The editorial in the latest issue of the RSS journal Organiser titled “Maoists are Killers, Terrorists. Gun Them Down” says: “The Naxalites themselves have declared a ‘war on the state’. They attack and kill citizens of this country. The state is duty-bound to use all means available to it to carry out this duty. If their logic was extended, then ‘Khalistan’ would have been a reality today and so would have been an ‘independent Kashmir’. Social parasites who thrive on newspaper headlines and chat shows shed crocodile tears on the plight of the deprived. But they are the first to cry foul when any development project is launched, whether it is bauxite mining or a multi-purpose dam. These are the people who want to keep the Vanvasis and the poor as showcase pieces, as in a zoo for periodic recreation trips. It is interesting that all these people who claim to speak up for the poor live in the thick of luxuries, enjoying all modern amenities possible and thriving on the fancy products of the development they scorn. They are the ones who use poverty as a way to get even richer. Vanvasis are not people from another planet. The Naxalites, who maim and kill people in the name of class war, are exploiting these natives”.

The editorial adds: “When Salwa Judum was launched in Chhattisgarh, the people in the region welcomed it because it offered an organised opposition to the Naxalites who till then had a clear field for hit and run. But the so-called intellectuals vociferously opposed it, accusing the government of dividing the

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