Nitish asked to head anti-Maoist command
25 Oct 2012 4:52 AM IST
The central government wants Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to head a unified command to take on Maoists in one of their last bastions in the state.
The recent attacks on Indian security forces in Gaya reflect a Maoist desperation to foil their elimination from Bihar, govt sources with knowledge of the anti-Maoist operations said here.
At a meeting of chief secretaries and director generals of police from nine states here this week, Bihar was urged to establish a unified command with Nitish Kumar at its head.
The unified command will have officers from the security establishment besides officials representing the civil administration. It will carry out carefully planned anti-Maoist drives.
Only four of the nine Maoist-hit states have established a unified command to coordinate the task of security forces with development work in remote areas to blunt Maoist influence on the locals.
These are West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chattisgarh. Of these, only Chattisgarh's unified command is headed by its CM, Raman Singh. The other three unified commands are led by chief secretaries.
A senior government official said that Gaya was the last Maoist stronghold in Bihar.
The recent attacks on Indian security forces in Gaya reflect a Maoist desperation to foil their elimination from Bihar, govt sources with knowledge of the anti-Maoist operations said here.
At a meeting of chief secretaries and director generals of police from nine states here this week, Bihar was urged to establish a unified command with Nitish Kumar at its head.
The unified command will have officers from the security establishment besides officials representing the civil administration. It will carry out carefully planned anti-Maoist drives.
Only four of the nine Maoist-hit states have established a unified command to coordinate the task of security forces with development work in remote areas to blunt Maoist influence on the locals.
These are West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chattisgarh. Of these, only Chattisgarh's unified command is headed by its CM, Raman Singh. The other three unified commands are led by chief secretaries.
A senior government official said that Gaya was the last Maoist stronghold in Bihar.
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