and appeal to the labor force of India. The tribals are absolutely anti the corporates be it the steel mills, the mining companies, or huge projects like dams, all in all things which involve mass displacement and on this they don’t want to tolerate any outside interference and it is on this sentiment the naxals are cashing on, so this does raise the question on the constant harping of development being one of the solution, I am seriously not convinced on that plank.
Either the state decides, enough is enough and it is certainly not as if the state cant do it yet again, they have pulled it off successfully in the past be it in the 50’s or in the 60’s or in the 70’s when India faced many more chaos, was the hunger capital of the world, much like today’s Africa but with a steel resolve also come up with durable solutions, and in today's context andhra pradesh is such a fine example to take lessons from, or I hate to say get ready for a maoist ideology taking center stage in another two decades time.
The solution is simple, first, bullet for a bullet, don’t think twice if the mind has been made up to confront them with force. Two which has to hand in hand with the first, improve administration (this includes the police, the babus, and various other departments that govt handles) of our country big time with presiding officers made accountable at all stages and if something is not being implemented at the ground level then such people in-charge be prosecuted and put to jail, empower the poor of the country make them a part of this administration and if the presiding officer is not ready to adhere take strict action, seriously accountability at every level has to brought in, have a huge crack down on corruption the state bloody well do this or the price to be paid will be huge, get the land reforms asap, it is just too foolish to have huge lands vested with the forest department, why does 70% or more of our populace have to live on just 30% or less of the land? when a project has to be initiated take the local populace in confidence, let them decide for them selves because if they don’t want others coming to their forests then find ways sitting with them on how best to move forward, have a just compensation policy which gets implemented within a given time frame, and lastly have a justice system which is for today and not one taken from the british, and have a quick system in place.
These are simple solutions that I could think of but quite practical or so I presume, may sound socialist in nature but I couldn’t think of anything better, and it is around this the naxal movement is gaining force so I guess we do need to look for solutions to them as well, they work on a 10 point strategy, lets take the things that can be implemented.