Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh On April 21 2010 said that "Naxalism is the gravest inetrnal security threat to the nation ".This indeed is true because in the year 2009 133 people were Killed by the Militants in J&K whereas during the same period a whopping 908 people were killed by the Naxals.Until March 2010 30 people were killed in J&k by the militants during the same period 132 people were killed by the naxals.The comparision dosen't mean that militancy is not a problem now. It just goes on to show that the work which was earlier being done by the militants ie to kill innocent civilians is now being done by the naxals or the maoist. Another significant thing is the geographical reach of naxalism as compare to militancy. In india militancy is confined to the state of j&k only on the other hand as of 2009 naxalites were active across approximately 220 district in 20 ststes of india accounting for about 40 percent of India's geographical area. They are Especially cincentrated in an area known as the ''RED CORRIDER".India'sResearch and Analysis Wing believed in 2006 that 20000 naxals were involved in growing insurgency.
Earlier all the naxalites groups were engaged in guerrilla war.But with time some of the naxalite groups have become legal organisations participating in parliamentary elections, such as the communist party of india(Marxist-Lennist).Others such as the communist party of india(maoist) are engaged in armed guerrilla struggles
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