BJP-RSS new enemies of Naxalite movement, say leaders

They have failed to establish a class-less society and their rousing slogan "China's chairman is our chairman" is no longer heard, but the ideals and the struggle of the Naxalites are still relevant, prominent Naxalite leaders say.

Only the character of the enemy has changed - from feudal lords to BJP-RSS, so insist former Naxalites like Vervara Rao and Santosh Rana as well as present-day leaders like Dipankar Bhattacharya.

They said that 50 years might have passed since the uprising began, but their ideals still remained relevant today when the BJP-RSS government was bent on "dividing the country and society on religious lines".

"We had fought against feudal lords and a bourgeois system to create a class-less society. We did not achieve success, but our objectives are more relevant in the present context when a BJP-RSS government is trying to divide the country and society on religious lines," former Naxal leader Vervara Rao told

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