Nobody knows the name of the daughter of notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan. Reason: His daughter did not write a word on the sandalwood smuggler brigand!
But in a hinterland of Jharkhand’s Mahudand a non- descript village notorious for leftwing extremism, Neha Kumari dared to pen the pain of the saga. Neha, daughter of the late sub-zonal commander of CPI-Maoist Ajay Yadav has suddenly become the talk of the town in Palamu.
Palamu police organised an essay competition on naxalism and the class 6 student of a Government school in Mahudand took part into the competition where she narrated openly her views against the ideology and its effects on the lives of the commoners.
Maoist Ajay Yadav was killed by his own men for booty at Seeta Chuan under Mohammadganj police station some weeks back. Neha wrote what many in villages would not have dared to even speak. She wrote naxals are not good human beings. They are not educated and beat up poor. They eat free food and force poor to offer food without ascertaining if the family has any food for itself!
Neha did not stop here. She further wrote that naxals are a hurdle in developmental activities like road construction. She lamented how difficult it is to reach Japla and Palamu when road is not around. Neha Kumari went further to write that naxals demand money.
Walked away with first prize, the copy of her hand written essay on naxalism was made available by SP Palamu Indrajeet Mahatha to the media persons here. For any Hindi teacher Neha Kumari’s spellings could have drawn flak but her thoughts and views on naxalism were crystal clear and fault free. She was bold and candid. She did not glamorize her father. In fact she described her father as Swargiya Ajay Yadav and not Shaheed Ajay Yadav.
The SP said, “The essay written by Neha whose father, a naxal, got killed is an eye opener to all. It shows what a child studying in class 6 thinks about this extremism.”
She vouches to eliminate extremism as she reiterates naxalism is a curse for society family and country. To her it appears extremists are a blot a hindrance in development. Mahatha said Ajay Yadav was a force to reckon with but his family and relatives also bore the heat of infamy and discomfort because of Yadav in the naxal outfit and perhaps this discomfort is on the mind of Neha Kumari that she wrote that naxalism is a ‘kodhe’ (leprosy).