Talk:Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

"Affected" areas?

In the article on the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency the word "affected" is used about areas where naxalites are active. It is not objective language as it suggests that they are a sickness that the government is curing these areas from. The lack of background also paints a skewed picture as it seems like maoists have come out of nowhere and started killing people. Readers may not agree with the motivations but might want to hear them at least. --182.50.66.67 (talk) 06:42, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Bangladesh...?

There is no reference to the Communist Party of Bangladesh, or Bangladesh for that matter, in this article aside from at top right. Please verify the claim, with a citation, that either of these are involved in the on-going conflict or they will be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.185.203 (talk) 00:17, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

From 1974 to 1995, there were some incidents and insurgency in Bangladesh from Maoist sections but Govt. took initiatives to decrease their popularity and fund raising.Moreover, Communism never had the appeal in Bangladesh. Now-a-days,Maoism is only an ideology which is considered pretty unrealistic to Bangladeshi Culture and Economy. Shah-E-Zaman (talk) 17:11, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Longest Insurgency?

Isn't the armed movement by the FARC the longest insurgency at present ? Srijon (talk) 17:54, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Current event

I noticed this page had yet to be marked as a current event so i marked it...is that ok? Lovelylayla (talk) 05:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Up-to date problems

Death toll

• 6,000 reported in 2000
• The same number 10 years after!! As much as 1,100 dead in 2010 alone! Who are they kidding?--TheFEARgod (Ч) 20:48, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Low-level conflict?

Low level is cited since 2006. With 1,000+ deaths in 2010 can we still regard it as low level?--TheFEARgod (Ч) 14:19, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Civil war

I have added Category:Civil wars involving the states and peoples of Asia to this article and its parent category. Also, I have removed the category labeling the insurgency terrorism. That is a misapplication. __meco (talk) 19:50, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

merge

i created a merge discussion at Talk:Naxalite. --Soman (talk) 14:01, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

MAP

The map is wrong, it has been altered to show Indian claims on Jammu and Kashmir. Kindly, revert it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.240.96.222 (talk) 06:28, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Unverifiable figures

The forces section which compares strength of both govt. and insurgents contained figure which can be termed 'bogus' at their best e.g. it showed naxal strength as 10000-20000 insurgents and "hundreds of thousands of supporters".Seriously,how on the earth can any one verify something like this which is based on a single newspaper line! Also if it is indeed appropriate to write 'num. of supporters' then shouldn't we write India's supporters as "Billions of supporters" ??? So I have fully explained the matter and now the warning any further unverified claims and poetic flights of fancies will be reverted without any explanation (if they are of same nature) and if they persist admins will be informed to ban the vandals.

Swift&silent (talk) 08:54, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Toll

I've just deleted - for a second time - ".High civilian casualties were caused by attrition and attack on public transports by Naxalites.". I'm sorry but this adds nothing to the very detailed listings of the various attacks earlier in the article, and "attrition" isn't a useful word here. Snori (talk) 04:43, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Possible copyright problem

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Why is Khalistan Movement a belligerent?

Why is the khalistan movement listed as a belligerent on the government side? Historically this seems inaccurate because Naxalites were supporting the Sikh activists during Operation Bluestar. Does any one have a citation for this addition?--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 03:50, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Do you have a source for this information? I searched the Operation Bluestar page and was unable to find any reference to the search terms 'maoist', 'marxist', 'naxalite', etc. Seeing as the Khalistan movement wants independence and is a far-right movement, and the Naxalite movement is left-wing wants India as a whole to become a Maoist state and would instinctively be opposed to parts of India breaking off and declaring independence. The Naxalites were also prominent in the Punjab region in the 1970s, but were driven out by the rise of the Khalistan movement. Also note that I put a line between the government side and the Khalistan movement. This is to show that the two groups are enemies of one another but are fighting against the same rival movement in this instance.

Note the article on the Russian Civil War. In the Anti-Bolshevik forces it has a separation line between the Whites Cossacks with their foreign allies and the rival groups of the Green Armies, Black Army, Mongolia, independence movements and Left SRs, which were all competing against one another and frequently conflicting, but were temporarily united by their enmity for the Bolsheviks. Another example is the Iraq War article where insurgent groups and pro-Saddam Hussein forces have a seperation line between them to show that while they had mutual enmity for the USA and their allies, they themselves had conflict between them and very frequently fought between one another. --Jay942942 (talk) 16:15, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Here is a source that a quick google books search turned up. It describes how Naxalism and Sikh Nationalism worked well together. It also says that communists were prominent in the 60s and early 70s and that they were followed by, not driven out by Sikh Nationalism. It says also that ex-Naxalites joined the Khalistan movement. I couldn't find the scholarly article I was thinking of but this one is actually better.

• Singh, Pritam (2008-03-13). Federalism, nationalism and development: India and the Punjab economy. Psychology Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9780415456661. Retrieved 27 March 2011. 

--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 18:02, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Very high casualties ratio for the naxalites .

I have read some battle articles and the naxalites seems to be expert fighters in jungle warfare unless the information regarding Indian losses are exaggereted. Still, But how this could be? To lose over 75 men while inflicting 8 dead its a very bad ratio for Indian Paramilitary forces. Unless they were overwhelmed.--190.118.9.11 (talk) 01:39, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

The Naxalites have full situational awareness, while the Indian paramilitary forces are both poorly trained and rarely leave their bases. The statistics come from government sources so it's unlikely they would exaggerate their own losses.--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 03:27, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Indians are trying to capture naxalites, not kill 'em. The army has been trying to take 'em alive thanks to stupid Human Rights people who say that the army shouldn't kill them. But the article hasn't listed how many have been taken alive as of yet, about 36 in 2012 alone. Can someone add sourced info for the POWs? -- Anurag2k12 (talk) 21:26, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

• http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/naxals-blow-up-bus-near-dantewada-33-killed-26123.php
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10178967