ANALYSIS
BY DR. JAIPAL SINGH
Left Parties and Maoists-Naxal Groups
The leftist ideology and parties were not born out of any revolutionary ideas or oppressive practices in India. Instead, they were an offshoot of the revolutionary movements and civil wars in Russia and China and, consequently, these parties still feel affiliated seeking socio-political and moral solace and support from these countries. During the Indo-China 1962 war, while the Indian army was fighting against the Chinese aggression in the Himalayas, most leaders of the then undivided Communist Party of India (CPI) reportedly supported China praising PLA stand and action putting the ideology above the national interests. Consequently, the Indian government led by Jawaharlal Nehru, who was otherwise friendly and favored the communist ideology, had to put nearly all key communist leaders in prison. Their approach and modus operandi has not changed till date that many leftist leaders and intellectuals still use the jargon ‘hyper-nationalism' for the people's genuine love and sentiments about the nation. Thus their lack of nationalism is not something new when they are found supporting the cause of anti-national elements in Jawaharlal Nehru University and other places, separatists in Kashmir and northeast or the Naxalite movement.
Ironically, while the left ideology seeks to favor the peasants and laborers, the majority of the leaders and so-called leftist intellectuals and rationalists themselves come from the elite background and they are often found suffering from the paranoia and lopsided vision of the Indian realities and democratic institutions at large. In the name of social democracy, they often indulge in creating or promoting rift among the various sections of the society such as the upper castes versus dalits, rich versus poor, Hindus versus Muslims, Hindus versus Christians, and so on for their selfish interests and political survival. The radical agenda and narratives of the communists and leftist intellectuals is such that they are found to lose even basic sense of socio-political and moral ethics and responsibility. To illustrate the point the anti-national stand and activities, their activities in the JNU campus, Rohit Vemula suicide case, army action on the stone-pelters in Kashmir, frequent criticism of the Indian army, support to the separatists in Kashmir and Naxalites could be cited.
Over the years, the communist parties have increasingly lost their value and relevance in Indian politics. Their erstwhile bastions of the West Bengal and Tripura are already lost and they are gradually losing their hold in their last state Kerala too. Indian communists and leftist intellectuals/liberals have fantastic ideology and views on the subjects like the nationalism, secularism, tolerance and freedom of expression and, therefore, taking resort to it they are often found supporting people indulging in anti-national activities, or even terrorism in places like Kashmir. Influenced with the Marxism, armed wing of the Maoists-Naxalites was created in 1960s which have increasingly become the symbol of revolt against the Indian establishment frequently targeting tribals, police and government officials leading to numerous abductions and killings ever since. Nearly ten Indian States including West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar are frequently affected with their anti-national and violent activities.
Separatists, Radicals and Terrorist Organizations
The Pakistan army and ISI are actively involved evolved in alluring and recruiting the young and unemployed Kashmiris and Pakistanis to push into subversive and terrorist activities after training and arming them in the name of Jehad from their soil in Pak-occupied Kashmir. Similarly, China, with their eyes on Arunachal Pradesh, is engaged in oxygenating separatist movements in the north-eastern states by supplying arms and moral support to insurgents in that region. There is yet another reason why radical Islamic groups in India and Pakistan are constantly active in troubling India. Not many people in India and elsewhere are aware that some Indian radicals and many Pakistani Ulema, Clerics, professional scientists, army personnel and defense experts are actively engaged for years, allegedly citing a Hadith, in spreading the ideology of “Ghazwa-e-Hind”, meaning thereby the conquest of Hind (Bharat). Ghazwa means a war to kill Kafirs and Hind is the part of the land of Kafirs today known as Bharat or India. A new challenge to the Indian establishment is posed by the proponents of Khalistan (the land of Khalsa) as a sovereign state since 1980s. This violent movement had largely died down by early 2000s but recently it has again been revived posing serious threat to the sovereignty and integrity of nation, with the movement garnering support from some insiders but mainly from the separatist wealthy Sikhs in the western countries, ISI and military of Pakistan.
To be continued….
(The Author is a retired civil servant and freelancer; His core areas of specialization have been public administration, finance, information technology, human resource development, budget and planning, and legal matters) (Courtesy: Boloji.com
