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Reds go green, Bastar Maoists run on solar power (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

submitted 7 months ago by doors_3@discuss.tchncs.de to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] redbr64@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Thanks, I had no idea that India had a maoist insurgency!

[–] doors_3@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago

It's quite old, I think. Ideological foundings were around 1970 only though the party only officially made in 2004. The then PM called it the biggest threat to India's internal security when they spanned multiple states in their fold. Their influence has reduced significantly but they are still active in couple of states.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Often called naxalites.

They were pretty quiet until the 1990's, when the government gave multinational corporations mining rights to the areas where landless subsistence farmers live.