Maoism Who Funds Them by Om Prakash Yadav

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Maoism; who funds them and why government is not able to

tackle them effectively

The Maoism in its different rabid and dangerous forms is increasingboth in strength and territorial expansion. Once germinated in

Naxalbari area of West Bengal by one Charu Majumdar has now

engulfed states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh,

Orissa, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh etc. it has also spread in some

areas of Maharashtra and Utter Pradesh also. With passage of time,

more and more geographical areas are being infected by this

menace. Now the stereotype concept of Maoists living in Jungles has

eclipsed and they are now not only residing in plain and semi-urban

areas but are striking the establishments whenever and whereverthey wish to do so.

The question that hounds every bodys mind is that who funds them

and why in spite of huge security establishment and intelligence

network Govt has not been capable of weeding it out. In fact what to

talk to wiping it out, the govt is not even able to check the spread

this pandemic and no solution is perceptible at least in near future.

The essay is an attempt to discuss and suggest ways to tackle this

menace from politico-administrative angle.

The growing tentacles of Maoism in many parts of the country are

posing serious threats to Internal Security. One should not confuse

this problem with Terrorism. The basic difference between Maoism

and Terrorism is that, the former wages war against the ruling class

and system but the declared aim is not seceding from the country,

whereas; the later threatens the system itself. The aim of the

Terrorism is generally to attack on the existence of the state itself,

whereas; Maoisms aim is to attack on the establishment.

In Bihar the beginning of this movement is traced back to last 1970swhen this movement was started in Mushari Block of Muzaffarpur

district. Now this movement is an all India phenomena. On 13th

March, 2006 the then Union Minister for Home, Sri Shiv Raj

Patil tabled in Parliament a Status Paper on the problem of

Left-wing Extremism i.e. Maoism in India. If one looks at the

reports and the figures appended with the report, one can

understand very easily the problem of the left-Extremism has

assumed an all-India character. According to this official report,

which is often deliberately less intensifies; say that 509 Police

Stations across 11 States are Maoist-Naxalites infested. It is 5.8% of


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the total police stations of India. The report further suggest that

after the merger of CPML-PW into CPI(Maoist) in September 2004,

they are reported to be trying to woo the other splinter groups and

have consolidated their front organisations Revolutionary

Democratic Front(RDF)to intensify their mass contact programme.Although, this report points out various steps like (a) Modernisation

of Police Force (b) Revision of Security Related Expenditure(SRE) in

May,2005 (c) Supply of Anti-Land Mine Vehicle (d)Long-term

deployment of Para-Military forces (e) India Reserve Battalions etc,

the situation is not showing the signs of improvement so far.

Recent spurt in Maoist attacks both on the civilian and security

establishments, in areas like Dantewada in Chhattisgarh,

Mehboobnagar in AP, East and West Singhbhum in Jharkhand,

Baripada, Kandhmal, Malkangiri etcin Orissa and many places inBihar are of serious consequences. One DSP rank officer had been

killed in Jharkhand. Few years back, the Maoists blew Jehenabad

Districts Jail in Bihar and set free many jail mates including one

Kanu sanyal the hard core Maoist and threw open challenge to the

state. Such incidents have thoroughly demoralised the security

forces to such extent that the police headquarters have withdrew

many police pickets from the extremists infested areas. Areas,

hitherto unaffected in Bihar have also been brought under its control

by the naxalites and Maoists. In recent times, districts likeMuzaffarpur, Vaishali, East and West Champaran, Samastipur,

Madhubani, Sitamarhi and Sheohar have also been affected by this

menace. In Madhuban Police Station of Motihari district, the Maoists

attacked the police stations, killed many security personnel, looted

the arms and ammunitions, attacked block and banks. The main

target was a local MP whose petrol pump was gutted. They also set

ablaze the house and business establishment of this leader. In

2008, the Maoists blew on block office tetariya in Motihari and

Laxmipur Block office in Jamui district, incidentally this area is the

home town of a central minister. Thus, the Maoists have proved it

without a shadow of doubt that they can blow and attack any target

any time whenever and wherever they want.

