Public sentiment surrounding Maoist violence and government security operations in India is sharply divided. While many commenters support government actions against Maoist insurgency, recognizing improvements in security and stability, others express significant concern for marginalized tribal communities affected by violence and socio-economic neglect. The complexity of the conflict, including historical grievances and the perceived need for socio-economic reforms, is a recurring theme.

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That capital city in Northeast India is called Aizawl not Aizwal

incrediblyanimal

The Home Minister of India claims that Naxals would be wiped off by 2026

megumegu-

Never understood how even Chinese denounces Maoist yet it has so much support overseas.

Tzlop

You see those red areas below Patna, I have lived there and still do sporadically. I spent my entire childhood there. 



Even though I lived in urban areas where their atrocities were very limited, I did come across their brutality when I was venturing out of town on a bus. We crossed a bridge over a shallow canal and water was deep red, not much water flow as it was in the middle of the summer season, but whatever was there, it was deep red. Everybody was peeping from the bus, even the ones who were standing in the middle without a seat. My arse was on the window seat. 



The next day, newspapers read that these scum of the earth had chopped off the heads of 12 people including women and children (2 whole families) just because their kids had cracked a police exam and joined the state police. 



 That wasn't even their worst atrocity.

IndependenceNo3908

[general secretary of naxallites killed in recent ops](https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianDefense/s/5krJs5HM75)

Massive_pervert2007

It was the 2010s, and I'd regularly read news about Naxal activity and their atrocities in Western Odisha.

Nowadays, it has become extremely rare to get any Naxalite news from Odisha.

JustChakra

Probably even less now in 2025 when recently their 'General secretary' with a huge ass bounty of ₹1 crore ($116K) was neutralised, like a few days back! 

Remember, ₹1 crore is like life changing money for most of Indian people. 

This is like if you watch One piece. 

&gt;From Pirates perspective---&gt; Getting an Admiral level dude gunned down


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&gt; From Marines perspective---&gt; Getting a yonko (or an emperor) gunned down.



#***This recent operation was crazy***

Hrit33

I have personally witnessed the waning of this insurgency in my home state in southern India. 

People in villages that were affected by these scum would tremble to even associate themselves with anything to do with the democratic process- voting, approaching courts for justice, reporting crime to police. Heck! Even the damn police in these areas would hide away when they got the slightest clue that some Maoist Naxal faction was holed up in the nearby forests. 

These bastards would come at night, round up people who they suspected were speaking or sharing intel with the cops, and would kill those people in cold blood. The families (women and kids) of cops would all be in some bigger town than be with their husbands in their own small towns. 

And you couldn’t travel after dark in wooded or remote areas. They would stop your vehicle, kidnap you, and then use you as a bargaining chip to get their ‘comrades’ out of jail. They wouldn’t even spare kids. 

They started out as seeking justice for poor people who were ill treated by the government. But the people majorly affected by their shenanigans were the same poor people who would be caught between the government and these scum. 

Glad to see their footprint vanishing!

TheFatKnight420

How did it decrease nationwide but somehow spread to the andamans?

MASTER_DUDE8012

There were also maoist insurgencies in Peru (Shining Path), Angola (UNITA) and Turkey (TKP/ML)

GustavoistSoldier

Kerala being mostly free of Maoism is pretty funny imo

No-Watch1464

davidlis

Shining Path 🤝 Indian Maoists 

Failing to take over a country

novostranger

dinosaur_from_Mars

Still a significant amount of territory such as large army they shouldn’t even exist anymore

Antique-Entrance-229

Also how is Telangana missing from a map in 2018 haha

Atothed2311

Snoo_41787

Maoists.

Mao may have died but he still continues his legacy of killing millions of people.

D_P_R_8055

Wild to me there’s an ongoing communist insurgency 25 years into the new millenium.

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cocacola_drinker

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Top_Tourist_9475

Horrific war the fascist Modi government is pursuing against the Adivasi and Dalit people, killing anyone suspected of being sympathetic to Maoists

Particular-Bike-28

Why were Pok and Ajk included in the Indian map?Its Pak territory

AlarmingString2590

There need to be more focus on improving infrastructure, Healthcare and schooling facilities etc in villages. Villages are some of the most ignored parts in India. We need to actively prevent villagers from taking up arms by improving their lives. Until then, the Naxalite movement will always remain, albeit in a much less effective form.

I'll say something nobody wants to hear.  Before personal attacks or saying I'm brainwashed please know that I'm as patriotic and RW as one can be.  Maoists and Naxalites are not there simply because China funds them.  China exploits an existing faultline. The faultline being tribals / indigenous people beyond stripped of their resources by state backed corporations. Their lands, sacred spots all destroyed, resistors met with force. Now China or some missionary will tell them picking up arms against the state is the only way forward.  What will the poor tribal do?

