BJP lists attributes of ‘dimagi Naxals’ after PM Modi’s Independence Day remark

The Bharatiya Janata Get together on Monday (August 17, 2026) listed what it described because the attributes of “dimagi Naxals” (mental Naxals), a time period utilized by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.

At a press convention, BJP MP and spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi mentioned such individuals sympathised with and offered mental assist to Naxals; celebrated the deaths of safety personnel; advocated options by the streets moderately than Parliament; and believed that issues in Parliament could be determined by resistance.

“….one in all their outstanding advisers, Uncle Sam [possible reference to Congress leader Sam Pitroda], mentioned that folks from North India got here from Europe, individuals from Western India got here from Arabia, individuals from South India got here from Africa, and folks from Jap India got here from China. Due to this fact, whoever favours this sort of India and doesn’t like ‘One India, Nice India’ — the place all Indians are youngsters of Bharat Mata — is a dimagi Naxal,” he mentioned.

Mr. Trivedi sought to attract a distinction between environmentalists who labored on the bottom and individuals who, he alleged, opposed infrastructure initiatives thought-about necessary for nationwide safety on environmental grounds, calling the latter dimagi Naxals.

He mentioned those that confirmed sympathy in the direction of figures reminiscent of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed, Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and Zakir Naik; seen the execution of 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Yakub Memon as a “judicial killing”; accused the Indian Military Chief of being a “roadside thug”; opposed the abrogation of Article 370; and had been uncomfortable with or refused to sing Vande Mataram fell in the identical class.

Focusing on the Congress, including former Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Mr. Trivedi mentioned the Prime Minister’s remarks triggered a direct response from individuals who intellectually supported Naxalism. He accused the Congress of getting now develop into a “Muslim League-Maoist Congress”.

Referring to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s description of Naxalism because the nation’s “single greatest inner safety problem”, he mentioned the federal government led by Mr. Modi introduced the variety of Naxal-affected districts right down to zero.

“In the course of the UPA [United Progressive Alliance government], from Pashupati to Tirupati, there was a Purple hall. Greater than 180 districts had develop into affected by Naxalism. Over 5,000 harmless residents died, as many as 1,913 safety drive personnel had been martyred. However right now, these 180 Naxal-affected districts have come right down to zero,” he mentioned, including that areas as soon as affected by Naxalism had been now witnessing all-round improvement.