LALGARH – Is the Indian Government a LULL GHAR

Maoists :The basic tenets of Maoism include revolutionary struggle of the vast majority of people against the exploiting classes and their state structures, termed a people war Usually involving peasants, its military strategies have involved guerrilla war tactics focused on surrounding the cities from the countryside, with a heavy emphasis on political transformation through the mass involvement of the basic people of the society.

Does this definition from the web a good enough start to identify how the Indian Government present and past have dealt with the various security issues in the country and across different states. The Indian government made up of the two houses is certainly a Lull Ghar in my opinion and in my limited knowledge have seen no pro-active measures rather only reactive actions.

Why is the government waiting for major events to take place before it acts, its always lull and waits for the storm. Be it the Maoists in Bengal, Jharkhand and other states or the Naxals in AP and nearby states. The catastrophe of the 26/11, the un-equipped Mumbai Police, who had ammunition which is not only outdated but worth placing them as artifacts in any India museum. A real shame for a country who boasts as a hub for international IT and research areas, boast of 90% of the urban youth available to take world projects, but sit like a duck waiting to be hunted when it comes to security.

Also, security regulations imposed are not consistent across the country and anyone can infiltrate the system. Pick a few airports across India apart from the major hubs and you can get away with all the rules broken. Even in the major hubs the rules for men and women are different. Women can carry deodorants and liquid in their handbag but men can’t carry any in their cabin bag though the rule does not permit anyone from carrying it, though internationally, the permissible limit is 100 ml per passenger, subject to scanning of the liquids or the gels. We want to try and use the international rule which is great, but where is the consistency. On international flights, passengers especially in the western countries are allowed to carry one cigarette lighter, whilst in India it banned, but you can get away thanks to fantastic frisking the security guards do. My last trip to the Trivandrum airport to board an international flight, I saw passengers with match boxes lighting their energy stick after the security check – amazing.

A few days back, there was an article stating the improved facilities available to the Mumbai police, like bullet proof vehicles etc., but for god’s sake where are those multi functional, state of the art ammunition. Every infiltrator who wants to cause damage has ammunition generations ahead of our police force. The government is absolutely lull about it. We budget crores of rupees for the defense, where is it spent and on what is it spent – damn it’s my tax also which goes into that budget.

I can keep penning stories upon stories on how the government is so reactive than being an action oriented responsive state unit. The government is certainly a LULL GHAR.