CM, state Home Secy differ on comparison with Kandahar

Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 24 (PTI) Drawing a parallel with
the release of terrorists in Kandahar, West Bengal Home
Secretary Ardhendu Sen Saturday said such exchanges have
happened in the past, but state Chief Minister Buddhadeb
Bhattacharya termed it as his personal opinion and not the
official line.

"No government can say that whatever be the situation, we
will not compromise. This kind of incident happened in the
past in Kandahar, Delhi and Kashmir. Every time in the past,
whenever such incidents took place, this question arose.
However, we have to see that this kind of incident does not
recur," state Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen said in state
capital Kolkata.
However in Delhi, the Chief Minister said Sen "should not
have said this. It may be his personal opinion but not the
official reaction of the state government."
Sen's comments and the Chief Minister's reaction came in
the wake of the release of 26 women agitators on bail in
exchange for Officer-in-Charge of Sankrail police station,
Atindranath Dutta.
Sen had equated the exchange with Kandahar hijack and
Rubaiyya Sayeed episodes, saying it was due to "soft"
character of the state unlike Israel.
"The state and Central governments always take a flexible
attitude in this type of incident," Sen had told reporters
Friday when asked if the state government had softened its
stand towards Maoists in securing the release of the police
officer. PTI ARC
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