Modi calls critics "dimagi Naxals," opposition accuses him of stifling dissent
The article describes the PM using potentially harmful rhetoric to silence dissent.
On August 15, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address criticized "dimagi Naxals" and appealed for women's reservation. CPI(M) General Secretary M. A. Baby, D. Raja, and other opposition leaders accused Modi of targeting dissenters and using the term to stigmatize critics, while also questioning the linking of women’s reservation with delimitation. Published August 15, 2026.
15 AUG 2026
— The Hindu
The Congress criticized Prime Minister Modi's Independence Day speech for advocating women's reservation, accusing him of hypocrisy for failing to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam despite Parliament's unanimous vote.
· THIS STORY — The Hindu
Opposition leaders accused Prime Minister Modi of stigmatizing dissenters by using the term "dimagi Naxal" in his Independence Day address.
— The Hindu
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "intellectual Naxal" remarks.
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