Maoists Stepping Beyond Nepal

In the democracy every citizen is the king or badshah. But they should not be Mir and Mirza: “The chess continues even as the British troops march into the city until they have a fight over the game. Mir, who has nearly shot Mirza and is ashamed of his behavior, says, ‘We cannot even cope with our wives, so how can we cope with the company's army?’”

The situation of the seven political parties of Nepal is like that. Maoist hijacked the democracy movement there. Actually these parties have become the Hostage of Maoist.


Natwar now against UPA

* Meanwhile, on April 24, 2006, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee chaired a meeting called to discuss the situation in Nepal.It was attended by Home Minister Shivraj Patil, MEA officials and the army chief. Following the meeting, it was decided that:
India is worried that the Maoists will take over if the King abdicates.
No military aid to Nepal at the moment
Large number of Indian Gorkha troops come from Nepal
Troops are worried about their families' fate
India can consider air dropping supplies to Kathmandu valley if supply lines remain disrupted

The question arises then why the govt. came in the blackmail of CPM which always openly supports armed rebelians Maoist.

Now Natwar Singh opposing the UPA policy on Nepal when he bcame the scape goat in Oil for Food Scandal. Natwar Singh had accused the government of "masterly inactivity" and said "We have let the people of Nepal down, lost the goodwill of the seven parties, earned the annoyance of the Maoists and received no kudos from King Gyanendra."
He has to say more about the Sonia Gandhi, Congress, CPM and other allies.


Maoist wants to grow beyond Nepal

It is being said that in the Maoist conflict, nearly a third of the fighters in the Maoist stronghold areas are said to be women and about 30 percent of the Maoist's soldiers are children. In April the Maoists announced a drive to recruit 50,000 additional child soldiers. ‘Thakuma, amra dakat noy, Maobadi buthi (grandma, we are not dacoits, we are Maoists)’, a girl said in Bengali but she was Santhali.

“The news of the palace massacre made me wonder how these events will impact the big questions being discussed when I was in the Maoist areas. Two key issues on the minds of the Maoist political and military leaders were: how soon the Nepalese army would be used against them and when India would get more directly involved in the conflict. When I interviewed Comrade Prachanda, the leader of the CPN (Maoist), he told me, “Ultimately, we will have to fight with the Indian army. That is the situation. Therefore we have to take into account the Indian army. When the Indian army comes in with thousands and thousands of soldiers, it will be a very big thing. But we are not afraid of the Indian Army....." These are few words quoted from an article posted by Li Onesto and published in: http://rwor.org/a/v23/1100-99/1107/nepal_royals.htm


Maoist sword on India’s security

The emergent political scenario is one of a million mutinies? This is foreseen by Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul with the Maoists being a major factor and force. The dominant Indian foreign policy mandarins tend to believe, naively, that even though 170 (out of 602) districts in 17 (out of 29) states are Maoist infected, Nepal must be dealt with harshly as only three states border the Himalayan Kingdom, and, thus, the dangers of the spread of the ideology is overestimating their strength.


Maoist recruiting retired Gurkha mercenaries

The Maoists are preparing for India to invade. The Maoists say India's best infantry units consist of Gurkha mercenaries, who may not be effective if used against other Nepalis. The Maoists are reportedly recruiting retired Gurkha mercenaries to train their soldiers.

CPM supports Armed Maoist insurgency

“…India should recognise this because advocating a role for the Maoists in Nepal would reap benefits at home. Keeping the Maoists out of the frame will make Nepal ungovernable,” Yechury said to Indianexpress on April 21, 2oo6. The Maoists have been in touch with leaders of India’s so called all-party Nepal Democracy Solidarity Committee.
New Delhi, Feb. 5, 2005: India’s apprehensions over the growing influence of Nepal’s Maoists notwithstanding, the Left today made it clear that it is willing to express solidarity even with the armed rebels if they fight for restoration of democracy in their country.


Congress leaders are going red

Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Dr.Singh are going red when they described the Left parties as their “valuable allies. Sonia, PM speeches do not inspire Congressmen in Kerala.


Secularism of Congress
The Naxalites totally reject India’s Constitutional democracy and its electoral processes. This leaves no ideological basis for a negotiated solution. Moreover, if we are to be taken seriously on our claims to being a ‘democracy’, it is imperative that we rule according to the nation’s Constitution and the laws of the land.

Recently ISI mark weapons were found after the arrest of naxalites in Ambikapur of Chhattisgarh. The Peoples' War Group has claimed responsibility. These are not Islamic jehadis, but Hindu militants indoctrinated by the Maoists in the cult of violence. Their links with ISI, Nepali Maoists and LTTE have been documented.

Senior Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi on Nov 4, 2005 asked party leaders not to support the anti-Maoist movement as the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leaders were involved in the agitation.

“We consider those who have taken up arms due to economic reasons as brothers. We are trying to bring them into the mainstream,” Shivraj Patil said during a discussion in Rajya Sabha on internal security. The Minister’s intervention came when Prabhunath Singh (JD-U) said Patil had referred to terrorists as brothers.

Secularists see secularism as America sees ‘terrorism’ only for its interest. Somnath Chatterjee said Naxalites are not criminals. Then who are criminals? Is Kanchi Shankaracharya criminal? Are police officers who are gunning naxalites and other insurgentrs, criminals?

Congress could win in Andhra because of the help of armed Naxalites. Central government is for whole India but Shivraj Patil says that every state is free to take decision separately for naxalites problem.

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By Premendra Agrawal
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