Nation humiliated not martrys

The nation was humiliated not martyrs. The decision of transporting the bodies of policemen killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh on a garbage truck of the local municipality has laid bare the fact that we do not treat out security men with respect. After getting them killed the least that we could do was to let them have their last rites with dignity.
The policemen in Naxal infested jungles of Central India are already facing an uphill battle. They are always low of rations, supplies, weapons, men, transport and everything that one could imagine. This is no way to treat people who would put their lives on the line for our middle classes in cities.
The day these men are brought back from the front line the Maoist menace is surely going to reach the cities. And this is how we treat our forces. The least that the Raman Singh government could do was to provide adequate transport facilities for the bodies. But it seems that the Chief Minister is busy signing MoUs with power companies to make his state the acclaimed power hub that he wants it to be.
There is no strategy, at the Central or the state level, to deal with the Naxal violence. Our security men are getting killed almost each day. The headcount is worse than Kashmir or Punjab at its peak. But we don't seem to care. This attitude will not help the national cause.
The fight against Maoists cannot be won by organising debates in air conditioned studios and offices of the national capital Delhi. Or for that matter by heaping abuses on the alleged Naxal sympathisers.
The fight against the anti national elements will be a hand to hand combat. And we need the political will to sustain it for years and take on heavy casualties. We have to learn from Sri Lanka. And yes there is no other way than sending in the army.