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TDP MP backs Modi's 'dimagi Naxal' warning against intellectual Naxalism

TDP MP backs Modi's 'dimagi Naxal' warning against intellectual Naxalism
TDP MP backs Modi’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ warning, says new form poses threat to youth · theprint.in

India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, gave a big speech on Independence Day.

In the speech, he warned about something he called 'dimagi Naxals.'

Naxals are people who used to fight in forests with weapons.

Modi said those forest fighters have mostly gone away.

But now, he said, there is a new kind of person causing trouble.

He called them intellectual Naxals because they work in cities instead of forests.

A politician named Tenneti Krishna Prasad agreed with the Prime Minister.

He said these people give seminars in fancy halls and bring money from outside the country.

Another former police officer, Vikram Singh, also agreed.

He said it is everyone's job to help find these people and tell the police about them.

Key facts

Term
"Dimagi Naxal" (intellectual or urban Naxal)
Origin of warning
PM Modi's Independence Day address to the nation
Backed by
TDP MP Tenneti Krishna Prasad; former UP DGP Vikram Singh
Prasad's background
Former IPS officer for 35 years; fought Naxalism in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Implied target
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (not named)
Date
Sunday, August 16
Location
New Delhi

Quotes

Tenneti Krishna Prasad

TDP MP and former IPS officer

““Today, the forest Naxalites have gone, and a new form has emerged. I call them ‘intellectual Naxalites’. They do not operate in forests; they operate in cities.””
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““Identifying, isolating and neutralising them is the duty of every citizen.””
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