Modi calls for zero tolerance to Naxals

Condemning the attack on Congress rally in Chhattisgarh,Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday called for “a policy of zero tolerance” towards terrorism and Naxalism. “The gruesome attack in Chhattisgarh is an attack on democracy. Time has come to adopt the policy of Zero Tolerance towards Terrorism and Naxalism,” he tweeted.

Twenty-seven people,including senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma,state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh were killed and former Union minister V C Shukla and 32 others injured when Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Bastar district on Saturday.

“Condolences to families of the deceased and respects to the policemen who laid down their lives. My prayers with the injured. May they recover quickly,” Modi said on his Twitter account and added that “the need of the hour is to stand together as a nation and vow to fight this menace that threatens our democracy”.