Defiant_Proposal_214

The recent killing of Nambala Kesahava Rao (70) alias Basavaraju alias Ganganna in the Abujhmadh area of Chhattisgarh, has hit the banned CPI(Maoist) very hard. Getting Basavaraju, the general secretary of the party, at his headquarters, especially when he was guarded by his special protection force, which is referred to as Company no. 7, comes as a huge surprise for the left wing extremists.

They are already on the backfoot with the ongoing operations by the security forces at Karregutta in Chhattisgarh, as part of operation Kagar and Black Forest and now the elimination of their top most leader, is the biggest blow that the security forces could give to the LWE, ever since they had launched their offensive.

But would the killing of Basavaraju, be termed as the ‘Endgame’ for the Maoist? Going by their brief six-decade existence, it may not be so.

In early 1990s, after the unified Andhra Pradesh government had launched the counter offensive with the formation of the elite anti-Naxal force the Greyhounds, the Maoists then referred to as CPI (ML) PWG (People’s War Group), were reduced to just one single dalam. But they regrouped and bounced back to own up the formation of a ‘liberated zone’ in Chhattisgarh.

But as per security analysts, things in the 1990s were different and now the entire scenario has reversed.

It was the Greyhounds that had pushed the Maoists from Andhra Pradesh to Chhattisgarh and Odisha and then the police force in these states were not equipped to handle the level of guerilla warfare unleashed by the Maoists.

Now, not only Telangana and Andhra have the well trained Greyhounds, who are touted to be one of best in jungle guerilla warfare, all LWE-affected states such as Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha, have trained special forces to beat the extremists at their own game.

Maharashtra has C-60, Odisha has SOG (Special Operations Group), and Chhattisgarh has the CRPF CoBRA and the DRG (District Reserve Guards).

At least 26 Naxalites killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh
Now all the forces are not only in possession of superior firepower, they are well trained, we have strengthened our intelligence network, we have high-end technological support and most importantly we work as a team, which includes intelligence sharing, across the States, said a senior police officer from Andhra Pradesh.

In fact, it was Andhra Pradesh Police that had shared vital information about Basavaraju’s location to the Chhattisgarh police, before the operation.

# Reaching the elusive

Basavaraju, has been elusive for the last five decades. He was never arrested since he had joined the active movement. Reaching him was not an easy task, as he was protected by at least a three layer protection ring.

Sources say that apart from intelligence inputs from various sources and AP Police in particular, the members of DRG unit who undertook the operation had played a key role.

Many in the DRG personnel were former surrendered Maoists from that region and they were well aware of the terrain and his hideouts. Moreover, a few months ago, a couple of Maoists from Basavaraju’s close circles, including from Company 7 had surrendered. There is an indication that they could have led the forces, said a senior officer engaged in anti-Maoist operations.

As per sources in the DRG, the operation was meticulously planned over three months with the Narayanpur police and it was on for the last couple of weeks, before zeroing down on him.

On the night of the encounter, both Basavaraju and the DRG personnel unknowingly camped within a radius of 1 to 1.5 km. At dawn, a chance firing took place between Basavaraju’s sentry and a DRG Jawan, which led to the fierce gun battle that lasted for about 30 to 40 minutes and over 300 rounds were fired by both the sides.

The identity of Basavaraju was confirmed by a DRG Jawan, who was a former Maoist and had worked with him.

# Where did Maoists go wrong?

Security analysts, who have been closely monitoring the Maoists for decades, opine that the present outfit of the LWE had made a few key mistakes, which is costing them heavily now.

The Maoists basically have two verticals – the political wing and the military wing. Since the formation of CPI (Maoist) in 2004, the focus has been on developing the military wing and the political wing was grossly neglected. This apparently distanced them from the people and a large part of the intelligentsia, who had once supported them ideologically.

Mindless killing of innocent tribals branding them as informers did not go well with the sympathising community, rather they had openly objected to it.

There have been ideological clashes between the Central Committee members who wanted both the wings to develop, as it was hampering the recruitment of intellectual and learned young men.

The external support base of the banned party has shrunk so much that even after the killing of their top most leader, the protest has been almost negligible. In a similar scenario, when three top leaders were eliminated by the AP Police on December 2, 1999, in Koyyur forest area of Karimnagar district in now Telangana, the State almost burnt for a few days, with protests erupting across the State.

Documents seized from the earlier encounter sites, clearly indicated that the main reason for the expulsion of Kondapalli Seetharamiah, the founder of PWG, was the ideological clash. He wanted more focus on the political side rather than the military offensive. But the then young guns like Basavaraju and Ganapathi (the predecessor of Basavaraju) wanted to develop militarily.

