India's battle with Naxalite rebels has left thousands dead with no end in sight
On April 9, just two days before start of parliamentary elections in India, suspected far-left guerrillasa legislator from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party along with his four guards in the eastern Chhattisgarh province.
The tribes, which account for around nine percent of country’s population, have suffered under India’s rigid caste-based system. Between 1951-1990, almost 40 percent of the 21 million people displaced for the construction of dams, mines and industries belonged to the scheduled tribes. In last two decades young people have moved out of villages to cities for better jobs, making it difficult for the rebels to find recruits.
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