India is imploding from within as the state writ is challenged by oppressed classes
By Prof Shazia Cheema
India is imploding from within as oppressed groups have started contesting the writ of the State and now attacking oppressors with full available force.
The latest example of this emerging phenomenon is that Naxalite Movement has reemerged, resulting in a new wave of
Twenty-two soldiers were killed and 31 were injured on April 3, 2021, in an encounter with Naxals in Chattisgarh. Security forces in Chhattisgarh had launched an operation along the Sukma-Bikapur border. This led to an intense face-off with Maoist forces.
The Naxalites operate in 60 districts in India, mainly in the states of Odisha (5 affected districts), Jharkhand (14 affected districts), Bihar (5 affected districts), Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh (ten affected districts), Madhya Pradesh (8 affected districts), Maharashtra (2 affected districts) and West Bengal (8 affected district). In West Bengal areas west of Howrah are affected by the insurgency.