‘Dimagi Naxal Party’ Emerges Online After PM Modi’s Remark, Gains 1.8 Lakh Instagram Followers

A
day
afte
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
used
the
te m
“dimagi
Naxals& dquo;
i
his
I depe de ce
Day
add ess,
a
sati ical
political
g oup
usi g
the
ph ase
has
eme ged
o li e
a d
quickly
att acted
sig ifica t
atte tio .

A
I stag am
accou t
amed
“Dimagi
Naxal
Pa ty& dquo;
gai ed
mo e
tha
1,81,000
followe s
ove ight.
The
g oup
also
has
a
X
accou t
called
“Dimagi
Naxal
Ja ta
Pa ty& dquo;,
which
has
mo e
tha
7,000
followe s.

The
pa ty’s
social
media
bios
list
its
motto
as
“Thi k
|
Resea ch
|
Resist& dquo;.
Its
I stag am
p ofile
desc ibes
the
fou de
as
“A
Dimagi
I dia & dquo;,
while
the
co-fou de
is
ide tified
with
the
ph ase
“56
I ch
ka& dquo;.
The
exact
date
whe
the
I stag am
accou t
was
c eated
is
ot
k ow ,
while
its
X
accou t
was
c eated
i
August
2026.

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Pa ty
Alleges
Cybe attack
O
I stag am
Accou t

The
g oup
claimed
o
Mo day
that
its
I stag am
accou t
had
come
u de
cybe attacks.
I
a
post
o
X,
it
said:
“Cybe
Attack
Sta ted
agai st
@DNJP_I dia
o
I stag am.
Let& squo;s
see
if
they
succeed
to
cu b
ou
voices!& dquo;

The
accou t
has
co ti ued
to
post
co te t
followi g
its
apid
g owth
o
social
media,
positio i g
itself
as
a
sati ical
espo se
to
the
political
use
of
the
te m
“dimagi
Naxal& dquo;.

Acco di g
to
posts
sha ed
by
the
g oup
o
I stag am
a d
X,
it
says
it
follows
the
ideology
of
evolutio a y
f eedom
fighte
Bhagat
Si gh.

‘We
A e
Followe s
Of
Bhagat
Si gh& squo;

I
o e
of
its
posts,
the
pa ty
said:
“We
a e
Followe s
of
Bhagat
Si gh…
If
THEY
t y
to
suspe d
ou
accou ts
o
label
us
A ti-Natio als,
just
k ow
—
they
a e
dis especti g
Bhagat
Si gh.& dquo;

The
eme ge ce
of
the
g oup
follows
a
political
co t ove sy
ove
the
te m
“dimagi
Naxal& dquo;,
which
Modi
used
while
wa i g
agai st
what
he
desc ibed
as
people
sympathetic
to
Naxal
ideology
seeki g
to
i flue ce
a d
“b ai wash& dquo;
you g
people.

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What
Did
PM
Modi
Say
About
‘Dimagi
Naxals& squo;?

I
his
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
o
Satu day,
Modi
said
secu ity
fo ces
a d
the
gove me t
had
made
sig ifica t
p og ess
agai st
a med
Maoists,
but
claimed
that
those
sympathetic
to
the
ideology
we e
still
looki g
fo
oppo tu ities
to
i flue ce
you g
people.

He
called
fo
such
i dividuals
to
be
ide tified
a d
isolated.
Refe i g
to
the
impact
of
Left-Wi g
Ext emism,
Modi
said
Naxal
viole ce
a d
ideology
had
ha med
the
futu e
of
lakhs
of
you g
people
a d
affected
la ge
pa ts
of
the
cou t y
fo
decades.

The
ema ks
d ew
c iticism
f om
Oppositio
leade s,
with
Co g ess
leade
Jai am
Ramesh
calli g
the
ew
te mi ology
a
“su e
sig
of
despe atio & dquo;.
Ramesh
said
Modi
had
p eviously
efe ed
to
his
c itics
as
“u ba
Naxals& dquo;
a d
was
ow
usi g
the
te m
“dimagi
Naxals& dquo;.

Se io
Co g ess
leade
P
Chidamba am
also
espo ded
to
the
ema k,
sayi g,
“I
am
p oud
to
be
a
dimagi
axal.& dquo;

Sau av
Das
of
the
Cock oach
Ja ta
Pa ty
also
c iticised
Modi’s
comme ts,
questio i g
the
use
of
labels
such
as
“Naxalis& dquo;
fo
educated
you g
people
who
aise
questio s
about
the
gove me t.

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