Naxalite Movement

The first non congress United Front (UF) government came to power in West Bengal, comprising the CPI, CPM and Bangla Congress . This new government decided to expedite the implementation of land reforms.
The then land revenue minister Hare Krishna Konar announced a programme of quick distribution of surplus land among landless and an end to eviction of share croppers. But this process was slow and time consuming because issue of distribution of surplus land went to the court and was under litigation. Therefore, the local leader Charu Majumdar from Naxalbari area of Darjeeling district argued that this democratic process of distribution of land and democracy in India is Sham and decided to adopt a strategy of protracted guerrilla warfare in order to lead a revolution.
This Naxalite Movement under Majumdar's leadership used force to snatch land from the rich landowners and to distribute it among the poor and the landless. Its supporters advocated the use of violent means to achieve their political goals. It had lots of splintered groups but then joined together in early 2000's and formed unified CPI (Maoist).
Currently, nearabout 75 districts in nine states are affected by Naxalite violence. Most of these were the resource of rich in which very backward areas inhabited by Adivasis. In these areas the sharecroppers, tenants and small cultivators were denied their basic rights with regard to security of tenure or their share in produce, payment of fair wages etc. Forced labour, expropriation of resources by outsiders and exploitation by moneylenders are also common in these areas. These harsh conditions lead to the growth of the Naxalite Movement.

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