Kandhar to Lalgarh


Just last week a police officer was abducted by the Naxals from his police station after killing his colleagues in a cold blooded incidence. The West Bengal state government bargained with the abductors (Naxals) for his release.

This particular incidence reminded me of the Kandhar incidence coz, I see a lot of similarities in both these cases and raised questions on the ability of the so called strong home minister Mr. Chidambaram who along with his colleagues have been raking over the release of terriorists against 150 odd passengers hijacked by the terrorists.

Then- the plane was hijacked and taken to a foreign land and the then NDA govt. had no choice but to negotiate with the terrorist group for release of Mahsood Azhar who according to the UPA today is the key to all terror attacks happening then after which this helpless unworthy govt. fails to abort. These insensitive groups of politicians have never missed a chance to show that negotiation as a failure of the then govt.
No support for the then govt. but did they have an alternative solution, -absolute no- the passengers were held hostage on a foreign land that too a place where no action /operation was possible. The then govt. had to safeguard the 150 innocent passengers whatever it took. They knew the opposition political parties will never let this die but the lives of the passengers had to be saved and so it was negotiated- the release of Mehsood and others. Imagine if this was not done the terrorists had killed all the hostages would the country have ever forgiven the NDA govt. for that or this group of political parties had left this and supported the NDA- NEVER. Even then these allies of UPA would have left any opportunity to pull the NDA this.

Now after 10 years something similar happened though this was not of the same magnitude still- a police officer is abducted from his police station and all of his colleagues are murdered on spot. Now what does the so called strong political party (UPA/ CPM etc) do. They negotiated the release of the officer with the Naxals (abductors). Look at the situation here- a police station in the center of the worst naxal effected area has 5-6 policemen to guard. All of them in there 50's The two officers in there 40's and the constables in 50's, when the police station was attacked it was guarded by a home guard, other constables were found sitting in lungi's, the officer was abducted from an under construction building which is actually the quarter for the officer on duty.
Now after the officer is abducted it was a well known fact he was kept somewhere in the neighboring forest hideouts of the naxals. The forces had the exact locations of their movements/ locations; they were very much within the reach of the forces but our so called strong govt.'s negotiated the release of the officer against suspected naxal activists. What happened to the so called strong stand against terror of Mr. Yechury, Mr. Raja, Mr. Sanghvi, Mr. PC and our Honorable Mr. MMS? So pathetic these people are they negotiated with a group of tribal for the release of a police officer. Shame on them what happened to the forces, why did they not attacked the hideouts even though they had the details of the exact location to an extend that the forces had circled them within couple of hundred meter radius but were called back by orders from the govt.
If Mr. PC can send Sukhoi fighter planes and helicopters in search of a missing CM, can ask for satellite help from NASA and ISRO to locate a person why did they not take any similar step to locate the kidnapped officer (if at all they didn't had the location). Is this not the failure of the state as well as the union govt.'s they failed to rescue an officer who was very much in their territory.
Over this when the negotiations to rescue the officer started there was not a single official or minister to talk to the abductors, two of the BBC journos mediated the whole negotiation and ensured the release.
Kisenji- the naxal leader bargained what he wanted over various communication devices which can easily be tracked and located- why did the govt. not do this? Or is there a bigger conspiracy behind this.
Even more shameful the officer was released just 5 KM's away from a police station so one can imagine how efficiently the rescue operations executed. A group of naxals came along with Datta on release and smartly answered all the questions to the journos (Journos. Were present at the spot where Datta was released which again proves the location of the kidnappers was known).
Bigger question is these people (UPA/ CPI/M and allies) who have been criticizing the release of Mahsood by NDA for all these years to save innocent civilians why did they have to negotiate for a police officer instead they could have attacked the hideouts killed all those responsible for the act and tried to save the officer who anyways by his choice has taken the responsibility to serve the people and taken the oath to sacrifice his life on the line of duty.
Are these govt.’s going to take the responsibility of whatever Kisenji and his group does now, all the killings and massacres that they might do henceforth.

Mr. Chidambaram just stop talking big and get on to the field and do something. Pls. try to take out some time from preparing dossiers to be sent to US/ UN and PAK. and do something concrete against these naxals. A small country like Srilanka managed to get itself rid of the terror groups like LTTE who were much organized and equipped with more sophisticated weaponries than naxals are. Can’t India do this to get rid of this naxal menace? We can but the core to solve any problem is the willingness to do so. Which the Congress/ UPA/ u Mr. Chidambaram and Mr. Prime Minister have never shown. U utterly lack the willingness to solve any such issue and the terror history of India is the evidence of this.