2 weeks ago
PM Modi urges citizens to identify, isolate 'Dimagi Naxals'
On India's birthday, the leader of India gave a big speech at an old fort called the Red Fort.
He talked about people who believe violence is an answer, calling them 'Dimagi Naxals'.
These people do not fight with guns, but they try to change rules and choices from inside offices.
The leader said everyone should help find these people and keep them away from young people.
Long ago, there was a lot of fighting in some forests of India, and more than 3,500 police officers lost their lives.
Now, most of that armed fighting has stopped.
But the leader said the ideas behind the fighting still exist.
He asked people to stay careful and alert.
He also asked young people to say no to drugs and to help their families fill in Census forms.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned against 'Dimagi Naxals' (intellectual Naxals) allegedly entrenched in the system and manipulating policies.
Modi urged citizens to 'identify and isolate' ideological supporters of Naxalism so they cannot influence young Indians.
He said people with a Maoist mindset had served as advisers on government committees and influenced public policy.
Modi said armed Naxalism is 'taking its last breath', noting that over 3,500 security personnel were killed in the conflict.
He also called on youth to support a 'drugs-free India' (nasha mukt Bharat) and to help family members with Census self-enumeration.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing Indian citizens
- What
- Warned against 'intellectual Naxals' (Dimagi Naxals) he claims are entrenched in the system and manipulating policies, urging citizens to identify and isolate them
- Where
- Red Fort, New Delhi
- When
- Saturday, during the 80th Independence Day celebrations
- Why
- Because Modi said ideological supporters of Naxalism continue to seek opportunities to promote violence and unrest even as armed Naxalism declines
Key facts
- Speaker
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Event
- 80th Independence Day celebrations
- Location
- Red Fort, New Delhi
- Key Message
- Citizens should 'identify and isolate' intellectual Naxals
- Security Personnel Killed
- Over 3,500 in decades of Naxalite-Maoist violence
- Government Since
- 2014, when ending Naxalism was made a priority
- Other Appeals
- Drugs-free India (nasha mukt Bharat) and Census self-enumeration
Quotes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Chief Minister of India, addressing the nation
“We have succeeded in getting rid of armed Naxals in the jungles, but 'dimagi Naxals' (intellectual Naxals) are looking for opportunities to create violence, unrest...They want to drag the society on the wrong path.”
freepressjournal.in
“For years, people with a Maoist mindset had established themselves in the corridors of power. They had served as advisers on government committees and influenced public policy.”
rediff.com









