Opposition Slams PM Modi’s ‘Dimagi Naxal’ Remark as Bid to Stigmatise Dissent

AFTER INDIAN PM MODI’S REMARK, ‘DIMAGI NAXAL JANTA PARTY’ EMERGES – HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

Wed 19 August 2026: New accounts on X and Instagram calling itself the ‘Dimagi Naxal Janta Party’ has emerged amid the political controversy surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent ‘dimagi naxal’ remark in his Independence Day address on Saturday. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country has largely eliminated a Maoist rebellion which it […]

Prime Minister’s ‘Dimagi Naxal’ Formulation Echoes the British Playbook Against Dissent

PRIME MINISTER MODI in his address to the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on the occasion of 80th Independence Day stated that his government has succeeded in eliminating the armed Naxals in the jungles., While doing so he warned about “Dimagi Naxals” (intellectual Naxals) waiting for  opportunities to unleash violence, unrest and create turmoil in society. And so, he underlined the necessity of identifying and isolating them. “Dimagi Naxal…

‘His Speech Was About Chakka Jam, Not Assam Secession’: Sharjeel Imam’s Brother Hits Back At Rijiju Over ‘Dimagi Naxal’ Remark

Sharjeel Imam’s brother Muzamil Imam has criticised Union Minister Kiren Rijiju for allegedly describing the jailed student activist as a “dimagi Naxal”, arguing that Sharjeel’s remarks about blocking roads during the anti-CAA protests should not be portrayed as a call for Assam’s secession from India. Muzamil was responding to an X post by Rijiju in which the Union minister shared a video of Sharjeel Imam and described him as a “dimagi Naxal”. …

Opposition Slams PM Modi’s ‘Dimagi Naxal’ Remark as Bid to Stigmatise Dissent

NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call in his Independence Day address on August 15 to identify and isolate “dimagi Naxals” — those with a Maoist or Naxal mindset — has drawn sharp criticism from opposition parties and leaders, who accused him of coining a new label to target dissenters, intellectuals, and political rivals. Speaking from the Red Fort, Modi said that while armed Naxalism had been largely eliminated from the forests, peop…