CPI(M) has close links with other foreign Naxal groups: Minister
Home Ministry on Tuesday told the Parliament that Maoists received training and support from Communist Party of Philippines and has close links with Maoist fringe groups in Turkey, Italy, Germany, France and Holland.
Replying to a question about foreign funding of Naxal groups in India, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said in the lok Sabha that possibility of financing these banned organisations from abroad in clandestine ways cannot be ruled out. However, Rijiju said, there were no specific inputs on this regard.
“However the CPI (Maoists) party have close links with foreign Maoist organisations in the Philippines and Turkey. The outfit is also a member of the Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and organisations of South Aisa....
“...The so-called People’s war being waged by CPI (Maoists) against the Indian State has also drawn support from several fringe Maoist organisations located in Germany, France, Holland, Turkey and Italy”, the reply said to the questions raised by lok Sabha MPs Rajan Vichare and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.
The Minister said the recovery of arms and ammunitions of foreign origin from leftwing Extremists in different encounters is an indication of the fact that they are procuring weapons from different sources.
“Moreover, CPI(Maoists) clandestinely getting foreign funds cannot be ruled out. Inputs also indicate that some senior cadres of the Communist Party of the Philippines imparted training to cadres of CPI (Maoists) in 2005 and 2011,” he said in the reply.
The Minister also informed the House that the situation is being closely monitored and if the situation demands, the help of the Ministry of External Affairs is taken for raising the matter with the concerned foreign country.He said the Government believes a combination of calibrated police action, focused developmental efforts and improvement in governance are effective instrumentalities to combat Naxalism in the long run.
As many as 121 civilians and 61 security personnel were killed this year in Naxal violence whereas 38 Maoists were killed and 712 arrested.