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Meeting of CMs of Naxal-hit states next month: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) A meeting of chief ministers of
Naxal-hit states in India will be held next month to discuss
the menace which has assumed alarming proportions in some
states.
The meeting will discuss threadbare the Maoist problem
and finetune plans to tackle the threat posed by the Naxals to
internal security, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said
replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of
Indian Parliament) on Tuesday.
The Home Minister also asked the Chief Ministers of the
affected states to renew their appeal to the Naxal leaders to
lay down arms and come to the negotiating table.
The appeal came at the suggestion of Samajwadi Party (SP)
leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, who claimed that he had
successfully resolved the problem in some districts in
northern state of Uttar Pradesh through talks.
The chief ministers will be briefed about the plans drawn
up to tackle the Naxal menace, Chidambaram said admitting
that the problem has become "intense and grave" in the last
two months.
The plans have been prepared in close consultations with
the state governments and some strategies, already being used
in some states, have been integrated.
Chidambaram said there was no concrete evidence about
Naxals getting funds from foreign countries.
The Naxals are able to collect money from within the
country using illegal means like looting banks and armouries,
and also from tribals who support them, he said.
Chidambaram said the Centre has allocated Rs 1250 crore
to the states for modernisation of the police forces.
Chidambaram said the states are not fully prepared yet to
tackle the menace and the Centre would extend them all
possible help in tackling Naxalism.
He said the government was following a two-pronged
strategy in dealing with Naxalism -- clear and hold areas
occupied by Naxalites, and carry out development works later.
Replying to a question by Trinamool Congress member Sudip
Bandopadhyay, the minister said he had advised West Bengal
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya to consider declaring
the CPI (Maoist) as an unlawful association under the Criminal
Law (Amendment) Act, which in popular parlance means a 'ban'.
Bhattacharya had said he would "think about it",
Chidambaram said.
He said 1,509 incidents of Naxal violence were reported
in 2006, 1,565 incidents in 2007, 1,591 in 2008 and 1,128 this
year till June 30.
In a written reply to another question, Chidambaram said
the Centre was supplementing the efforts of the state
government to modernise the police forces through various
schemes to augment infrastructure, including construction of
residential and non-residential buildings, acquiring modern
weaponry, equipment for communication and strengthening
intelligence branches. PTI SKU
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Naxal-hit states in India will be held next month to discuss
the menace which has assumed alarming proportions in some
states.
The meeting will discuss threadbare the Maoist problem
and finetune plans to tackle the threat posed by the Naxals to
internal security, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said
replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of
Indian Parliament) on Tuesday.
The Home Minister also asked the Chief Ministers of the
affected states to renew their appeal to the Naxal leaders to
lay down arms and come to the negotiating table.
The appeal came at the suggestion of Samajwadi Party (SP)
leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, who claimed that he had
successfully resolved the problem in some districts in
northern state of Uttar Pradesh through talks.
The chief ministers will be briefed about the plans drawn
up to tackle the Naxal menace, Chidambaram said admitting
that the problem has become "intense and grave" in the last
two months.
The plans have been prepared in close consultations with
the state governments and some strategies, already being used
in some states, have been integrated.
Chidambaram said there was no concrete evidence about
Naxals getting funds from foreign countries.
The Naxals are able to collect money from within the
country using illegal means like looting banks and armouries,
and also from tribals who support them, he said.
Chidambaram said the Centre has allocated Rs 1250 crore
to the states for modernisation of the police forces.
Chidambaram said the states are not fully prepared yet to
tackle the menace and the Centre would extend them all
possible help in tackling Naxalism.
He said the government was following a two-pronged
strategy in dealing with Naxalism -- clear and hold areas
occupied by Naxalites, and carry out development works later.
Replying to a question by Trinamool Congress member Sudip
Bandopadhyay, the minister said he had advised West Bengal
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya to consider declaring
the CPI (Maoist) as an unlawful association under the Criminal
Law (Amendment) Act, which in popular parlance means a 'ban'.
Bhattacharya had said he would "think about it",
Chidambaram said.
He said 1,509 incidents of Naxal violence were reported
in 2006, 1,565 incidents in 2007, 1,591 in 2008 and 1,128 this
year till June 30.
In a written reply to another question, Chidambaram said
the Centre was supplementing the efforts of the state
government to modernise the police forces through various
schemes to augment infrastructure, including construction of
residential and non-residential buildings, acquiring modern
weaponry, equipment for communication and strengthening
intelligence branches. PTI SKU
SDE
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