Lalgarh is a village in Jhargram subdivision of West Midnapore district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It has been in news recently as it was ‘liberated’ from Indian state by Naxalites last week.
Naxalites claim few areas inside India as “liberated” zone. Dantewara in Chattishgarh of Indian state is a place which Naxalites claim to be “liberated zone”. West Midanpore in West Bengal is one such area which Naxalites claim to be their second “liberated zone”. Lalgarh was brought to national media and got wide publicity and front page coverage due to killing CPM leaders in broad daylight in Bankshole village. Also policemen fled from their Police Station from Lalgarh to escape the fiery onslaught of Naxal cadres.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has called the Maoists the “gravest challenge to India’s security”, told: “The home minister has good ideas and we will take effective action. Its [the Naxalite issue’s] seriousness is fully appreciated and recognised by our government, as per reports.
Now, most probably, many Indians living in cities with malls, broadband connection, IPhone 3Gs may not have realised in India itself, there are pockets of area where Indian state does not exist! Naxalites do not recognise Indian state to be legitimate and do not believe in famed Indian democracy. Most probably, this could a shocking news as we are fed to believe India to the largest democratic country in the world by every print, visual media, day in and day out.
Naxalites control ‘Liberated Zones’ within Indian states, which needs to be occupied back by Indian security forces almost routinely now. After 61 years of so-called independence and 15 elections, the very fact that Indian Security forces needs to mount attacks inside its claimed territory to establish rule of the Indian Government, should be an eye opener to every one what is wrong with India!
Terrorism, cross-border terrorism, Islamic Fundamentalism, Osama, Al Qaida etc. are covered in every media while avoiding the stark truth of Indian state in certain areas! India needs to wake up to it reality as shown by Naxalites and face it to solve the problems. Else it might cut a very sorry figure for India in international stages barring its famed IT, Democracy etc.
Few News Articles one should not miss :
Times of India : Forces take Lalgarh back from Naxalites
LALGARH: Three days after the West Bengal government finally moved against the Naxalites, security
forces marched into Lalgarh on Saturday and took control of the police station, a symbolic victory in reclaiming a nondescript building from where state cops had fled to escape the fiery onslaught of Naxal cadres.
Hindustan Times : Naxals dig in, Kolkata dithers over Lalgarh
As three of the five companies of Central paramilitary forces awaited instructions from an undecided, floundering Bengal government to enter the Maoist state within state in this corner of west Midnapore bordering Jharkhand, the flag bearers of India’s most powerful and long-lived extremist movement unleashed carnage yet again, killing three CPI(M) workers in a drive-by shooting and destroying homes of other party leaders.
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UPA’s “SHAKY” hand is always ready to “SHAKE” hands with Naxals for talks, until they won’t reach Delhi, but forgets same experience of NDA’s with PAK when Terrorist “SHOOK” Parliament. Jai Ho PRITHVIRAAJ CHAUHANS.