What is Naxalite movement and
evaluate its role into the Indian
politics?
Answers
Explanation:
The Naxalite Movement has used force to snatch land from the rich land owners and give it to the poor and the landless.
The movement has now splintered into various parties and organisations. CPI-ML (Liberation) participates in open democratic politics.
Most of the Naxalite affected areas are backward inhabited by Adivasis which are exploited by money-lenders and other people and these conditions lead to the growth of the Naxalite Movement.
The Naxalites were the Marxist and Leninist agricultural workers of Andhra Pradesh West Bengal Bihar and adjoining areas which organized massive agitation against economic injustice and inequality and demanded redistribution of land to cultivators.
Role in Indian Politics:
1. Naxalite did not participate in the elections formally but these were actively associated with parties.
2. Naxalites ensured a better representation of demands of deprived social sections in party politics.
3. These movements retained associations or relations along with the political parties either as an individual or as an organization.