A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the term “dimagi Naxals”, a satirical party based on the term has emerged, garnering support from people online.
What is the party’s ideology?
He called for identifying and isolating such ‘dimaagi Naxal. “LWE extremism destroyed the future of lakhs of youths. Naxal violence and ideology snatched the children of so many mothers. Cockroach Janta Party’s Saurav Das also hit back at the prime minister, rejecting his classification of critical youth. How could you loosely brand educated young people ‘Naxalis’ etc.? Sheer arrogance! Sheer incompetence at resolving their problems?
Because they question your government, just.
Its motto is “Think | Research | Resist, according to the party’s bios on Instagram and X. The Instagram bio says the founder of the party is “A Dimagi Indian,” while the co-founder is someone with “56 Inch ka. It says it is following the ideology of Bhagat Singh, according to posts on the party’s Instagram and X accounts. The move comes after PM Modi in his Independence Day address to the nation warned against what he described as “dimagi Naxals” (intellectual Naxals), saying that while the government had won against armed Maoists, people sympathetic to the ideology were still looking for opportunities to influence and “brainwash” the youth. Taking to X, he said, “Dimagi Naxal or whatever is not going to work, Prime Minister. Earlier reporting noted: The words “dimagi Naxal” was mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech while referring to the successes achieved in the government’s fight against Maoists and the dangers that lurked in the shadows. However, while armed Naxals are gone, dimagi (intellectual) Naxals are lurking around,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: Chidambaram says proud to be called ‘dimagi Naxal’ as Rijiju clarifies PM’s remark Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday said he was “proud” to be called a ‘dimagi Naxal’, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the term while warning that a “Naxal mindset” continued to pose a challenge to the country.
Earlier reporting noted: “We have succeeded in eliminating armed Naxals from the forests and liberating the nation from that crisis. This Naxal violence, for many decades, had controlled a large part of the country and ruled by the gun,” he said on Saturday.
His comments drew sharp criticism from Opposition parties with Congress labelling the new terminology a “sure sign of desperation. “First he called his opponents ‘urban naxals’. Now he calls them ‘dimaagi Naxals’. It is a sure sign of his desperation,” Ramesh posted on X, adding that the prime minister frequently ends up adopting policies advocated by those he criticises.
“It is not for nothing that the PM has an MA being the ‘Master Abuser’ in Entire Political Science that he is.”
