Outsiders vs patriotic voices:The new lines in Bastar

Chhattisgarh Home Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam sees the police?s renewed push in Bastar as ?constantly breaking own records?. Inspector General (Bastar Range) S R Kalluri describes it as ?a turning point?. For NGOs, activists and journalists on the other side of this all-out operation though, it is an open drive against ?outsiders?. With differentiation made between them and ? that now-familiar qualifier ? ?patriotic voices?.
One of the most steadfast bastions of Naxalism in the country, and one of the few remaining places where Leftist insurgency continues to hold sway, Bastar is seeing an upswing in police operations, involving not just more boots on the ground but deployment of surrendered Naxals in greater numbers than ever before.If in 2015, 46 bodies of alleged Naxalites were recovered by the Chhattisgarh Police, the number has already reached 21 by February 20 this year. ?In the last six months, since the rains have ended, there have been 56 Naxal deaths in encounters. This is a record in itself. We begin to count these numbers from September 1, 2015, since in the rains, operations are slow given the conditions in the forests. Since we started again in earnest, we are breaking our own records all the time and pushing them back. In November, there was a record, and then in January (23 Naxals killed), that record was broken,? Subrahmanyam says.- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/the-new-lines-in-bastar-naxalites-new-line-bastar-chhatisgarh-police/#sthash.VRukMjW4.dpuf
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