Maintain focus

The Naxal attack on a Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh, which killed two of its most senior members there and created a leadership vacuum for the party, is now being questioned from several quarters. Some ask whether this means a decisive shift by Naxalites, that they are now likely to choose political targets rather than security forces alone, or to kill them rather than hold them hostage. Looking for patterns in Maoist raids may only go so far — after all, surprise is part of the strategy.

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