Express News Service
NEW DELHI: In its revised strategy to deal with Left-wing extremism (LWE), the Central government has focussed on striking at the top leadership in the Naxals ranks over the last four years. The crackdown has led to a leadership crisis in the cadres, resulting in the increase of surrenders and neutralisation of members which has brought down the violent incidents significantly.
As per the figures by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the geographical spread of violence has significantly reduced and only 176 police stations of 45 districts reported violence in 2022 as compared to 465 cases reported at 96 districts in 2010.
The decline in geographical spread is also reflected in the reduced number of districts covered under the security-related expenditure (SRE) scheme. The number of SRE districts reduced from 126 to 90 in April 2018 and further to 70 in July 2021.
According to sources in MHA, in the last two years, one member of the Politburo – the apex body of the CPI (Maoist), and five central committee members have been arrested by security forces, two have surrendered, and one Milind Bapurao was killed during an encounter in the jungles of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra in 2021. Three other members have also died due to disease which added to the crisis.
In one of the recent actions this month, five top members of the Maoist cadre, including two who were carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakh each on their head, were neutralised in an encounter in Jharkhand’s Chatra. Six rifles, including two AK47 and two INSAS and several rounds of ammunition were recovered from them.
The government action against the leadership has incited a considerable amount of fear among the members of Politburo and Central Committee as they are avoiding direct meeting with their own cadre and only selected Naxalites are allowed to meet them. “The forces have been able inflict considerable damage in the last few years as a result the strength of the top bodies have reduced considerably,” an official said.
NEW DELHI: In its revised strategy to deal with Left-wing extremism (LWE), the Central government has focussed on striking at the top leadership in the Naxals ranks over the last four years. The crackdown has led to a leadership crisis in the cadres, resulting in the increase of surrenders and neutralisation of members which has brought down the violent incidents significantly.
As per the figures by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the geographical spread of violence has significantly reduced and only 176 police stations of 45 districts reported violence in 2022 as compared to 465 cases reported at 96 districts in 2010.
The decline in geographical spread is also reflected in the reduced number of districts covered under the security-related expenditure (SRE) scheme. The number of SRE districts reduced from 126 to 90 in April 2018 and further to 70 in July 2021. googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
According to sources in MHA, in the last two years, one member of the Politburo – the apex body of the CPI (Maoist), and five central committee members have been arrested by security forces, two have surrendered, and one Milind Bapurao was killed during an encounter in the jungles of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra in 2021. Three other members have also died due to disease which added to the crisis.
In one of the recent actions this month, five top members of the Maoist cadre, including two who were carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakh each on their head, were neutralised in an encounter in Jharkhand’s Chatra. Six rifles, including two AK47 and two INSAS and several rounds of ammunition were recovered from them.
The government action against the leadership has incited a considerable amount of fear among the members of Politburo and Central Committee as they are avoiding direct meeting with their own cadre and only selected Naxalites are allowed to meet them. “The forces have been able inflict considerable damage in the last few years as a result the strength of the top bodies have reduced considerably,” an official said.
