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TRS denies links with naxals

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD Dec.19. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, has demanded an "unconditional apology" from Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, for trying to link his party with naxalites for deriving political mileage.

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he accused the TDP supremo of making false allegations against the TRS and trying to confuse people with his remarks that there would be "gun rule" in the villages and that there would be no development if the TRS and the Congress were supported.

He said that right from the inception of his party, he had been stating that a separate Telangana would be achieved through a non-violent political process. There was no question of his party associating with any banned organisation. "We are peaceful and law-abiding. Why will we contest elections if we want to take to the gun?" he asked. His party from the beginning had been advocating that there should be a permanent end to the problem of left wing extremism by eradicating poverty and removing social imbalances. "There is no need for us to hold brief for naxalites," he added. On the other hand, Mr. Naidu was running a "gun rule" and turned Telangana villages into "a graveyard.'' As many as 2,614 people had been killed in naxal-related violence, including 1,233 extremists in encounters and 227 policemen during the last eight years. Criticising the Chief Minister for adopting an "eye-for- eye and tooth-for-tooth" policy, he reiterated that if voted to power, the TRS would lift ban, hold talks and ask them to give up armed struggle.

He said a congenial atmosphere should be created for holding talks with naxalites and build social pressure on them. Mr. Rao described as "political drama" the dedication of the Alimineti Madhav Reddy lift irrigation scheme to the nation by Chief Minister in Nalgonda . He said that the project would take another 3-4 years to complete at a cost of Rs. 500-600 crores.

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