In West Bengal, Left is in a dead heat with Congress for the wooden spoon; Maoism in the tribal heartland has been entombed; and in Kerala, the Left fights double incumbency.
Three factors—political buy-in, collector’s office as a listening post, and non-interference in anti-insurgency operations—ensured the Dantewada operation worked.
I received a written message that Kanu Sanyal, the Naxal who wanted to present a ‘deputation’ to me. One was expecting a fiery encounter with an angry old man’ accompanied by fierce supporters.
In 2005, under the UPA’s watch, Chhattisgarh launched Salwa Judum. The state gave assault rifles to Adivasi boys and pushed them into battle against their own brethren.
Formed in 2000, specialised unit crushed Maoists’ Maharashtra-MP-Chhattisgarh strategy, combining field ops with outreach to locals to contain rebels in Abujmarh bastion.
‘Security situation demands capabilities. The hum of machinery must become a roar,’ NATO chief Mark Rutte said as he announced 5 new military contracts. Drones and ISR take the lead.
The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.
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