Samajbodh

Naxalite movement is one of the important components in the political spectrum of India. At one stage the spring thunder caused tremors in practically all the states of the Union and posed a serious challenge even to the democratic structure. The idealists saw in it the beginning of a new world, a new socio-economic order. But soon sordid politics took over. The movement, however, continues to have a large support base because of the intellectual appeal of its ideology. From 1967 till date, the responsible factors of its emergence unfortunately are replaced. The ascendance of community-based politics over class base politics is leading to a new situation. In the strategy and tactics of the Indian Left, the primary of the principal contradiction may well have to take back seat for some time. The issue of religious fundamentalism has become new issue of attraction for the Indian Left and it had sidelined class-based revolutionary transformation of Indian society. Secondly, under this scenario does naxalism have a future? The present paper tries to explore these issues analytically.