the Salwa Judum movement, an armed counter-Naxalite campaign in Chhattisgarh comprising of local tribal and non-tribal people backed by the state, is precipitating a deeper crisis in the state instead of solving the problems posed by extreme Left insurgency. Involving civilians directly in the fight against armed insurgents (mostly local tribal people) has widened the canvas of the conflict (see Cover Story: Red alert in Chhattisgarh). Earlier, the local people were caught between the police and the Naxalites. Now, with the entry of Salwa Judum, they are also involved in a fratricidal conflict. The situation is chaotic in the forested state, in danger of spinning out of control.
Long back, both the government and the Naxalites promised
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/opinion/anti-naxal-operations-cover-exploiting-tribal-people
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-resources
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-ownership
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-reforms
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industry
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/naxalites
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-poverty
