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TDP MP backs Modi's 'dimagi Naxal' warning against intellectual Naxalism
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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned against 'dimagi Naxals' in his Independence Day address, saying the new form must be countered to protect youth.
TDP MP and former IPS officer Tenneti Krishna Prasad backed Modi, calling the new threat 'intellectual Naxalism.'
Prasad said 'intellectual Naxalites' operate in cities, hold seminars in air-conditioned halls, and take foreign money, without naming anyone.
Former Uttar Pradesh DGP Vikram Singh also supported the warning, urging citizens to identify and isolate 'dimagi Naxals.'
Singh called urban Naxals the 'software' and armed Naxals the 'hardware' of the movement.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued the warning; TDP MP Tenneti Krishna Prasad and former Uttar Pradesh DGP Vikram Singh backed it, with an apparent but unnamed reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
- What
- Support for Modi's 'dimagi Naxal' warning about a new form of intellectual Naxalism that leaders say poses a threat to the country and its youth.
- Where
- New Delhi, India.
- When
- On Sunday, August 16, following Modi's Independence Day address to the nation.
- Why
- Leaders say the new urban or 'intellectual' form of Naxalism must be identified and countered to protect the country, especially its youth.
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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