Are Naxalites typically Dalits?

Question

I know the Naxalites are Maoists. Maoists are typically poor exploited peoples. It would make sense for the Naxalite movement to be supported primarily by Dalits. Is this the Dalit revolution, after years of oppression?

Answer 1

Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to revolutionary communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the Indian communist movement. The term comes from Naxalbari, a small village in West Bengal, where a leftist section of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) led by Charu Majumdar and Kanu Sanyal led a militant peasant uprising in 1967, trying to develop a "revolutionary opposition" in order to establish "revolutionary rule" in India. Majumdar greatly admired Mao Zedong of China and advocated that Indian peasants and lower classes must follow in his footsteps and overthrow the government and upper classes whom he held responsible for their plight. In 1967 'Naxalites' organized the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR), and broke away from CPI(M). Uprisings were organized in several parts of the country. In 1969 AICCCR gave birth to Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). After the internal revolt led by Satyanarayan Singh in 1971 and the death of Majumdar in 1972, the movement was fragmented into many competing factions.

It is not to be said the movement is to support Dalits. Because the Dalits are the section of popople who are deprived of various social and financial status their movement aginst the raich are also called as Naxalites movement. -

Answer 2

um....what?