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Left-extremism

Naxalism had its beginning as a movement to remove injustice aggressive landlessness of farmers and tribal people. It has undergone a huge transformation since then. The importance of farmers’ issues have reduced and the movement has taken an antistate stance. Naxalism in contemporary times poses as a major an internal security threat to India with its propensity to violence as a means to achieving political ends.


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