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By Our Special Correspondent
GULBARGA, OCT. 4. The Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, said today that the State Government would reopen the doors of dialogue with naxalites operating in the State directly or indirectly through their emissaries after the byelection to the Lok Sabha from the Bidar constituency. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Dharam Singh said the Government, which held talks with human rights activists, including Gouri Lankesh, journalist, and others, was not averse to finding a solution to the naxalite problem.
Socio-economic problem
Mr. Dharam Singh said the Government continued to treat it as a socio-economic problem, but if naxalites indulged in unlawful activities, the police would deal with them sternly. He did not agree with the contention of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the naxalite problem should be treated as a law and order one. The Government had adopted a two-pronged approach to tackle the naxalite problem in the State. In this direction, it had deputed a team of senior officials led by the Development Commissioner, Chiranjeev Singh, to the affected areas to study the reasons for the spurt in naxalite activities, he added.
Report
He said the team had submitted its report and based on it the Government was in the process of framing a result-oriented action plan to tackle the problem. The Government proposed to announce a comprehensive package for the development of naxalite-affected areas. On the petition filed by some organisations and individuals in the Supreme Court on the implementation of the Mahajan Commission report, Mr. Dharam Singh said the petition was still in the admission stage, and the Government had taken steps to present the State's stand on the issue.
Committee
He said the Government had nominated a senior advocate, Sanjay Hegde, as its pleader. The Government was in consultation with the former Chief Secretary, H.B. Datar, to tackle the issue effectively. It proposed to appoint a six-member committee comprising leaders from the border areas, including Patil Puttappa, veteran journalist, and Siddanagouda Patil, former Belgaum Mayor, to advise it and monitor the case on a day-to-day basis. The Chief Minister said the Government would hold discussions with the people concerned in the border areas before taking a decision on sending a delegation to New Delhi to press for the implementation of the Mahajan Commission report.
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