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Updated December 17th, 2021 at 20:49 IST

Claiming poverty, naxals romanticise taking up arms against country: Smriti Irani

Naxals romanticise the concept of taking up arms against the government by claiming they are poor, Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Friday.

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Naxals romanticise the concept of taking up arms against the government by claiming they are poor, Union Minister Smriti Irani said here on Friday.

In an interactive session at the Indian School of Business (ISB), the Minister for Women and Child Development said the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the work-from-home system, which used to be a female-centric issue, as a “societal concept” bringing men also into that.

“And who are the people who attacked the so-called Naxals, because they are criminals against the Constitution. They romanticise the concept of taking up arms against the Indian State and they said that arms again the State has been raised because we ( they) are poor,” she said replying to query on her book.

Irani has turned author with her debut novel “Lal Salaam”, announced publishing house, Westland.

The novel, inspired by the tragic killings of 76 CRPF personnel in Dantewada in April 2010, is a tribute to the exceptional men and women who have given a lifetime of service to the country, especially in confronting the challenges in the red corridor.

“I have seen poverty... But I never picked up a gun against my country nor I wanted to break the national spirit nor showed disrespect to any officer in uniform,” she further said.

Though her book is written on a fictional account, it reflects her rage against the brutal killing of men in uniform.

If somebody in the marginalised community has an idea for an enterprise or an innovation that can make money the best help that people can give is to teach them how to commercialise it, she said to another query. PTI GDK NVG NVG

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Published December 17th, 2021 at 20:49 IST

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