Naxal-hit states on high alert as martyrs week begins

July 28, 2016 08:15

Security has been heightened across the Naxal-affected Jharkhand and Bastar division of Chhattisgarh which comprises districts of Dantewada, Bijapur, Bastar, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Sukma and Kanker in view of the 'Martyrdom Week' that kicks off today.

Maoists observe 'Martyrdom week' every year from July 28 to August 4 to remember the "supreme sacrifices of the brave comrades who have laid down their lives in the effort to make the people's revolutionary war a success".

The yearly spectacle witnesses the construction of memorials by the rebels in the interior parts of Bastar and Gadchiroli districts of Maharashtra.

According to reports, in Maoists' calendar Martyrs' week assumes the place of highest significance. Maoist leaders gather villagers in inaccessible jungles where programmes are held to glorify the lives of communist revolutionaries like Charu Majumdar and Kanu Sanyal, the founders of the Naxalbari movement.

They also urge people to join their ranks to further the revolutionary war against the state. Movements of Maoists from one place to another place to organize such meetings usually give police a chance to trap them.

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