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Hold wider consultations, says Jaitley
Neena Vyas
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should have wider consultations on tackling naxalism as the magnitude of the problem expanded to newer areas and naxal groups were no longer afraid to attack hard targets like armed security forces, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said here on Friday.
Talking to journalists, Mr. Jaitley referred to Thursday’s ambush on securitymen in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra killing at least 17 and said clearly the government had little or no intelligence. It was also not the first time that securitymen practically walked into a death-trap. “We hear Ministers talking about zero tolerance and about a concerted government plan to tackle the issue, but the people of this country have no idea what this plan is about and how the Centre hopes to tackle the issue,” he said.
Mr. Jaitley was also critical of human rights activists “who see no development in the country although the percentage of those below poverty line has come down to around 26 from about 39 less than two decades ago” and justify naxalism on that ground.
“They are the overground faces of the underground naxal leaders,” he commented while pointing out that recently on several television discussions these “overground leaders were seen passionately defending” the naxal ideology.
The BJP leader said while it was true some areas, especially tribal areas, had been left out of the development process, which should not have happened, slowly and surely more and more of the countryside and its people were benefiting from development. “Small towns in India today are like what Delhi was in the sixties,” he said. The Centre must get the full backing of the political class across parties, for whatever plan it intended to unfold in its fight against the naxal threat.
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