Document #1314388
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
A representative of the High Commission of
India in Ottawa provided the following information on the above
subjects during a telephone interview on 14 September 1992.
The Naxalites are the members of an armed
"extreme leftist group" (the Naxalite) which advocates violence;
the Naxalite is an illegal group. As a Marxist group, the Naxalite
is against landowners. This group is active in a number of Indian
states including the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tripura and West
Bengal. The above-mentioned group is no longer active in the State
of Kerala; the government of India has brought the situation "under
control."
Attached please find an article on the
political views and objectives of the Naxalite.
Additional and/or corroborating information
on the above subject is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.
High Commission of India, Ottawa. 14
September 1992. Telephone Interview with Representative.
Degenhardt, Henry W., ed. 1988.
Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International
Guide. Burnt Mill, Essex: Longman Group UK Ltd, pp.
152-154.