Can’t I sit still??

Can’t I sit still? No, just I can’t… I can sit idle when my college is not agreed to sponsor or arrange sponsor for my Florida trip. I can sit quiet when one by one teachers of our law school start leaving. I can sit silent when the political pundits of this country were debating on comprehend political underpinnings of the episode that prompted Jaswant Singh's expulsion. I can sit like a good boy, without writing anything in my blog, even after taking heed the creativity of media in India, from the one-liner- 122 people died after hearing YSR shock death story. But I can’t sit still when government is about to do something which of public concern.

The IAF has sought permission from the Defence Ministry to open fire in self-defence whenever their helicopters or air crew operating in the Maoist-infested areas come under attack. Air Chief Marshal P V Naik said that the Air Force, has a greater role to play in the offensive against Naxals, be it higher reconnaissance or surveillance, troop movement and also for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) recce. He further said until the request is accepted, the air force will take "tactical measures" to minimize the threat to its helicopters. "We take precautions in terms of the altitude we fly at, the way we descend and the uniform we wear," he said. The air force plans to use armored and not light helicopters, for its operations.

So, the question here is should the government give permission to fire in self-defence?

Terrorists fire... They hardly care who is dying. They just want bloodshed. That’s all. But if IAF is allowed today; what difference will it make between the crude, inhuman terrorist and the IAF of my country. How will I say this is a terrorist organization and this is a State, with whom I have contracted an extraordinary contract, as social contract theorist would say, by surrendering my rights and liberty? Retaliation will result the death of innocent civilian. It’s obvious. Mr. Naik has also accepted this. But oh my God! Why you want to kill civilians? Show your dum (bravery), if you have any, to Chinese and Pakistanis.   

Secondly, when the IAF chief was asked why the IAF was not attacking the Naxals now, Naik said unless the government declares them as "enemy of the state", the Air Force would not be able to fire, because it would amount to opening fire at its own citizens.

Now here my question is should the government declare them as "enemy of the state"?

I have not given them basic amenities… I have not given them job…I have not given them their requirements and when they demand, I played politics with them. Now when they are standing before me with arms and ammunition, I called them to surrender those ammunition…I also declared money in return of those stuffs…and now is it wise to send my IAF to just kill them, saying “enemy of the state”? Three extreme Left outfits — Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist), Peoples' War Group and Maoist Coordination Centre — that merged to form the CPI (Maoist) are already banned along with their front organizations. The party was banned on 22 June 2009 by the central home ministry keeping in mind the growing unlawful activities by the group. "The Maoists are terrorists," said Chidambaram. But is it wise to do so. Rather they should be combated politically and administratively. The government should do something to beat back the Maoist challenge in the country. The ultimate objective is to install a "people’s government" via a "New Democracy Revolution". The CPI-Maoist intends to carry on the new "democratic revolution, which would remain directed against imperialism, feudalism and comprador bureaucratic capitalism." the CPI-Maoist points out that in India the ruling classes, subservient to imperialism, have transformed the country into a prison-house of nationalities under the so-called slogan of "unity and integrity" of the country. The CPI-Maoist put forward a new Constitution based on the "Bolshevik principles of democratic centralism, with the core comprising of professional revolutionaries." It will be underground for the entire period of the New Democratic Revolution and its members will comprise the cream of society — principled, selfless, courageous, dedicated, modest, hard-working and fully committed to the cause of the Indian revolution and to socialism and communism. It will continuously view itself and its members self-critically in order to correct non-proletarian tendencies that inevitably enter the Party and seek to corrupt it from within. The ideological basis of the Party is Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. Here I could not able to appreciate why government should declare them as "enemy of the state."

Let the government sit in table with them. Discuss their problem and demands. Agree if they are reasonable. Bargain if irrational. And finally bring its people to the main stream. Killing is not a solution. You killed a maoist and the very next day, his son, daughter, wife, brother and sister will stand before you. How many will you kill?

I don’t have any say in governmental decision making process and it is even unreasonable, irrational and illogical to say that my blog shall have but you know I just can’t sit still...