Challenges persist in remote Naxal bastion Buddha Pahar, Jharkhand despite efforts to increase accessibility and security for elections. Voters cite unfulfilled promises, lack of resources, and conflict dynamics as obstacles.
In Video: Abhishek Basu
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00:00If you press the button next to the print, the blue button will be there.
00:07If you press it, you will be able to vote.
00:09Then the light will turn on.
00:16Spread over 55 km and located in the remote hilly regions of Bastar is the Naxal bastion of Buddha Pahar.
00:24The 27 villages in this region have had a difficult history with elections.
00:28Many years ago, about 19-20 years ago, there used to be a protest here.
00:36But due to party politics, it was closed for 19-20 years.
00:44In 2022, security forces declared Buddha Pahar region to be free from red terror
00:50and it was believed that about 5000 voters here would cast their vote for the first time in the 2024 elections.
00:57I believe that Mawadi will end.
00:59Why do you think so?
01:01Mawadi will end.
01:03In my village, there is no ticket in Tungare, Labhar, Karamdee and Buddha Pahar.
01:13When I was young, there was Mawadi.
01:16There was a hole here.
01:17I used to roam around with a rifle.
01:20But since I came to know about it, there is no Mawadi.
01:24The reality, however, remains grim in Bastar, where voters in core Naxal areas remain unconvinced.
01:31We will give water and electricity.
01:34There was a party from Muhiram.
01:38They were protesting for the Modi government.
01:42They had come for Sarnath Dharam.
01:45Sarnath Dharam was in Sarhul.
01:47They came on the day of Sarhul.
01:50Someone had called them.
01:53They called us.
01:56They didn't listen to us.
01:59They started talking about pressure.
02:02Across villages, voters complained of unfulfilled promises of land or rehabilitation.
02:08When we went to Daltan, there were people from DCUP.
02:12We kept this in mind.
02:15If the government doesn't give us 5 acres of land,
02:22we won't leave the village.
02:26We will fight for our lives.
02:29Lack of basic resources like cooking gas and conflict between Naxalites and security forces.
02:35If we don't have wood, we can't cook.
02:38We have to keep washing.
02:41No gas.
02:44We have to keep washing our hair.
02:47We have to get gas.
02:50We have to get married.
02:53That's why we don't get gas.
02:55We have a lot of problems with water.
02:58It's boring here.
03:00We have a lot of problems.
03:02We have a lot of problems with rice.
03:05Water.
03:07Electricity.
03:09We don't have electricity.
03:12Despite an increase in polling booths in sensitive zones,
03:15voting remains difficult as voters often have to travel many miles to cast their vote.