Modi Warns of New 'Dimagi Naxals' on India's 79th Independence Day
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Updated · WRAL News · Aug 15
Modi Warns of New 'Dimagi Naxals' on India's 79th Independence Day
3 articles · Updated · WRAL News · Aug 15
Summary
At India’s 79th Independence Day address, Narendra Modi said the armed Maoist insurgency was “breathing its last” but warned that “dimagi Naxals” now posed a fresh threat of violence and unrest.
Modi said security operations had largely cleared armed Naxals from forest strongholds, shifting the fight from guerrillas to people he described as aligned with the movement’s ideology and needing to be “identified and isolated.”
The speech also rolled out self-reliance measures in defense and agriculture and highlighted youth-focused steps such as AI skills training and free online exam coaching, weeks after youth-led protests forced his education minister’s resignation.
The Naxalite movement began with a 1967 uprising in Naxalbari and long ranked among India’s biggest internal security threats, while critics say labels such as “urban Naxal” have been used to stigmatize dissent and justify pressure on civil society.