Casualties caused by Naxalism decline in 2007
As per information available, in 2007, till 31-10-2007, there have been a total of 1285 naxalite incidents and 571 casualties, as against 1285 incidents and 610 casualties in the corresponding period of 2006. Of this, there have been 983 incidents and 467 casualties in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, till 31-10-2007, as against 1035 incidents and 507 casualties in these States in the corresponding period of 2006.
Regarding damage to property, the naxalites have been observed to be targeting certain types of Government buildings and infrastructure pertaining to road and rail transport and, in some cases, power transmission facilities.
State Governments undertake necessary action to combat naxalite activities, with the Central Government supplementing their efforts and resources through a range of measures that include deployment of Central paramilitary forces to assist the State police forces, strengthening of the State police and intelligence agencies through the Modernization of State Police Forces scheme, reimbursement of security-related expenditure under the Security Related Expenditure scheme, providing training to State police forces, sharing of intelligence, bringing about inter-State coordination and assistance in development works.
The statistics does not mean that naxalism in India has declined. Naxals are present in more than 170 districts in 15 states of India.
Naxalism was promoted by China and they called it moral support then. A pronunciation by Mao titled “Spring Thunder over India” gave full moral support for the uprising in a village called naxalbari in India. The Peking radio called on the Indian people to wage “relentless armed struggle” to “overthrow government” and “forcibly size power.” In the Indian parliament it was alleged that the Chinese embassy officials had gone and met CPI (M) leaders in Calcutta.
According to the Chinese version, “a base of peasants armed struggle led by the revolutionaries of the Indian Communist Party has been set up in the countryside in Darjeeling district”. This is, according to the Hsinhua report, “a strong spark of the fire of the revolutionary armed struggle launched by the Indian people under the guidance of Mao Tse-tung’s thought. This represents the general orientation of the Indian revolution at the present time.”
Naxalism is one of the Chinese strategy of “bleeding India with a thousand cuts.”