नवी दिल्ली


नक्षलवादी देशाचे सर्वांत मोठे शत्रु असून ते दहशतवाद्यांइतकेच शिक्षेस पात्र आहेत. त्‍यांच्‍याशी आता कुठलीही चर्चा करण्‍याची किंवा मवाळ धोरण स्‍वीकारण्‍याची गरज नसल्‍याचे मत छत्तीसगडचे मुख्‍यमंत्री डॉ.रमण सिंह यांनी व्‍यक्त केले आहे.


दंतेवाडा येथे झालेल्‍या नक्षलवादी हल्‍ल्‍यानंतर दिल्ली येथे पंतप्रधान डॉ.मनमोहन सिंह आणि योजना आयोगाचे उपाध्यक्ष मोंटेक सिंह अहलूवालिया यांच्‍या भेटीनंतर पत्रकारांशी बोलताना रमण सिंह म्हणाले, की आता पाणी डोक्यावरून गेले आहे. आम्ही सर्व प्रकारे शांतता आणि चर्चेसाठी प्रयत्न करून पाहिला. मात्र त्याचा काहीही उपयोग झाला नाही. आता नक्षलवाद्यांची चर्चा करण्‍याची गरज नाही. कारवाई करण्‍याची गरज आहे. केंद्र सरकारने संयुक्त धोरण ठरवण्‍याची गरज असून हवाई हल्‍ल्‍याची गरज वाटत नसल्‍याचे त्‍यांनी सांगितले.


New Delhi

Two days after the shocking Naxal attack on a bus in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday said that the Maoists are no less than terrorists and pose a grave threat to the country.

Speaking at a press conference in the national capital, Singh said, “The recent attack in Dantewada has exposed the real face of the Naxals. The Naxal attack on civilians has been strongly condemned by each and every one. The incident has had a nation-wide effect and we have full support from Centre in tackling this issue.”

“They claim to bring a revolution with the help of bullets and they have nothing to do with the democracy and are the biggest threat to the internal security today. This is not the problem of one state or some states; instead it is the problem of entire nation for which all will have to come forward to tackle it,” he added.

Equating Naxals with terrorists, he pointed out, “Who else can be termed as terrorists. They are the biggest terrorists....Naxalism is a biggest challenge to democracy. They want to capture power at gunpoint. They are killing innocent people indiscriminately, they are damaging public property, they are hampering development of the people they claim to represent, they have recently massacred 76 CRPF troopers so why can’t be they treated as terrorists. I want to ask if they are not terrorists then who are.”

"It is the worst form of terrorism. One thousand civilians have been killed in the last 10 years. Killing civilians, attacking public transport, attacking school buses, punishing people and beating them up in 'jan adalats'. What is this? Isn't it terrorism? They are spreading terror," he said about the guerrillas who are entrenched in parts of central and eastern India.

'Jan Adalats' (Peoples's Courts) are kangaroo courts run by Maoists in their strongholds including in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region.

Raman Singh stressed that there cannot be a "soft line" to deal with Maoists but disfavoured use of air power to combat the menace.

Attributing the recent spur in the Naxal violence to frontal operations by the security forces in the state, Singh favoured a long-term action joint action plan with the Centre to tackle the problem.

Singh also categorically ruled out any differences with Centre government led by Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram on tackling the Naxal menace.

Singh is in the capital to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia two days after the Naxal attack in Dantewada left 35 people dead including 14 SPOs.

Giving details of Naxal activities in the last 10 years in Chhattisgarh, he said the ultras have killed more than 1000 civilians and more than 650 policemen besides blowing up 132 electric towers, 106 school buildings and three hospitals in the state.

The chief minister, however, stated that his govt will continue its fight against Naxals and these incidents will not deter it from achieving its objective.

"There cannot be a softline (towards Naxals)...What have we achieved in the last 60 years by adopting a softline?" he asked.

When quizzed about using Air Force or Army, he disfavoured use of air power, saying "it is not possible to go for bombing in those areas which are covered by dense forest. The army helicopter can be used only for rescue and relief operations." Raman Singh arrived here yesterday on a two-day visit and is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later today.

While Singh's meeting with Ahluwalia is scheduled for finalising the state's annual plan for 2010-11, his meeting with the PM was fixed after Monday's brazen Maoist attack in Dantewada where a bus carrying civilians as well as a group of special police officers was blown up by them, killing 35 persons.

The Chief Minister is also expected to meet Home Minister P Chidambaram during his visit.

In a series of deadly attacks this year, Maoists massacred 76 security personnel on April 6 in Dantewada, blew up a bulletproof vehicle on May 8 killing eight CRPF men and yesterday attacked a bus carrying civilians and security men, claiming 35 lives.