Click to play videoNew Delhi: It's time for mourning in Naxal-ravaged Chhattisgarh. Thirty-six security jawans were gunned down in Sunday's Rajnandgaon encounter by Naxals in the state.
Rajnandgaon is the Chief Minister's hometown and is less than 70 km away from the state capital, Raipur and that is why there is an increasing clamour for a change of government by the Congress.
Congress leader and MP from Chhattisgarh, Charan Das Mahant said, "The Central Government should press for President's Rule in the state and ask for the state government to be dismissed."
The geography of the Naxalite movement is going through major changes. Sunday's attack means the Naxalites are moving freely from their southern stronghold in Jagdalpur and Dantewara. From Dantewara it has become easier for them to move freely through the forest corridor - either to the Andhra Pradesh jungles or to the jungles in Orissa.
In Koraput, the tribals have recaptured land which was taken away from them by non-tribals with Naxal help. The BJP wants the government to adopt a single, uniform policy.
BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP representing Jharkhand, S S Ahluwalia says, "First they say Naxals are a social menace. Now they say that they are terrorists and should come under separate laws. The Government has not yet decided what the Naxals are and how to deal with them."
It has become a complex inter-state operation launched by the Naxals. While a section of them keeps the security forces and the local police busy in Lalgarh, West Bengal, there are others who have taken over large tracts in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa.
The Naxals are definitely gaining ground in the tribal heartland of India.
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