New Delhi. PM Narendra Modi, in his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day on Saturday, had said to beware of 'brainy Naxalites'. Many opposition leaders started protesting on social media after PM Modi uttered Naxalite words. Now Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has told which people the PM had called mental Naxalites.
Kiren Rijiju has posted on X that PM Narendra Modi did not call the opposition leaders as mental Naxalites. Rijiju wrote that the mindless Naxalites are only those people who support Maoists and do not believe in the Constitution of India. Rijiju has written that mental Naxalites are those who stand with the separatists. Support Article 370 and those who want to cut the chicken neck to separate the Northeast from India.
PM @narendramodi ji didn't say opposition leaders as Dimagi Naxals. Only following are Dimagi Naxals:
1. Who support Maoists and reject Indian Constitution.
2. Who stand with separatists & support Article 370.
4. Who want to cut chicken neck to separate North-East from India.— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) August 16, 2026
This post on Kiren Rijiju's brainwashed Naxalite comes after the statements being given by the opposition leaders and the post by P. Chidambaram, a senior Congress leader and who held the Finance and Home Ministry in the UPA government. In his post, Chidambaram had written that he feels proud of being a mental Naxalite.
I am proud to be a brainy naxal!
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) August 16, 2026
PM Modi, in his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day, had said that people with Maoist thinking were sitting in power for years. These people also influenced the policies of the governments. PM Modi had said that we have got help in liberating the country from Naxalites. The Naxalites with weapons are gone, but the Naxalites with brains are still in the country. PM Modi had said that the mindless Naxalites are trying to drag the country into violence. We have to identify these mindless Naxalites. They will have to be isolated. Opposition leaders are attacking this statement of PM Modi one by one. However, on the reaction of the opposition leaders, many users on social media are saying that PM Modi has targeted at the right place.