We had deviated from our core focus area and we are paying the price now, said a former Maoist. Ever since the focus has shifted to military tactics, most of our over ground organisations such as RSU (Radical Students Union) or RCS (Rythu Coolie Sangam), which had played the role of propagating our ideology and as well was our recruitment front, have taken a backseat, he added.

# Who after Basavaraju?

Now with Basavaraju gone, the main propagator of military tactics and the Central Committee and Politburo dwindled to a single digit from about 30 members, till a few years ago.

Basavaraju’s demise will create a huge void in the military wing, and the remaining CC members are beyond 60 years of age. Two names are making the rounds: Mallojula Venugopal alias Vivek alias Sonu and Malla Raji Reddy alias Sattenna alias Sangram.

Both are said to be moderate in their approach and not expert military strategists like Basavaraju. On the other hand Madvi Hidma the youngest in the CC, is said to be too young, brash and a protege of Basavaraju, who believes in the ideology of military dominance.

The question that looms large, will they be able to re-mobilise the political side, keeping the military flock with them, or as experts suggest that the endgame is on.

Peacetime-Liberal

There is no end for communism in this world, be it a military wing or a political wing. There is a saying.. "As long as an individual exists who understands that he is being exploited, communism will prevail." That's the nature of it. 

As long as china and pakistan exist maoists in india won't be defeated. The only sure shot way to defeat the maoists is to develop, uplift the poor tribals. Overall india must develop otherwise maoist problem will remain.

As long as the conditions for revolution exist, i.e., the mass displacement and murder of the tribal population in favour of corporate land grabs and exploitation, Maoism will also exist. It can be severely weakened, but not eradicated.

theblyndside

I don't know if this is the endgame. History is a vicious cycle and communist ideas will again peak with current levels of crony capitalism

Maxx2017

End Game for Maoists was written the moment Amit Shah became home minister

vinashayanadushitha

tinga-tinga

The Government has already started driving out adivasis and selling forests to the corporates, which was their original goal.

[Centre grants nod to fell over 1 lakh trees in LWE-affected Gadchiroli for iron ore processing plant | The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/india/forest-clearance-nod-for-iron-ore-plant-in-maoist-hit-gadchiroli-10022967/)

[‘Paramilitary forces dance after killing Adivasis’: Soni Sori - Frontline](https://frontline.thehindu.com/social-issues/social-justice/interview-with-tribal-rights-activist-soni-sori-corporate-greed/article69332872.ece)

[After Maoist deaths, BJP Karnataka shares 'cauliflower' meme, a reference to the 1989 Bhagalpur riots - Alt News](https://www.altnews.in/after-maoist-deaths-bjp-karnataka-shares-cauliflower-meme-a-reference-to-the-1989-bhagalpur-riots/)

Must watch, [InSAF Session 1 : Understanding the Current Level of State Violence in the Lead Up to the ‘Deadline’ : r/IndianSocialists](https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianSocialists/comments/1kur75u/insaf_session_1_understanding_the_current_level/)

rishianand

Who are labelled as maoists? People are labelled maoist, urban naxal, anti national etc without any meaning but are declared state enemies. If there are criminals, they should be punished within the legal system.

Affectionate_Rich750

endgame for adivasis and resumption of oppression against the few surviving for sure

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they murdered somebody, and what is their excuse for it? they just seem very proud of themselves

limach1

They will do anything but make things better for the tribals through infrastructural development, stop selling tribal lands to corporate and doing land reforms to tiller but no, they will intervene with brute force like a true fascist.

Mammoth_Calendar_352

RIP. He lived and died fighting for some of the most impoverished and oppressed people on Earth against the brutal capitalist system and the cruelty of the Indian government's regime.

HikmetLeGuin

GolfAggravating7630

Surprised to see lots of naxal supporters coping and seething in the comments.

ElectronicHoneydew86

Apart-Influence-2827

Love it... Hope naxalism ends soon. I can say as a man in uniform problem in NE, Naxalism and in Punjab are well controllable, it only requires political will. Kashmir is a bit different game coz source is another country.

I hope people will realize that no matter what their grievance is, violence is never the answer. It'll only bring even greater misery on everyone.

sugathakumaran

Homosapien-007

You know what they say about the only good communists

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clumzy2based

If after 75 + years ppl are still willing to die in order to not live under indian rule maybe it's time India takes a deeper look at itself and realise maybe they just might be the bad guys in this.

Impressive_Maple_429

Tragic. These people are not terrorists, they have legitimate grievances which are not properly addressed by the state so they feel like they have to resort to armed rebellion.

Shelter-Downtown

That's common sense I don't know where tax payer money goes

Ok_Outcome_600

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