When Does Naming an Ideology Become Silencing a Citizen?
On August 15, 2026, PM Modi told his Red Fort audience that while armed Naxalism was nearing defeat, its "ideological sympathisers" - whom he termed "dimagi Naxals" - remained embedded in institutions and were "looking for ways of violence and anarchy." Opposition leaders including P. Chidambaram and Shashi Tharoor said the term extends a pattern of labels (Andolanjeevi, urban Naxals, tukde tukde gang) that blur the line…