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New Delhi, Dec 12: There is no proposal for deployment of defence forces for anti-naxal operations in the LWE theatre. However, the Indian Air Force has deployed some helicopters to provide logistic support to the Central Armed Police Forces/State Police, but do not directly take part in operations. Further, the Indian Army carries out some training procedures in the Narayanpur area of Chhattisgarh.
All measures in the LWE theatre are implemented after mutual discussions between the Central Government and the State Governments concerned.
The Central Government has a holistic two pronged approach to combat LWE. It supplements the efforts of State Governments through security related and development related interventions. In security related intervention, apart from directly deploying CAPFs the Government of India provides assistance for capacity building by the states through schemes like the security related expenditure scheme, special infrastructure scheme, construction / strengthening of fortified police stations scheme etc. In the development front, the central Government is implementing special scheme for LWE affected areas like the Integrated Action Plan (IAP), Road Requirement Plan-I etc. It is the belief of the Government of India that a combination of calibrated police action, focused development efforts and improvement in governance will yield the desired results against LWE.
This was stated by Shri R.P.N.Singh, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question by Shri N.K. Singh and Dr. Janardhan Waghmare in the Rajya Sabha today.
The CPI (Maoist) is the largest Left Wing Extremist Organization operating in India. It is responsible for almost 80% of the total naxal violence reported during the current year. The CPI (Maoist) vision for its so called ‘protracted people’s war’ against the Indian State is elucidated in its strategy paper titled ‘Strategy and Tactics of the Indian Revolution’. Briefly stated, this document contains a comprehensive plan of action to capture political power and usher in a so called ‘New Democratic Revolution’ in India. The strategy for ‘New Democratic Revolution’ is a combination of military and political tactics involving the creation of ‘base areas’ (liberated areas) in the countryside and gradual encirclement and capture of the urban areas. This objective is sought to be achieved through armed warfare by the ‘People’s Liberation Guerilla Army’ cadres of the CPI (Maoist), political mobilization through its ‘front organizations’ and alliances with other insurgent outfits active in different parts of India, which in CPI (Maoist) parlance is called the ‘Strategic United Front’. The CPI(Maoist) seeks to organize a ‘joint front’ against the Indian State and in pursuance of this objective, it ideologically supports the secessionist movements in Jammu & Kashmir and the North-East. It has also developed close organizational ties with certain insurgent groups in the North-East for procurement of arms and ammunition.
There are stretches to the extent of 101 km of border length approximately in West Bengal along Indo-Bangladesh border, where fencing work is pending due to land acquisition issues. However, efforts are being made by MHA/BSF for early acquisition of land for erection of border fencing wherever feasible.
Due to porosity of border, there are instances of illegal migration and smuggling activities on Indo-Bangladesh border. However, all possible efforts are made to plug the gaps along Indo-Bangladesh Border, with the erection of fencing and installation of floodlights. As approved the above works were targeted to be completed by March, 2012. However, these works have spilled over.
This was stated by Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question by Shri Ishwar Singh in the Rajya Sabha today.
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