Monday, December 5, 2011

Naxalite Terror: Published Letter - SAKAL TIMES

http://epaper.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimes/29Nov2011/Enlarge/page8.htm

ORIGINAL EXCERPT
Death of Maoist leader Kishenji is a significant development in countering naxalite terror. Maoists have wrecked havoc for more than four decades, claiming to be fighting for the rights of the tribal people and rural poor with low literacy and high poverty rates. However the mass murder the Maoists ensued to achieve their ‘social equality’ goal itself discredits them. Modern India was born into chaos. We had chronic poverty & social inequality but not all poor resorted to arms. Majority of people embraced hard work & education to overcome their hardships. Today they have become net contributor to India’s progress. It is true that remote tribal population is lagging behind but thanks to our economic progress there is hope of them receiving better economic attention hence forth. India is a developing democracy home to more than 1.2 billion people & it will be unfair to expect overnight alleviation of millions out of poverty.

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