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The Maoists hijacking the prestigious Bhubaneshwar-Delhi Rajdhani train last week and the ham-handed manner in which politicians and the authorities dealt with the episode brings out what is wrong with the system and why the Left wing extremists have been able to expand their footprint in several states with impunity. Despite the government and the railways knowing that the rail track is through an area with heavy concentration of Naxal elements, there was not a single security person on the ...