All parties take strong stand against Naxal insuregency
11 Jun 2013 12:26 AM GMT
Shocked over the audacious Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, political parties on Monday favoured use of all legitimate means to ‘quell’ armed insurgency, underlining that they cannot accept the ‘pernicious Maoist doctrine’. Ruling out any compromise on the issue, the parties in a unanimous resolution backed the Centre’s two-pronged strategy of sustained operations against Maoists and rapid development of Naxal-affected areas.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his opening remarks at the all-party meeting called in the wake of the 25 May Naxal attack against Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, said there was a need to further fine-tune and strengthen the strategy. Terming it as a frontal attack on democratic foundations of the nation, Singh said, ‘The strength and robustness of the democratic forces in our country would suffer if the space for political activity gets restricted because of fear or terror.’
He said the Chhattisgarh attack marked for the first time that Naxals have targeted top leadership of a political party in a ‘systematic’ manner. ‘We urge them (Centre and the states) to use all legitimate means to defend the security of the country and its institutions and quell armed insurgency and violence,’ the resolution said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his opening remarks at the all-party meeting called in the wake of the 25 May Naxal attack against Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, said there was a need to further fine-tune and strengthen the strategy. Terming it as a frontal attack on democratic foundations of the nation, Singh said, ‘The strength and robustness of the democratic forces in our country would suffer if the space for political activity gets restricted because of fear or terror.’
He said the Chhattisgarh attack marked for the first time that Naxals have targeted top leadership of a political party in a ‘systematic’ manner. ‘We urge them (Centre and the states) to use all legitimate means to defend the security of the country and its institutions and quell armed insurgency and violence,’ the resolution said.
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