NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Wednesday said the phrase ‘urban Naxals’ is not used by the home ministry or the government of India Replying to question by Rajya Sabha MP Shanta Chhetri , minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy said that while ‘urban Naxals’ phrase did not figure in any official documents, records or statements issued by the home ministry, the “Government of India’s National Policy and Action Plan addresses Left Wing Extremism in all its manifestations, including the urban activities”.The term ‘Urban Naxals’ is often used to describe ultra-Left leaning persons, particularly those from the intelligentsia who either sympathise with or help create opinion in favour of the Left-wing extremist ideology. Many politicians of the ruling party — including PM Narendra Modi himself — have however used this term in their speeches on party forums. “The Congress and its allies -- some urban Naxals -- are spreading rumours that all Muslims will be sent to detention centers,” PM Modi had said at a rally to launch the BJP’s campaign for Delhi assembly election in December 2019.Incidentally, the home ministry had, in reply to a recent Parliament question asking if any “tukde-tukde” gang had been identified and catalogued by the ministry or any law enforcement agency, denied the same. “No such information has been brought to the notice of the Government by any law enforcement agency,” Reddy had stated.