In the deadliest Maoist attacks till date, Red rebels enticed a CRPF team into a trap early on Tuesday and butchered 76 of them in two separate ambushes deep in the jungles of Chattisgarh’s Dantewada district.Two days after India’s Maoist rebels killed 76 policemen in their deadliest attack in recent times/memory,the government sought to tamp down public anger that the guerrilla forces killed so many officers without taking a single casualty.
The Maoists,also called Naxalites,who claim to fight for India’s poor,have battled the government for four decades.They have been labeled one of the top security threats in India,with a presence in 22 of 28 states.Despite a massive offensive launched against them last year across seven states,called Operation Greenhunt,they recently rejected an offer of peace negotiations.The Maoists’ dream of achieving their political and social goals through violence is bizarre. India’s democratic history is replete with examples of issues fought and goals achieved through peaceful means.Maoists have become addicted to violence. All efforts of bringing them to the mainstream have failed. It is time the government decided to deal with them with an iron fist.
“Something has gone very wrong,”India’s home minister Palaniappan Chidambaram admitted,but he cautioned against any “knee jerk” reaction to the attack.But,I believe,…..As Union Home Minister,P. Chidambaram should know this better than anyone else.He cannot escape responsibility by expressing shock and saying something must have drastically gone wrong in the CRPF-police joint operation. The common man also knows that something must have gone wrong. It is not enough to simply express shock and grief as we have been doing all along. It is time to channel the anger generated by the outrageous act and take credible action to ensure no more lives are thrown away.
*Ambush,booby traps:-According to Indian and Western media reports,a convoy of the Alpha company of the elite Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),which is involved in Operation Greenhunt in the state of Chhattisgarh, walked into a rebel trap while heading to a base. It is a rocky area enveloped by thick forest. 
At dawn,more than 500 rebels, armed with a sophisticated inventory of weapons, besieged the convoy in their signature guerrilla style.They opened fire indiscriminately, threw grenades, and set off IEDs (improvised explosive devices).Fleeing soldiers fell over the mines and booby traps that the rebels had laid beforehand on the escape routes.Two sets of police reinforcements arrived on the scene, and also came under fire.
*No reinforcements,for now:-Mr. Chidambaram ruled out for now the possibility of bringing in the Army or Air Force to fight the Maoists, but pledged there would be no letup in the offensive. “We think the state police assisted by Central paramilitary forces are sufficient to overcome the Naxalite threat. It is our present assessment of the threat,” he said. “But if necessary, we will have to revisit the mandate to make some changes.”
But,I think when Maoists show no mercy,why should the government be lenient towards them?We are now in a state of undeclared war.The government should take steps to decimate the ultras, rather than invite them for talks.Centre and the States should stand together to eliminate the Maoists entrenched in various parts of the country.Efforts should also be made to redress genuine grievances to prevent alienation among the rural poor. There is also the issue of underdevelopment and unemployment. The attacks on the state machinery,if romanticised,will force more unemployed and uneducated youth into naxalism.We should,hope for best but prepare for worst.:(