In July, 2008 Maoists killed 33 grey hounds, the anti-naxal force

formed in 1989 in AP in single encounter. The police men evidently

walked into a well-laid trap, enticed with false information about a

Maoistsconclave in Malkangiri in Orissa. If the attack was totally

unexpected, it was partly because it marked a tactical departure;

rather than use of land mines and typical ploy such as ambushes


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and raids, the Maoists are believed to have employed rocket

launchers to hit a launch ferrying the policemen aback

MAOIST MENACE AND NEPAL- The success of the Maoists in

Nepal has emboldened the morale of the Maoists in India to a great

extent. In fact their infamous slogan FROM PASHUPATI SETIRUPATI TAK is still relevant for them. They claim that now the

one end i.e. Pashupati in Nepal has been brought under their

control. Many security experts opine that the establishment of a red

Government headed by Maoists is going to be a major Internal

Security problem in India, whereas; many political observers believe

that it is in a way, a positive development in the sense that now,

what they feel, the Maoists will joined the political main stream and

eschew violence. This is however a proposition which only time will

decipher.

FROM WHERE THE MONEY COME TO MAOISTS-

The meteoric rise of these left extremist-Maoistorganisations is not

only on ideological grounds. They might have been pursuing some

ideological principles in the initial phase, but now their main motto

is extortion of money and plundering. Reports say that they are

eating up the vitals of the developmental funds meant for

developmental schemes. These extremists in form of levy take

major portion of money meant for execution of Governmentalschemes away. That is why these schemes have failed to come up to

the expectation of common people. The policy makers, without

looking into the ramification of such planning, went on increasing

the size of the expenditures. The more money is pumped, the more

is plundered. Thus, it has become a vicious circle of corruption,

plunder and rise in the power of these elements. Whether it is MCC

or PWG or Party Unity or its new name CPI (Maoist), their sole

purpose is to extort money and snatch arms and ammunitions from

the security forces. According to one estimate, about 70% of the

arms of these Maoistsbelong to the security forces. The attack on

the security forces serves the twin purposes. On the one hand, it

instils a sense of fear in the common people, so that they follow

their dictates and on the other hand, they snatch the arms and

ammunitions from them which enhance their strike capabilities.

They again use these weapons against the security forces

themselves. This is how a unique kind of vicious circle goes on.

Unemployment and poverty are the major causes of its spread. I

have the first hand experience of these things, when I was posted as

Circle Officer, Chandil, in West Singbhum district of the present

Jharkhand State in 1996-99. I found here, how the local tribal


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unemployed youths were recruited by the Maoists in this area. The

system had been institutionalised to such an extent, that it was

more systematic than the security forces recruitment drives of

Government itself. Moreover, such drives are free from corruptions,

whereas; rampant corruption mars the Government recruitmentdrives. The morale of the extremists had emboldened in such a way,

that they used pamphlets and posters to advertise such recruitment

drive.

While working as an Executive Magistrate in Raxaul, a bordering

town of Birgunj in Nepal. I could understand how the Maoists were

spreading their tentacles across the borders. Their call of from

pashupati se tirupati takis being pursued very meticulously and

methodically. These Maoist-extremists, after committing crimes

could sneak into Nepal very safely. I have seen how the porousborder has become heaven for the arms peddlers and drug

traffickers. Due to porous and open border the surveillance is very

difficult. Initially, the deployment of SSB on this border had helped

the situation improve. But, after few years, this force also got

contaminated. The situation on this border is far from satisfactory.

Now the situation in Nepal has changed drastically. The Monarchy is

said goodbye and republic is born. The Maoists have won the

election and are likely to form Government. A man of Indian origin

Mr. Ram Baran Yadav has been elected as the first President ofRepublic of Nepal. It is being hoped that the situation in bordering

areas would now improve. This new experiment of election with

Maoismis believed to be the harbinger of peace in other areas also.

