Know More About URBAN NAXALS - Why are they more dangerous than the NAXALS

Who are Urban Naxals? What is Urban Naxalism

Recent house arrest of some activists have raised many questions and a term URBAN NAXALS is doing the rounds in all social media platforms and media.

Before we understand what Urban Naxalism is, we need to know what exactly Naxalism is.

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A Naxal or Naxalites a member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). The term Naxal derives from the name of the village Naxalbari in West Bengal, where the movement had its origin. Naxalites are considered far-left radical communists, supportive of Maoist political sentiment and ideology. Their origin can be traced to the split in 1967 of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)  leading to the formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist). Initially the movement had its centre in West Bengal. In later years, it spread into less developed areas of rural southern and eastern India, such as Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana through the activities of underground groups like the Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Between 2002 and 2006, over three thousand people had been killed in Naxalite-Government conflicts, and by 2009, the conflict had displaced 350,000 members of tribal groups from their ancestral lands

Have you ever thought how these Naxals get access to state of the art guns, arms and ammunitions? Who is funding them? How they are recruited and how they are brainwashed to pick arms against their own country?

There is a big lobby and a group of people in India who are sympathizers of Naxalism. There are many so called activists and intellectuals who are behind all the Naxalite activities. These people in the garb of activism through their NGO’s or through media or through other sources run their propaganda to create an environment in support of Naxals. These people radicalize the innocent and uneducated villagers and recruit them to become Naxals and pick arms to fight with the establishment.

The so called intellectuals are from various fields, they may be  media journalists, film makers, professors, politicians, NGOs, etc and belong to the same ideology of Naxalism

Such People are called URBAN NAXALS

Some also call it URBAN MAOISTS or URBAN MAOISM

The Urban Naxals are not there at the front with guns but they have full support to the Naxals and terrorists. URBAN NAXALS portray themselves as intellectuals and activists in the society but are more dangerous than the actual Naxals

They are not using their Gun, they are using Pen, Mikes and Films to spread their propaganda. They use the Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression provided by the Indian Constitution and twist it to sympathize with the NAXALS

You may have seen so many movies where the URBAN NAXAL director is portraying the terrorists as a hero. Many books have been written by URBAN NAXALS to sympathise with the terrorism and Naxalism

The government of India is cracking down on the Naxals and Urban Naxals heavily. However they have found some support in the opposition parties and some media houses. 

In 2006 India's intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing estimated that 20,000 armed-cadre Naxalites were operating in addition to 50,000 regular cadres.

Their growing influence prompted Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to declare them to be the most serious internal threat to India's national security.