‘Sure sign of his desperation’: Congress hits back at PM Modi over ‘dimaagi Naxals’ remark

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PM
Modi
a d
Co g ess
MP
Jai am
Ramesh

NEW
DELHI:
Co g ess
o
Satu day
hit
back
at

P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
ove
his

I depe de ce
Day
ema ks
o
“dimaagi
Naxals”,
with
pa ty
ge e al
sec eta y
Jai am
Ramesh
calli g
the
desc iptio
a
“su e
sig
of
despe atio “.Ramesh
said
PM
Modi
had
ea lie
used
the
te m
“u ba
Naxals”
fo
his
oppo e ts
a d
was
ow
efe i g
to
them
as
“dimaagi
Naxals”.”Fi st
he
called
his
oppo e ts
‘u ba
axals’.
Now
he
calls
them
‘dimaagi
axals’.
It
is
a
su e
sig
of
his
despe atio ,”
Ramesh
said
i
a
post
o
X.

He
fu the
alleged
that
the
p ime
mi iste
e ds
up
doi g
what
those
he
labels
“u ba
axals”
o
“dimaagi
axals”
dema d
o
advocate.”It
is
ot
fo
othi g
that
the
PM
has
a
MA
bei g
the
‘Maste
Abuse ‘
i
E ti e
Political
Scie ce
that
he
is,”
Ramesh
added.

PM
Modi
wa s
agai st
‘i tellectual
Naxals’

PM
Modi
aised
the
issue
du i g
his
13th
co secutive
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
f om
the
Red
Fo t,
sayi g
that
while
a med
Naxalism
had
bee
elimi ated
f om
la ge
pa ts
of
the
cou t y,
its
ideological
i flue ce
emai ed
a
co ce .”We
have
succeeded
i
getti g
id
of
a med
Naxals
i
the
ju gles,
but
the
‘dimaagi
Naxals’
a e
looki g
fo
oppo tu ities
to
c eate
viole ce,
u est….
They
wa t
to
d ag
the
society
o
the
w o g
path,”
the
p ime
mi iste
said.

“These
i tellectual
Naxals
have
to
be
ide tified
a d
isolated,”
he
added.

PM
Modi
also
said
people
with
a
Maoist
mi dset
had
fo
yea s
established
themselves
i
gove me t
i stitutio s
a d
i flue ced
public
policy.He
said
decades
of
Naxalism
a d
Maoist
viole ce
had
dest oyed
the
lives
a d
aspi atio s
of
millio s
of
you g
people.The
p ime
mi iste
said
mo e
tha
3,500
police
a d
secu ity
pe so el
had
bee
killed
i
the
co flict
a d
claimed
that
his
gove me t
had
made
e di g
Naxalism
a
p io ity
afte
taki g
office
i
2014.

Co g ess
attacks
gove me t
o
I depe de ce
Day

Ramesh’s
espo se
came
as
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
also
c iticised
the
PM
Modi
gove me t
du i g
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
at
the
pa ty
headqua te s
i
Delhi.Kha ge
accused
the
gove me t
of
faili g
to
delive
fu dame tal
ights,
avoidi g
pa liame ta y
accou tability
a d
pu sui g
divisive
politics.
He
also
challe ged
PM
Modi’s
claims
of
t a sfo matio ,
c editi g
p evious
Co g ess-led
gove me ts
with
i itiatives
i cludi g
the
Right
to
Food,
Right
to
Educatio
a d
the
Right
to
Wo k
th ough
MGNREGA.

“F om
the
Red
Fo t,
the
PM
claims
c edit
fo
eve ythi g;
it
is
a
me cy
he
does ‘t
claim
that
the
wo ld
su vives
o ly
because
of
him,”
Kha ge
said.He
also
accused
the
gove me t
of
usi g
“hate
campaig s”
agai st
p oteste s
a d
alleged
that
it
was
“c ushi g
the
poo “.Fo
Co g ess,
Kha ge
said,
f eedom
mea t
e su i g
educatio ,
oppo tu ities
a d
dig ity
athe
tha
me ely
holdi g
political
powe .The

BJP,
mea while,
attacked
leade
of
oppositio
i
Lok
Sabha
Rahul
Ga dhi
fo
ot
atte di g
the
official
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
at
the
Red
Fo t.
BJP
spokespe so
P adeep
Bha da i
alleged
that
Ga dhi’s
abse ce
eflected
the
mi dset
of
a
“Dimagi
Naxal”
ecosystem.

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