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Rashtriya Rifles to move from J&K into Red zone (Naxalite areas)

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The home ministry has moved the Union Cabinet for deploying Rashtriya Rifles units and inducting additional helicopters for logistics in Naxal-affected areas of the country particularly Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Maharashtra. Till date, Rashtriya Rifles (RR), which has Indian Army troops on deputation and functions under the defence ministry, is only restricted to counter-insurgency duties in Jammu and Kashmir.
Government sources said that with the Left-wing extremism now affecting more than 155 districts and showing signs of spreading to north-east and southern states of Karnataka, home minister P Chidambaram has proposed that RR units should be deployed for "static" duties in order to dominate the area, enthuse confidence among the local population and keep Maoists at bay.

"RR personnel will not take part in the operations but their mere presence and activity will be a confidence-building measure. Their work ethos and training will act as a force multiplier for central paramilitary forces (CPMFs) involved in anti-Naxalite duties in areas like Abujhmad forests in southern Chhattisgarh," said a senior official.

The home ministry proposal also seeks additional helicopters for deploying and supplying CPMFs in remote areas of Central India.

While North Block wants to augment its anti-Naxal capacities through hiring of air platforms in the interregnum, it is looking to the defence ministry and Indian Army to move some RR units from J&K to Naxal-hit areas and offer CPMFs as replacement in the Valley.

The army, however, is at slight variance with the home ministry proposal as it does not want to disturb the RR counter-insurgency grid in Jammu and Kashmir.

Instead, it is suggesting to the government that as the total sanction for RR battalions is 100 and only 63 have been raised and deployed in J&K, additional battalions up to 37 in number could be raised for Naxal areas as and when required.

The new RR units would supplement nearly 80 CPMF battalions already deployed.

While the army is preparing for any contingency in Naxal-dominated areas, it has already deployed a training brigade between Kondagoan west and Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh bordering Abujhmad forests.

While 71 Brigade of the Bareilly division trained CPMF troopers in jungle warfare till August this year, now 167 Brigade has been inducted to train new inductees in counter-insurgency missions.

Rashtriya Rifles to move from J&K into Red zone - Hindustan Times

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Well RR deployment will definitely start to show results within 2-3 years.
 
Not a bad idea, not to be used for offensive ops but just to act as a presence in the region. Deploying a highly trained, dedicatedCI force (some say the best in the world) like RR is a great move to really put pressure on Reds and will greatly boost the fight by adding numbers and competent and capable CI specialists at that.
 
Oh....... so the insurgency is no longer a police action. It is a military action. This will only bring greater suffering and anger from the oppressed people. J&K rashtriya rifles are known from their brutality against innocent civilians.
 
Oh....... so the insurgency is no longer a police action. It is a military action. This will only bring greater suffering and anger from the oppressed people. J&K rashtriya rifles are known from their brutality against innocent civilians.

wait wait.... u got the bold part wrong. actually terrorists are the one who have to face the brutality of RR & yes they are very brutal to those scumbags.
 
The government should have a training facility for police in every state where they should be taught how to deal with CI and basic riot or other situation. The whole system needs a revamp, we need better training and equipment for the police. Every time I visit my town in Madhy Pradesh I see a lot development in the infrastructure but whenever I see the Police Station its the same old building with little to no improvement even now they are still using the same old rifle they should change these with INSAS.
 
Oh....... so the insurgency is no longer a police action. It is a military action. This will only bring greater suffering and anger from the oppressed people. J&K rashtriya rifles are known from their brutality against innocent civilians.

If only fools have the wings. :angel:

The RR comes under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Home Affairs not under ministry of Defense.

Its a counter insurgency agency of India.
 
Oh....... so the insurgency is no longer a police action. It is a military action. This will only bring greater suffering and anger from the oppressed people. J&K rashtriya rifles are known from their brutality against innocent civilians.
The good thing is home ministry will hit two targets with one arrow. Any controversy regarding deployment of army can be easily answered because RR is not technically part of indian army, its a separate paramilitary force just like CRPF, ITBP, BSF but it is comprised of army soldiers which are highly trained, experienced and well disciplined to meet the challenges met by naxalites which will solve home ministries second problem which arose mainly due to untrained police force. CRPF can do the job of policing while CT operations can be handled by RR.

RR is huge with great resources ranging from hand held thermal imagers, NVGs, gps to MALE UAVs and satellites surveillance. Shifting whole RR to red zone will be a great idea. What naxalites are is doing nothing different from what terrorists are doing. We don't need to give special priority just so that political parties can gain in elections using them.
 
The good thing is home ministry will hit two targets with one arrow. Any controversy regarding deployment of army can be easily answered because RR is not technically part of indian army, its a separate paramilitary force just like CRPF, ITBP, BSF but it is comprised of army soldiers which are highly trained, experienced and well disciplined to meet the challenges met by naxalites which will solve home ministries second problem which arose mainly due to untrained police force. CRPF can do the job of policing while CT operations can be handled by RR.

RR is huge with great resources ranging from hand held thermal imagers, NVGs, gps to MALE UAVs and satellites surveillance. Shifting whole RR to red zone will be a great idea. What naxalites are is doing nothing different from what terrorists are doing. We don't need to give special priority just so that political parties can gain in elections using them.

Is there a plan of RR training the Police forces in the region to tackle these issues. Would be a great advantage if RR could wipe these Naxalites out.
 

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