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Congress calls Modi’s dimaagi Naxals remark an act of desperation
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s use of “dimaagi Naxals” in his Independence Day address, calling it a “sure sign of desperation”. Ramesh said Modi had earlier…
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s use of “dimaagi Naxals” in his Independence Day address, calling it a “sure sign of desperation”. Ramesh said Modi had earlier used “urban Naxals” for political opponents and critics, and accused him of repeatedly labelling dissenters with the term. He also called the Prime Minister a “master abuser” in “Entire Political Science” in a post on X.
Modi said armed Naxals had been removed from the jungles but “dimaagi”, or intellectual, Naxals remained capable of creating violence and unrest. He called for such people to be identified and isolated. The Union home ministry told Parliament in 2020 that it did not use the phrase “urban Naxals”, though BJP leaders have continued to use it. Ramesh also cited the government’s decision to conduct a caste census as an example of accepting a demand it had earlier criticised.
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The lazy version of this dispute treats every critic as a Maoist sympathiser, while the opposing camp dismisses all security concerns as political abuse. Neither claim helps. “Urban Naxal” and “dimaagi Naxal” are political labels, not clearly defined legal categories, and the Home Ministry’s 2020 parliamentary position matters. The fair test is simple: will the government identify specific unlawful acts and prosecute them under existing law, rather than isolate unnamed critics?
Sources (2): nationalheraldindia.com, timesnownews.com
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