‘Didn’t call opposition leaders dimagi Naxals’: Rijiju on PM Modi’s I-Day remarks

Rijiju
said
that
P ime
Mi iste ‘s
ema ks
we e
ot
mea t
fo
oppositio
leade s.

NEW
DELHI:
U io
pa liame ta y
affai s
mi iste

Ki e
Rijiju
o
Su day
said
that
P ime
Mi iste

Na e d a
Modi’s
ema ks
o
“dimagi
axals”
we e
ot
mea t
fo
the
oppositio
leade s.Amid
oppositio ‘s
c iticism
ove
PM’s
ema ks
du i g
his
I depe de ce
Day
speech,
Rijiju
said
that
the
“dimagi
axals”
efe ed
o ly
to
those
who
suppo ted
Maoists
a d
ejected
Co stitutio .”PM
Na e d a
Modi
ji
did ‘t
say
oppositio
leade s
as
dimagi
axals,”
Rijiju
said
i
a
social
media
post
o
X.”O ly
followi g
a e
dimagi
axals:
1.
Who
suppo t
Maoists
a d
eject
I dia
Co stitutio .
2.
Who
sta d
with
sepa atists
&
suppo t
A ticle
370.
3.
Who
wa t
to
cut
chicke
eck
to
sepa ate
No th-East
f om
I dia,”
he
added.I
his
I depe de ce
Day
speech,
PM
Modi
said
that
while
Naxals
who
took
up
a ms
i
the
ju gle
have
bee
elimi ated,
the e
a e
also
“dimagi
axals”,
who
a e
i
va ious
pa ts
of
the
cou t y
a d
eed
to
be
“ide tified
a d
isolated.””Fo
yea s,
people
with
Maoist
thi ki g
we e
the e
i
public
life,
eve
i
gove me t
committees
this
thi ki g
had
affected
va ious
i stitutio s
a d
i itiatives.
My
dea
cou t yme ,
we
have
bee
able
to
cu b
a d
f ee
the
cou t y
f om
‘hatha iya
axal’
(a med
axal),”
The
P ime
Mi iste
said.

“Eve
if
these
axals
a e
go e,
but
the
‘dimagi
axal’
(people
with
axal
thi ki g),
a e
looki g
fo
a
oppo tu ity,
looki g
to
see
ways
of
viole ce,
a d
t yi g
to
d ag
the
cou t y
to
a
w o g
path.

We
eed
to
ide tify
these
dimagi
axal,
isolate
them,
a d
b i g
the
youth
togethe
fo
a
developed
cou t y,”
he
added.Soo
afte
his
speech,

Co g ess
dismissed
PM
Modi’s
wa i gs
agai st
“dimagi
axals”
as
hollow
political
heto ic.Se io
Co g ess
leade
Jai am
Ramesh
said
that
the
te m
ca ies
o
eal
substa ce,
d awi g
a
pa allel
to
p evious
debates
su ou di g
the
ph ase
“u ba
axal”.”Two
o
th ee
yea s
ago,
he
(PM
Modi)
called
his
political
oppo e ts
‘u ba
axals’;
at
that
time,
the
questio
a ose
i
Pa liame t
as
to
what
the
defi itio
of
‘U ba
Naxal’
was.
The
Home
Mi iste
eplied
that
the e
is
o
such
thi g
as
a
‘u ba
axal,’
o
is
the e
a y
defi itio
fo
it.
Today,
the
P ime
Mi iste
is
usi g
the
te m
‘me tal
axal’
(ideological
Naxal)
fo
his
political
oppo e ts
f om
the
Red
Fo t,”
Jai am
Ramesh
alleged.Fo me
U io
mi iste
a d
se io
Co g ess
leade
P
Chidamba am
o
also
ta geted
PM
Modi
ove
his
“dimagi
axal”
ema ks,
sayi g
he
was
“p oud”
to
be
desc ibed
by
the
te m.“I
am
p oud
to
be
a
dimagi
axal!”
Chidamba am
said
i
a
post
o
X.