Besides Bangladeshi infiltration and border management, which are the other prime concerns to the managers of national security?
The Naxal menace, also called the Left extremist movement, is another extremely important issue bothering India. It is another dangerous area for internal security. When you talk of securing India we ask ourselves what you are trying to secure. When we try to put up a fence on the border we are securing our territorial integrity, our sovereignty. We are trying to secure ourselves from Inter Services Intelligence activities. But when we tackle the Maoists, we are trying to secure our rule of law and our Constitution. When we talk of taking on the Maoists, we talk about securing our system of governance. The Maoists threaten our Constitution, rule of law and our type of governance. Through use of violence, and not through the ballot boxes, they want to change the rules and governments. How towean youth away from the Maoists There are grave implications of this thinking to India’s national security. First, the sheer geographical expanse of the Maoist influence affects 40 percent of India.
