Proud to be ‘dimagi Naxal’: Cong’s P Chidambaram hits back at PM

New
Delhi,
Aug
16
(PTI):
Se io
Co g ess
leade
P
Chidamba am
o
Su day
took
a
swipe
at
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
ove
his
“dimagi
axal”
ema k,
a d
said,
“I
am
p oud
to
be
a
dimagi
axal”.

Add essi g
the
atio
o
the
80th
I depe de ce
Day
o
Satu day,
Modi
wa ed
about
“dimagi
axals”
who
have
allegedly
e t e ched
themselves
i
the
system
a d
co ti ue
to
pose
a
th eat
to
society
by
ma ipulati g
policies.
The
PM
u ged
the
citize s
to
“ide tify
a d
isolate”
them.

Speaki g
f om
the
ampa ts
of
the
Red
Fo t,
the
p ime
mi iste
said
the
cou t y
had
succeeded
i
emovi g
a med
Naxalism
f om
the
fo ests
but
wa ed
that
its
ideological
suppo te s
we e
seeki g
oppo tu ities
to
p omote
viole ce
a d
a a chy.

Hitti g
back
at
the
PM,
Chidamba am
said
o
X,
“I
am
p oud
to
be
a
dimagi
axal!”
I
a othe
post,
the
fo me
home
mi iste
said
“dimagi
axals”
is
the
ew
va ia t
of
the
old
BJP
accusatio s
of
“u ba
axals,
A dola jeevi
a d
tukde
tukde
ga g”.

“Who
we e
the
u ba
axals?
Who
we e
the
a dola jeevis?
Who
we e
the
tukde
tukde
ga g?
The
old
abuses
we e
di ected
agai st
the
membe s
of
the
Oppositio ,”
he
said.

“Dimagi
axals”
a e
a
ew
va ia t
of
the
abuses,
Chidamba am
said.

U io
Pa liame ta y
Affai s
Mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
o
Su day
said
the
PM
was
ot
efe i g
to
oppositio
leade s
as
“dimagi
axals”
but
o ly
to
those
who
suppo t
Maoists
a d
sepa atists
a d
eject
the
I dia
Co stitutio .

Sha i g
Chidamba am’s
post
o
X,
Rijiju
said
it
was
a
ve y
u fo tu ate
a d
highly
damagi g
stateme t
by
the
espected
fo me
home
mi iste
of
I dia.

“PM
Na e d a
Modi
ji
did ‘t
say
oppositio
leade s
a e
Dimagi
Naxals,”
the
U io
mi iste
said.

“O ly
followi g
a e
Dimagi
Naxals:
1.
Who
suppo t
Maoists
a d
eject
the
I dia
Co stitutio .
2.
Who
sta d
with
sepa atists
&
suppo t
A ticle
370.

“4.
Who
wa t
to
cut
chicke
eck
to
sepa ate
No th-East
f om
I dia
(sic),”
he
said
i
a
veiled
efe e ce
to
stude t
activist
Sha jeel
Imam,
who
is
i
judicial
custody
i
co ectio
with
a
case
u de
the
a ti-te o
UAPA
law.

Imam
was
a ested
o
August
25,
2020,
u de
the
U lawful
Activities
(P eve tio )
Act
(UAPA)
fo
bei g
o e
of
the
“maste mi ds”
of
the
Feb ua y
2020
iots
i
o theast
Delhi
that
left
53
people
dead
a d
ove
700
i ju ed.

Co g ess
Rajya
Sabha
MP
Pawa
Khe a
took
a
jibe
at
Rijiju
with
a
post
o
X.

“B othe
Ki e
Rijiju,
get
you
cou ti g
ight
fi st,
the
we’ll
a swe .
Afte
1
a d
2
comes
3,
ot
4,”
Khe a
said.

“E ti e
Political
Scie ce’s
kamaal
(The
ma vel
of
e ti e
political
scie ce),”
Co g ess’
Jai am
Ramesh
said,
espo di g
to
Khe a’s
post.

I
his
ema ks,
Modi
had
said,
“Fo
yea s,
people
with
a
Maoist
mi dset
had
established
themselves
i
the
co ido s
of
powe .
They
had
se ved
as
advise s
o
gove me t
committees
a d
i flue ced
public
policy.”
The
p ime
mi iste
said
this
challe ge
should
ot
be
u de estimated
a d
emphasised
the
eed
to
emai
mo e
vigila t.

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,
with
ove
3,500
police
a d
secu ity
pe so el
killed
i
the
co flict,
a
umbe
much
highe
tha
that
of
soldie s
who
a e
killed
du i g
wa s.

“Naxalism
held
a
ve y
la ge
pa t
of
I dia
a d
a
huge
populatio
i
its
g ip
at
gu poi t,”
he
said.

The
p ime
mi iste
said
his
gove me t,
which
took
office
i
2014,
had
made
e di g
Naxalism
a
p io ity.

“Today,
I
am
happy
that
Naxalite
a d
Maoist
viole ce
is
bei g
b ought
to
a
e d.
I
a eas
whe e
the
bullets
of
Naxalites
o ce
a g
out,
whe e
bloodshed
was
o ce
commo place,
the
t icolou
of
developme t,
t ust
a d
effo t
is
ow
flyi g
because
these
a eas
have
bee
f eed
f om
Naxalism,”
he
said.
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