Daijiworld Media Network – Karkala (RD)

Karkala, May 12: In the midst of assembly poll campaign, Naxals were spotted in the dense woods at Andaru, in the taluk on Saturday May 10.

Naxals with patronage to CPI (Maoist) pasted handbills in prominent places around the locality, such as bus stand, on the walls of shops and water tanks, urging the residents to boycott the assembly polls.

Naxals urged the locals to boycott the assembly polls under the pretext that it would not bring relief to their miseries since all the political parties involved in the polls are only after their gain. "Only the Naxals can assure support to the peasants in their struggle against Special Economic Zones and eviction of forest dwellers," they stated. 

Six members of Naxal team dared to roam through the area, tying banners urging the residents to boycott the polls and seeking support of farmers for Naxal ideologies.

Meanwhile, Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) personnel continued their combing operations in search of Naxals were spotted in the locality. ANF is also busy convincing people not to heed the Naxals and their ideologies.