नक्षलवाद्यांनाच विकास नकोयः चिदंबरम
Posted on Sunday, April 04, 2010 by maaybhumi desk
''नक्षलवादी पळपुटे असून त्यांनाच विकास नको आहे. केवळ बंदुकीच्‍या जोरावर ते सामान्‍य लोकांवर राज्‍य करण्‍याची इच्‍छा बाळगून आहेत. अन्‍यथा सरकारच्‍या आवाहनानंतर ते जंगलात लपून न राहता चर्चेसाठी समोर आले असते. सरकार त्यांच्‍याशी कुठल्‍याही मुद्यावर चर्चा करायला आजही तयार आहे मात्र त्यांना त्यासाठी हिंसाचार सोडावा लागेल.'' अशा शब्‍दात गृहमंत्री पी.चिदंबरम यांनी नक्षलवाद्यांना खडसावले आहे.
प.बंगालच्‍या नक्षल प्रभावीत प.मिदनापूर जिल्‍ह्यातील लालगढमध्‍ये भेटीप्रसंगी चिदंबरम यांनी नक्षलवाद्यांकडे चर्चेसाठी नवा प्रस्‍ताव ठेवला असून सरकार कुठल्‍याही मुद्यावर चर्चा करण्‍यास आणि ग्रामस्‍थांचे प्रश्‍न सोडविण्‍यास तयार असल्‍याचा पुनरूच्‍चार केला आहे. लालगढमधील ग्रामस्‍थांनी नक्षलवाद्यांना मदत करू नये असे आवाहनही त्यांनी केले.
नक्षलवाद्यांविरोधात लष्‍करी कारवाई करणार नसल्‍याचे सांगत राज्‍य पोलीस दल आणि नीमलष्‍करी दलाच्‍या मदतीने ऑपरेशन ग्रीन हंट राबविले जाणार असल्‍याचे त्यांनी सांगितले. आपल्‍या दौ-यात चिदंबरम यांनी मुख्‍यमंत्री बुद्धदेव भट्टाचार्य आणि राज्‍यातील प्रमुख पोलीस अधिका-यांचीही भेट घेतली.
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Maoists are cowards: Chidambaram
Lalgarh
On his first visit to Lalgarh after Operation Green Hunt was launched against Maoists in June last year, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday described as "mixed" the outcome of the joint anti-Maoist operations saying that certain "weaknesses" need to be rectified.
The Home Minister also said that during his discussions with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in Kolkata, he stated that the "buck stops" at the Chief Minister's table with regard to the law and order issue.
He termed the Naxals as "cowards" who are hiding in the forests and slammed them for using tribal group People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) as a front organisation. The PCPA has called a 24-hour bandh in West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura districts in protest against the Home Minister's visit to the area.
"Naxals are cowards. Why are they hiding in forests? We have invited them for talks (but) after they abjure violence. If they really want development, if they really want to solve problems of the people, they are welcome to talk. I have said we can talk about anything in the world. (They should) just give up violence," he said.
Expressing concern over the "direct or indirect" support to Naxals by PCPA, he said if they a genuine problem, he was willing to lend his "good offices" for ensuring talks between them and the state government.
He said he has appealed to the villagers not to support the Maoists, which they were doing out of fear.
"I appealed to them not to provide any moral or material support to the Naxalites who can do no development for the people," he said.
