Friday, March 5, 2010

Maoist menace

Radical left wing extremism has emerged as the biggest internal security threat covering around one third of the nation.There has been wide difference regarding the course of action to wipe out this threat.
A liberal democracy like India though far from perfection has failed to share the developmental fruits with a large section of society. Income & opportunity disparities have created deep & wide fault lines among different sections of society.
There is an urgent need to rectify this anomaly and ensure that public services in terms of health, education, employment etc reach the marginalised sections. But to ensure that this herculean task of rebuilding these people and areas ; there has to be an environment of peace and law & order.
Govt can't negotiate with someone having a gun and threatening to resume violence if talks fail. Hence there's need for a coordinated and planned effort backed by a wide political consensus.

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