Shrinking presence of the left-wing extremists, their reduced ability to orchestrate attacks and produce dead bodies of civilians and security forces; and the state's ability to find support among the traditional recruitment base of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) - all these are reasons for official optimism regarding the LWE situation in the country. A trend of declining violence that started in 2015 has been used by the state to reaffirm that it is on the threshold of a splendid triumph on what used to be the most serious internal security challenge. These affirmations continue to be repeated by the governments in New Delhi and other states that are affected by the problem. And yet, the extremists do manage to carry out intermittent major as well as small scale attacks. Sizeable territory of the country remains under the control of the extremists and the support for the 'revolution' among the tribals and marginalised population in the affected states remain significant. How is the LWE situation likely to evolve in the Bibhu Prasad Routray Director, Mantraya A trend of declining violence that started in 2015 has been used by the state to reaffirm that it is on the threshold of a splendid triumph on what used to be the most serious internal security challenge. How is the LWE situation likely to evolve in the country in 2017? This has been analysed from the three important perspectives - state attempts to quell the extremist rebellion, the extremists' attempts to revive and reorganise their fight, and the aspirations of the people- providing a c
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