Not really a secret by any standards. It is headline news in most newspapers and news media. For some reason foreign country media do not pay as much attention.
I think the reason maybe because this is something that "they think" will not affect either policies or external relationships or internal stability.
Definitely needs attention of the government and is getting it. But like someone else mentioned,
1) The ordinarily do not target civilians, unless they are rich enough for the ransom factor
2) Mostly target Police and Govt Officials
IMO, they have gone into an unending spiral. Their initial demands were for better facilities and opportunities and they wanted self government to achieve that. But now they are simply fighting. They are opposing all development and job opportunities that they were initially asking for. Looks like their agenda has changed.
In this case, in my opinion the government has behaved relatively rationally. They have not gone overboard in "crushing" the rebellion as such because, take it, these are indian citizens. There is a standing rehabilitation program and many naxalites have already taken advantage of that. Slowly this is resulting in the naxalite movement changing its character from a mass movement to a more limited but hardcore one. Keyword being "Slowly".
The above is my opinion only based on my experience since I am from a naxalite affected state and my home town is on the fringes of the red districts.
I think the reason maybe because this is something that "they think" will not affect either policies or external relationships or internal stability.
Definitely needs attention of the government and is getting it. But like someone else mentioned,
1) The ordinarily do not target civilians, unless they are rich enough for the ransom factor
2) Mostly target Police and Govt Officials
IMO, they have gone into an unending spiral. Their initial demands were for better facilities and opportunities and they wanted self government to achieve that. But now they are simply fighting. They are opposing all development and job opportunities that they were initially asking for. Looks like their agenda has changed.
In this case, in my opinion the government has behaved relatively rationally. They have not gone overboard in "crushing" the rebellion as such because, take it, these are indian citizens. There is a standing rehabilitation program and many naxalites have already taken advantage of that. Slowly this is resulting in the naxalite movement changing its character from a mass movement to a more limited but hardcore one. Keyword being "Slowly".
The above is my opinion only based on my experience since I am from a naxalite affected state and my home town is on the fringes of the red districts.
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