[Reader-list] Maoists violence

[Rakesh Iyer]

Dear Pawan jee

While Ray Sahab may be sad that the Maoists are making the Left suffer, the
fact is that there is a perception that Maoists are known to collude with
political parties.

During the Andhra Pradesh elections of 2004, one of the reasons for the
Congress victory in the assembly polls was attributed to the support they
had from the Maoists, as opposed to Chandrababu Naidu whom the Maoists
bitterly opposed. (For me, this for now is a perception based point).

Similarly, during the Chhatisgarh elections, it's believed that though
Maoists were attacked by the Salwa Judum, Maoists in certain constituencies
were supposed to have supported the BJP candidates (which supported the
Salwa Judum).

So therefore, a perception may just remain that, a perception, but one
shouldn't just dismiss it.

As for the Left, they would feel afraid that their issues are hijacked by
the ultra-left Maoists.

Regards

Rakesh