It is a right time when we should also strive to create congenial

environment to bring Maoists into political process.

1. LOCAL SENAS and MAOISTS- Bihar is known for a typical

security problem. In many parts of Bihar Maoists have been

divided on caste and regional lines and have formed so many

senas or local armies like Ranveer sena- Bhumihar,Lorik Sena-Yadav,Bhumi sena-kurmi, Search light sena- upper caste,Sunlight

Sena Upper caste

These local senas have unleashed a reign of terror in many parts of

the state for many years. Over a decade more than thousand people

have lost their lives in inter and intra group fighting. Although, these

massacres are not of national consequences but undoubtedly, it

puts in lots of strain on the security forces.

Bhelchhi, dalelchak- Baghaura in jehanabad, senari massacre, etc.are some of the massacres which have taken thousands of precious


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lives. They, on the one hand tatter the social fabric and on the other

hand it puts in enormous pressure on the security forces. The failure

of land-reform measures in this state is said to be the main cause of

such problems. But this is a very simplistic interpretation of this

problem. Undoubtedly, in the initial years the land-reform measureswere the reasons behind these problems, but, gradually it deviated

from this stand and took the shape of typical caste organisations.

The then govt had constituted one commission headed by a retired

High Court Judge Mr. Justice Amir Das few years ago. But this

commission did not do anything tangible and meaningful. It took

nine years and could not come out with any findings and

recommendation; therefore, the Government wound it up.

Nonetheless, one thing is clear that this state is very sharply divided

on caste line politics.

WHY DOES THE GOVERNEMENT FAIL TO TACKLE THEM

EFFECTIVELY-

1. The biggest problem in tackling this problem lies in the system

or the mechanism of our planning making bodies. Surprisingly in

most of cases and most of time the problems are conceived and

strategies are formulated by the people who do not have

firsthand experience of these problems. The high sounding

ideologies and stereotype principles are allowed to prevail on the

realistic problems. The high sounding policies are formulated andare asked to be implemented by those who do not have any

saying in this whole exercise.

2. The local Police Stations across the country have been

thoroughly neglected by our strategists who sit in the power

echelons. Instead of strengthening our Police stations both in

terms of men and resources, we went on creating parallel

institutions sometime of conflicting jurisdictions. Constitutionally

speaking the subject Law and Order is the state subject, refer

Article 246 seventh schedule, and Police Stations are the cornerstone of this subject. We have well equipped paramilitary forces

but with no legislative and statutory powers and conversely the

local police stations are ill equipped but with immense legislative

and penal powers. This discrepancy has to be removed but

unfortunately we still are going the same path which would lead

us to wrong destinations.

3. The Panchayat election of 2005-06 in Bihar is a path breaker

example. The provision of 30% reservation for women and 27%

reservation for extremely back ward classes i.e. EBC has donemiracle here in this state. The Panchayat elections which were


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held without the help of Paramilitary forces went off almost

violence free and only one person was left dead and that too was

reportedly unconnected to poll. It gives a clear cut signal, give

the people, the common and bereaved people, the power, the

real power and make them partner in the governance.Conversely in the ongoing election 19 persons including security

personnel have so far lost their lives. Many experts feel that

common people in most of the poverty stricken areas do not feel

associated with Parliamentary and legislative elections, because

common and especially poor peoples chances of fighting in

these election on political parties tickets are very bleak whereas;

in party less Panchayat elections their involvement in terms of

their candidature is much more intense and therefore they enjoy

more sense of association in the panchayat elections in

comparison with the parliamentary or legislative elections.

4. Message is clear we will have to make our democratic institutions

more democratic in the sense that they do not become the club

of some elite families and confined some political personalities.

Ensure that more and more poor and downtrodden fight election

and win after all the tenet of democracy is for the people, by the

people and of the people.

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