Within three weeks after the few elected persons and their guards
were killed in an encounter with local terrorists, hundred terrorists had attacked a
train with grenades killing at least three persons. The Dhanbad-Patna intercity
express was attacked and passengers were hurt. This clearly shows the lack of security.
How to give security to a moving train? The government cannot ensure security for the average Indian citizen. This is a warning of what revolting people can do. Lack
of governance and increasing discontent due to the way the local tribal population
is treated is the cause of such violent attacks. How are we going to provide
security to the people? While the government is fidgeting over whether to change
policies, go for NCTC or police reforms, things are turning very ugly. Killing is a
way to protest for the local people. Persons who are resorting to terrorism might not know of the
punishment which they would have to face. The lesson is that terrorism cannot
be contained. Unless policies please the people, the nation cannot succeed. This
the result of anguish of the people whose land is acquired (this makes them
loose their way of living and identity).By cheating people, we cannot progress. Even if we improve police forces, people cannot be forced to comply but they can be persuaded by just policies and compassion. There is political high-handedness and this causes under development in several part of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. These are some of the richest lands owned by the poorest people--tribes of India. In the name of development, their rights are taken away. Forest Rights remain in paper. To force them to surrender their lands, their crops are burnt. Sometimes their homes are set on fire, homeless are molested. And they are put in jail for making protests against development. As we cannot protect the tracks of the train all the way, we have to come to terms with these people.
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