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With Senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma's death on May 25, 2013 due to a landmine blowing up in the Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh, much can be said about the latest Naxalite movement happening in India. Since then many have either condemned this event or disregarded it to discuss the latest BCCI controversy.
The few that have spoken out or addressed this issue of violent naxalism, have only looked at it with a one-sided view. The problem is not the violent tactics used by them or how they have killed and propagated their Maoist philosophy, but how the central government still refuses to acknowledge the crux of the real problem i.e., bad policy making. The one thing that every Naxalite affected region has in common is the lack of basic amenities, education and health care facilities. Every developmental scheme planned for these rural areas has barely achieved its aim, it is either dissipated due to corruption or due to the incompetent functioning of our government.
Seeing the hopelessness of this situation there is still no incentives or will power to change the way we function. Implementation of any policy by the central government becomes difficult when new scan are being exposed daily. We just don't want to change things, instead we take them as they are and say its not our problem. Its high time we take a stand and demand our rights as a democratic country. The only thing keeping us from being a developed nation is that 'right to life, liberty and security' of a person is not respected enough to be enforced by our government. If we cannot provide basic fundamental rights to all citizens whether they be tribals or not, there is no point in paying all that tax money.
No one talks about the issues faced by these people living in isolated pockets of our states such as the lack of electricity and health care or the fact that every local tribal group has different issues that need to be addressed and that no government whether state or central addresses these issues. The change we are looking for cannot be found in informal security bodies like the Salwa Judam but by addressing key issues of development such as tribal welfare, education, water and electricity supply and health care for the masses.
The few that have spoken out or addressed this issue of violent naxalism, have only looked at it with a one-sided view. The problem is not the violent tactics used by them or how they have killed and propagated their Maoist philosophy, but how the central government still refuses to acknowledge the crux of the real problem i.e., bad policy making. The one thing that every Naxalite affected region has in common is the lack of basic amenities, education and health care facilities. Every developmental scheme planned for these rural areas has barely achieved its aim, it is either dissipated due to corruption or due to the incompetent functioning of our government.
Seeing the hopelessness of this situation there is still no incentives or will power to change the way we function. Implementation of any policy by the central government becomes difficult when new scan are being exposed daily. We just don't want to change things, instead we take them as they are and say its not our problem. Its high time we take a stand and demand our rights as a democratic country. The only thing keeping us from being a developed nation is that 'right to life, liberty and security' of a person is not respected enough to be enforced by our government. If we cannot provide basic fundamental rights to all citizens whether they be tribals or not, there is no point in paying all that tax money.
No one talks about the issues faced by these people living in isolated pockets of our states such as the lack of electricity and health care or the fact that every local tribal group has different issues that need to be addressed and that no government whether state or central addresses these issues. The change we are looking for cannot be found in informal security bodies like the Salwa Judam but by addressing key issues of development such as tribal welfare, education, water and electricity supply and health care for the masses.
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