It is the year 2031. The Indian Army is on high alert following a series of surprise attacks on the twin cities of Hyderababd and Secunderabad. This is the last bastion of the Government controlled region in the Red Belt. The press speculate that the Army is highly vulnerable and it is only a matter of time before the first Metro falls to the Red Army to go along with much of Central and South Central India.
I am not talking about the Soviet Union but India's very own Red Army - the Naxals. The situation maybe much exaggerated and contrary to the fact that the Indian Government is not so weak so as to let the Naxals take over a portion of India. But we only have to study the past to and assess the present. The Naxals have grown into a menacing presence and strike with clockwork precision, are highly trained, motivated and armed. Was any such thing expected to develop in the first place?
The Home Secretary recently revealed the Naxals plan to overthrow the Indian Government by 2050. Was it just a statement to taint the image of the Naxals? Within 24 hrs a Naxal Leader snubs the Home Secretary and says they would overthrow the Indian Government long before 2050. Talk about confidence and motivation, and where we find it in our country and for what needs! Forget the threat of Pakistan and China, when we can let internal matters get so out of hand.
We need not look far to see who spawned this revolution. Inequality always breeds resistance. But the extent to which it is happening in the case of the Naxals is purely because of the ignorance of the Government to address problems of vast sections of the Society. As highlighted in my earlier blog we allowed absolute poverty numbers to increase. Ignorance is bliss, maybe in the short-run. But in the long-run? The Red Army is answering it!
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