Red alert in the land of scams

India appears to be now waking up to simmering war within the country. The land of Marxism, West Bengal, is now a stage for deadly battle among different proponents of the Left ideology. Despite more than two decades of rule in the red territory, the proponents of proletariat rule have failed to deliver on the promise. So, a war ensues, with initial shocks already making the establishment shaky.

Interestingly, the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat told the media this week that his government would not be depending just on the policy but the "party cadre would take on the Maoists". It appears that this is the first confession by the comrade that his party has an armed cadre. It is in public domain how the Left rule in West Bengal made the police weaker, as its armed cadre virtually ruled the state by instilling terror among the people. Now that the fruits of power did not flow to the large sections of proletariat they have taken recourse to the most extreme Maoist rebellion, thereby bringing the nation to confront a war within.

After the rout of naxalites, loosely referred as Maoists, in Andhra Pradesh, they appear to have established their turf in the states of West Bengal, Odhisa (earlier Orissa), Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhatisgarh. All these five states have one thing in common: "unchecked poverty" and political conspiracy to loot wealth of states to amass individual assets.

While West Bengal never let progress come to the state, Jharkhand presents a classic case of politicians bleeding white the state. The Enforcement Directorate has just registered case against the former chief minister Madhu Koda, who occupied the high post allegedly by colluding with established parties in an arrangement of loot and distribute, and his ministerial colleagues. Just recently, lakhs of people in Jharkahnd got their land registerd, after offering huge sums to the representatives of the politicians. Koda's alleged asset is reported to be to the tune of over Rs 25,000 crore.          

Given the state of affairs in these five states, it would have been quite unmanly if the people did not take arms to get justice. Wars should be fought on the borders but inside it becomes quite a complicated business. The Maoist rebellion must be taken as a final warning for the political class to stop the loot and work of the progress of all or it will be too late.