After a brief lull, Chhattisgarh is witnessing an upsurge in Maoist-organised ‘Jan Adalat’ (people’s court or Kangaroo court) where persons suspected to be loyal to the state are murdered in full public view.

Experts view the increasing trend of ‘Jan Adalat’ as an act of Naxals to terrorise the people, as they are frustrated with security forces making inroads in their bastion and befriending locals.

The Naxals held 13 jan adalats till July this year in different parts of the Bastar region, while the number was four last year, as per police statistics.

Atleast 25 civilians have been killed in Naxal-related incidents this year in the state and most of them were executed in a jan adalat, according to police.

“People should not be under an illusion that Naxals are entirely driven by concern for the innocent tribals and that by killing villagers at Jan Adalat they are doing a noble job,” said Professor Girish Kant Pandey, Head of Department of Defence Studies in Government Science College.

The extremists, miffed at their squeezing base and losing support among locals, are frustrated and afraid of the entry of security forces in Sukma and Narayanpur districts, which were once their ‘safe havens’, he said.

They kill villagers branding them as police informers at Kangaroo court just to keep the population in awe of their power, Pandey said.

The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh said on Friday that even though Modi government is moving on right direction the RSS will keep a tab on its implementation on Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

The announcement came after a three-day “coordination” meeting with the top brass of the government and the BJP here. The Sangh further termed its coordination committee interaction with the BJP as ‘an experience sharing meeting’.

The RSS today said that the Modi government was moving in the right direction with commitment and dedication and rejected criticism that it was acting like a “remote control”.

“We have had discussions on many important issues in the last three days, discussed the internal and the external security of the nation,” said senior RSS ideologue Dattatreya Hosabale.

“We discussed issues which are important for national security, alongwith issues affecting the nation,” he added.

He further said that these discussions took place because the internal security of the nation was under threat. It was also felt that the government must focus on rural development.

He also stressed on the importance of addressing the inclusive development model, saying the models of growth of the West have failed, and the growth model for the country must be Indian.

While speaking on building of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, RSS said, “We will wait for Government’s implementation according to their time table.”

Furthermore hitting out at the Congress, Hosabale said, “There cannot be 100 percent satisfaction for everyone but Government’s achievements are many.”

“Congress was under remote control, they need not talk about us,” he said while adding that RSS is not Modi government’s remote control.

“This was not a critical assessment of the government,” he said. “Our people work on the ground, we came together to provide valuable and useful inputs to those in the government.”

RJD chief Lalu Prasad and JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav on Friday met Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav to mollify him, a day after SP announced quitting the grand alliance in Bihar.

Talking to reporters after a round of talks, Lalu said Mulayam is the “guardian” of the anti-BJP front and efforts were on to bring him back on board.

Getting into damage control, Prasad, whose daughter is married to the SP chief’s grand nephew, rushed to Delhi from Patna and called on the SP chief at his residence where he was joined in by JD(U) president Sharad Yadav to discuss ways to salvage the alliance.

On Thursday, the SP announced to break-up from the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ over being offered only five seats in the 243-member Bihar Assembly. SP national general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said the party felt “humiliated” as it was not consulted while deciding seats and would contest the Assembly election in the state on its own.

Soon after, the JD(U) president had held a press conference in which he said that he would find a “solution” after talking to “Bhai (brother) Mulayam”.

The JD(U) chief had half-an-hour long meeting with Mulayam last night after which he had claimed that the alliance will remain intact like it was before in Bihar with Samajwadi Party being a part of it.

The SP chief is also the leader of the proposed umbrella party of six erstwhile constituents of Janata Parivar.

The JD(U) chief has dismissed suggestions that SP was “playing into the hands of BJP”, a speculation which gained grounds after Mulayam had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi some time back while party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav reportedly met BJP Chief Amit Shah on Monday.

Chief minister Nitish Kumar also exuded confidence that the issue would be resolved and SP would return to the secular grouping. “We are trying to figure out as to what happened that SP took the decision to quit the grand secular alliance,” he told reporters in Patna.

In a landmark ruling, the Delhi High Court on Friday allowed women officers of the Indian Navy to get permanent commission in the forces.

The High Court, while passing its order said, “courts would frown upon any endeavour to block progress of women.”

The ruling is likely to give a major boost to those women officers who are seeking permanent commission in the armed forces.

Seven retired and one serving women officer of the Indian Navy had in past moved a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking permanent commission.

This followed a previous high court verdict allowing permanent commission to women Short Service Commission officers in the Indian Army and Air Force.

The petitioners had alleged gender discrimination and deprivation of their right to get a pension after 14 years of service.

The petitioners had alleged that women officers not being considered for permanent commission amounts to gender discrimination.

The high court then issued a notice to the Chief of Naval Staff and the Defence Ministry asking them to explain their position. It also asked the respondents to explain the criteria adopted by them in case of women and male officers while deciding on the permanent commission.

The Navy treats women officers as a group entitled only to short service commission and men as a group entitled to both short service as well as permanent commission, the court observed.

The battle over the implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme intensified as ex-servicemen threatened on Friday to intensify their agitation if their demands were not met.

Saying the government was planning to make a unilateral announcement of One Rank One Pension, Major General Satbir Singh (retired) said they would not allow the government to dilute the OROP’s provisions.

Addressing retired soldiers at the Jantar Mantar protest venue, Satbir Singh said they were fighting against “injustice” and were not against any government or political party.

He pointed out that unlike civil servants, only one percent of military personnel serve up to the age of 60 and that 85 percent retire before the age of 40.

“We will intensify our agitation if OROP is not in conformity with what we are asking,” Satbir Singh said, adding that they were, however, willing to make minor concessions.

“If any announcement (by the government) is against our interests, we will oppose it,” he added.

Satbir Singh described the Jantar Mantar protest site in the heart of the national capital as a “Sainik parliament”.

As he spoke, hundreds of former soldiers repeatedly raised slogans like “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and “Sainik Ekta Zindabad!”