Union Home Minister P Chidambaram offered an olive branch to Maoists saying that Government will be willing to start dialogue process with them if they abjure violence. He said the government did not consider the confrontation with the Naxalites as war, but pointed out that their actions did not encourage the government to initiate talks with
them.
" In 2009 alone, the CPI(Maoist) have caused 183 violent attacks on economic targets, including railway tracks, telephone towers, power plants, mines, school buildings and panchayat bhawans," he said.
Should the government initiate "an unconditional dialogue" with leftist rebels as suggested by Citizens Initiative for Peace (CIP), a collective of civil right activists and academics?
There are allegations that state forces had unleashed a rein of terror in the name of anti-Maoist operations. Do you believe this?
them.
" In 2009 alone, the CPI(Maoist) have caused 183 violent attacks on economic targets, including railway tracks, telephone towers, power plants, mines, school buildings and panchayat bhawans," he said.
Should the government initiate "an unconditional dialogue" with leftist rebels as suggested by Citizens Initiative for Peace (CIP), a collective of civil right activists and academics?
There are allegations that state forces had unleashed a rein of terror in the name of anti-Maoist operations. Do you believe this?