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Addressing a rally in Jagdalpur in poll-bound Chattisgarh, "Union Home Minister Amit Shah...accused the Congress of encouraging Naxalism and claimed that incidents of Naxal violence have come down by 52% in the nine-year rule of the Narendra Modi government." NDTV. He promised to make the state free of Naxals if the BJP comes to power. Oh, please! Raman Singh of the BJP was the chief minister of the state from 7 December 2008 to 17 December 2018, full 10 years. Pratidin Time. Naxals or Naxalites are Maoist communists who originated "from the town Naxalbari (Naksalbari) in far northern West Bengal state in northeastern India, which was the center of a tribal peasant uprising against local landlords in 1967." Britannica. In a country with a massive population, extreme inequality and abject poverty, Naxals thrive by protecting tribals and villagers from expolitation. wikipedia. "India added two billionaires every three weeks last year and now has 259 billionaires, states the 360 ONE Hurun India Rich List 2023." Wion. "India's rich are cumulatively worth Rs 108 trillion (approximately $1.3 trillion) - an increase of 8.5% compared to last year." On the other hand, "India ranked 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index - 2023 with the country reporting the highest child wasting rate at 18.7%." HT. With a score of 28.7, the level of hunger is deemed serious. "The average gross income of individual taxpayers rose 56% from Rs 4.5 lakh (Rs 450,000) to Rs 7 lakh (Rs 700,000) in eight years ending assessment year 2021-22." HT. "On the contrary, individuals earning up to Rs 5 lakh (Rs 500,000) or those with no tax liability, accounting for nearly 60% of the share, experienced a modest growth of just 4.9%." Wion. Saurabh Mukherjea, along with his colleague Nandita Rajhansa, has coined the term 'octopus class'," which "comprises nearly 200,000 families across India, in small towns as well as in big cities, or nearly 1 million people, who control nearly 80% of India's wealth." ET. Just 1 million, when "India's population has reached 1,425,775,850 people, surpassing the number of people in mainland China, according to the UN's estimates." BBC. On the other hand, "According to the latest World Bank data, extreme poverty in India declined in 2021 - after a surge in 2019 and 2020 - but remained above the 2018 level." The Wire. The World Bank sets extreme poverty at $2.15 or about Rs 180 per day in purchasing power parity terms. "PM Narendra Modi...asked space scientists to 'aim for new and ambitious goals including setting up a Bharatiya Antariksha Station (Indian space station) by 2035 and send Indians to the Moon by 2040'." TOI. On the other hand, "The special supplementary reading modules on the Chandrayaan mission brought our by the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) credit Prime Minister Narendra Modi for its success, and mix space science with mythology. The Wire. It's not what we see. It's what is covered up.