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What’s the hurry?

In an op-ed in the Daily Pioneer, Ramavtar Yadav and Sushant K. Singh argue that government should reject the idea of talks with Maoists

It is worth remembering that on both the occasions when talks were held, the Maoists were losing ground and were on the run. The talks provided a breather to them; they regrouped and emerged stronger thereafter. Talks are thus nothing but tactical pauses for the Maoists in their long-drawn battle to seize political power by military force. They, and their overground workers, will accept or make an offer for talks only when they are down. It is a ploy to buy time, to rebuild their strength, to garner fresh publicity, and to recalibrate their strategy.

Having cleverly employed the ruse of talks earlier, the Maoists have again offered to talk to distract the Government from going ahead with ‘Operation Green Hunt’. In this strategy, they will be actively aided by their overground workers, the so called liberal intellectuals. There will be concerted emotional appeals to the Government: Why not talk? Why shed blood?

If the Government succumbs to this pressure, the Maoists — as witnessed earlier — will have protracted dramatised facade of talks and utilise the time and opportunity to recruit and strengthen their cadres. The talks will invariably fail as their objective is to seize political power by overthrowing the state and nothing short of their stated goal will be acceptable to them. [link]

There will be a time for talk but first the military might of the Maoists must be tackled. As the example of LTTE so clearly showed, militant organizations develop a vested interest in violence. Talking to them serves little purpose except legitimizing the movement and offering them time to further develop their military strength.

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