GOVERNMENT MUST FOCUS ON POOR TO CURB MAOISTS.

The gunning down of two suspected Maoists in Telangana has set alarm bells ringing about the resurgence of the Naxalite threat in India's new State, but analysis are sceptical and say the issue can be dealt by implementing proactive policies for the poor and not violence. Intelligence agencies and policemen privately say the two slain suspected Maoists - Gopanna and Shruthi - were both activists who participated in many rallies in support of the statehood movement. Several others also say there is little evidence to prove whether the duo had actively joined the Maoist ranks in the recent past.
While the Warangal Rural Superintendent of Police, Ambar Kishore Jha, did a meticulous press briefing of how 15 Naxalites belonging to the Khammam-Karimnagar-Warangal (KKW) committee were on a mission to regroup surrendered Maoists when they were accosted in the dense Rangapur forest area, there are lingering doubts about the significance of the strike. Jha said the Maoists opened fire first and the cops later recovered six kit bags, one carbine and a rifle. However, central intelligence agencies do not want to read too much into this solitary encounter. Meanwhile, the encounter has sparked widespread protests in Hyderabad, with opposition leaders and civil rights groups demanding independent probes.
Even as the veracity of the encounter is under lens, the government seems to be beset by problems that could indirectly lead to a rise in insurgency. While farmer suicides are rising due to crop failure and the ineffective farm loan waiver scheme, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) also seems to have failed to understand the pulse of the people. Intelligence agencies confirm that resentment and anger among poor farmers is palpable in the districts. And this provides the perfect fodder for the Maoists, described by the Centre as the biggest internal security threat. In fact, in November, 2014, the Maoists gave a 24-hour bandh call in the State, a move that temporarily jolted the administration from its slumber. This seemed to have been a direct result of the continued exploitation of the depressed classes, something that the Maoists had hoped may ease in a separate state. The Maoists had always strongly demanded a separate Telangana in the run up to the bifurcation.
The climate is again ripening for the Maoists, who have been active in the region for over three-and-half decades, to rise again unless the government changes track and starts focussing on the grievances of the poor. Increased Maoist activity has been noticed in the districts bordering Andhra Pradesh, with the formation of a Special Zone Committee and lot of inflammatory material in terms of booklets and posters slapped in rural towns.
Authorities say that out of 11 central committee leaders, nine hail from Telangana and two from Andhra region. In the lower rung of leadership too, there are more than a dozen representatives from Telangana. So the rise of the Maoists in Telangana will all depend on how efficiently and intelligently the TRS addresses the issues directly connected with the people.
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