Infra projects fuelling Naxalism, says Jairam!

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August 7, 2011 / By DC Correspondent, DC, Hyderabad.

Kicking up a new controversy, the Union minister for rural development, Mr Jairam Ramesh, says mega irrigation, mining and other infrastructure projects are the modern equivalents of Naxalite tyranny.

Kicking up a new controversy, the Union minister for rural development, Mr Jairam Ramesh, says mega irrigation, mining and other infrastructure projects are the modern equivalents of Naxalite tyranny.

Mr Ramesh also disclosed that the number of Left Wing Extremists (LWE)- affected districts in the country will go up from 68 to 78, including eight in AP from the present two, Adilabad and Khammam.

“There is a modern face and traditional face in Naxalism. The modern face reflects in projects flouting environmental issues and land acquisitions. The modern face includes Posco, Vedanta, Sompeta, bauxite mining in Araku and the like,” he remarked, naming the so-called developmental projects that have been highly controversial.

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COUNTER-NAXALISM: SC holds arming of Chhattisgarh tribals as unconstitutional!

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July 5, 2011 / 

PTI   New Delhi / DC.

The bodies of four Chhattisgarh policemen, who were killed in a Maoist attack in Dantewada district, were brought to the district headquarters in a municipality garbage truck - PTI.

The Supreme Court today restrained the Chhattisgarh government and the Centre from appointing tribals as Special Police Officers and arming them to counter Maoists, terming the step as 'unconstitutional'.

The court also ordered a CBI probe into the attack on social activist Swami Agnivesh during his visit to Maoist-hit Chhattisgarh in March.

"We direct the CBI to take over the investigation into series of violence and attack unleashed on Swami Agnivesh and his companions," a bench comprising justices B. Sudershan Reddy and S.S. Nijjar said.

Asking the Chhattisgarh government and the Centre to desist from appointing the tribals as Special Police Officers (SPOs) and arming them for countering the Naxals in any manner directly or indirectly, the court said the appointment of tribal youths as SPOs is 'unconstitutional'.

The bench said that the eligibility criteria including the educational qualification and training of the tribals to combat Maoists goes against the provisions of statues and the Constitution.

It said that creation of Koya Commandos and Salwa Judum was in violation of the Constitution.

The special police officers have been given the name Koya Commandos after that of a tribe in the Dantewada region. The issue of SPOs has arisen during the hearing of a petition against existence of Salwa Judum (vigilante groups) in Naxal-hit regions of the state to fight Maoists.

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