Trouble Times Ahead?
Maoists eye India's northeast:
New Delhi, May 1: Indian intelligence and security agencies are worried over the efforts of Maoist rebels to set up bases in the already restive northeast, which has now overtaken Jammu and Kashmir in militancy-related violence.
Security experts are analyzing the possible ramifications of the move. Following inputs from the Intelligence Bureau, the Interior Ministry sounded a red alert to the region's seven states directing them to put their police and central paramilitary forces on high alert, said a top IB official, who declined to be named.
The official said agencies are worried because the presence of Maoist rebels would further complicate the situation in the region, already under the grip of a severe armed conflict.
Intelligence inputs sent to the federal Interior Ministry suggest Maoist rebels have supported the issue of scheduled tribe status in Assam that would grant the state's residents greater access to educational and employment opportunities. Assam's tribal communities have demanded the status.
Intelligence inputs suggest Maoists have targeted two comparatively weak separatist outfits, the All Adivasi (tribal) National Liberation Army and Adivasi Viper Militant Force. The inputs say Maoists have already established contacts with these two organizations, which are active in the districts of Assam bordering Bhutan. These two groups have launched a massive recruitment drive in various parts of Assam and other northeastern states.
Ajai Sahani, executive director of Institute of Conflict Management, a nongovernmental think tank, said: "Armed Maoist guerrillas have prepared a detailed action plan for the future, which is aimed at a geographical spread. The plan includes ... the following:
"Coordinate the people's war with the ongoing armed struggles of the various oppressed nationalities in Kashmir, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and other parts of the northeast. Build a broad united front of all secular forces and persecuted religious minorities such as Muslims, Christians and Sikhs."
The strife-torn region is dominated by Christian and ethnic minorities.
Maoist rebels operate in 13 Indian states and are trying to set up a Maoist republic in the country.
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New Delhi, May 1: Indian intelligence and security agencies are worried over the efforts of Maoist rebels to set up bases in the already restive northeast, which has now overtaken Jammu and Kashmir in militancy-related violence.
Security experts are analyzing the possible ramifications of the move. Following inputs from the Intelligence Bureau, the Interior Ministry sounded a red alert to the region's seven states directing them to put their police and central paramilitary forces on high alert, said a top IB official, who declined to be named.
The official said agencies are worried because the presence of Maoist rebels would further complicate the situation in the region, already under the grip of a severe armed conflict.
Intelligence inputs sent to the federal Interior Ministry suggest Maoist rebels have supported the issue of scheduled tribe status in Assam that would grant the state's residents greater access to educational and employment opportunities. Assam's tribal communities have demanded the status.
Intelligence inputs suggest Maoists have targeted two comparatively weak separatist outfits, the All Adivasi (tribal) National Liberation Army and Adivasi Viper Militant Force. The inputs say Maoists have already established contacts with these two organizations, which are active in the districts of Assam bordering Bhutan. These two groups have launched a massive recruitment drive in various parts of Assam and other northeastern states.
Ajai Sahani, executive director of Institute of Conflict Management, a nongovernmental think tank, said: "Armed Maoist guerrillas have prepared a detailed action plan for the future, which is aimed at a geographical spread. The plan includes ... the following:
"Coordinate the people's war with the ongoing armed struggles of the various oppressed nationalities in Kashmir, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and other parts of the northeast. Build a broad united front of all secular forces and persecuted religious minorities such as Muslims, Christians and Sikhs."
The strife-torn region is dominated by Christian and ethnic minorities.
Maoist rebels operate in 13 Indian states and are trying to set up a Maoist republic in the country.
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