We have been now fed with the news that Gujarat state in India, is likely to be developing as new naxal hot bed in country. On the one hand there is speculation that assertation of basic right to living, for land and choosen occupation by the tribals is way forward to naxals. Though there has been discontent with the state and central governments towards not stopping the violence by state in the name of 'development'. The state has repeatdly sidelined the tribals and other backward communities in the state for the want of industrial space. The common property resources have now turned open for the state to invite the industry, say targetting nearly 30 to 40 thousand hectares of land in last two years. The promised land were supposed to be governments owned...so on what pretext government kept it open during last 60 years of its existence. Its apathy of state to target the voiceless in the name of development. The landless and poor do not have space to generate the livelihood and the state is extravagent on giving so called surplus land to industrial sector. Thus, not only creating poverty for masses but also showing its inability to tackle food insecurity.
People in Gujarat may not take arms as it had happned in state of AP, Jhakhand, MP and Chattisgarh, but this discontent would prove costlier for the state in terms of political instability, increase in crime and social unrest. The idea of 'India' to become super power cannot be done by running over the poor peasents. This would call for Gujarat opening its ground for naxal ideologies to be accepted in eastern belt, as popularised by mass media. Land acquisition and massive displacement has sown the seeds of dissatisfaction from the state functionaries and would call for near change in the system of governence to give majority the power to decide (if this does not come with current format of democracy). Would it not be right to call it our encounter with Idea of Naxalism in Gujarat?
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