Unable to check Naxal violence, admits Patil

Home Minister Shivraj Patil today admitted in the Lok Sabha that the government was unable to completely stop Naxalite activities, but assur...

Home Minister Shivraj Patil today admitted in the Lok Sabha that the government was unable to completely stop Naxalite activities, but assured all cooperation to the states to combat ultra-Left violence.

Patil, replying to questions from Krishna Murari Moghe and Sai Prathap said, ‘‘We have been quite successful in controlling terrorism in states like J-K and in North-east. As far as Naxalism is concerned, we have not achieved similar results.’’

The Centre, according to him, had deployed 26,000 police personnel in states affected by Naxalite violence and sanctioned them Rs 3,000 crore for modernising police forces. There was need for a concerted approach and a joint action by the affected states, he added.

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Patil said each district facing Naxalism was getting Rs 36 crore to deal with development and unemployment. The government, he pointed out, was working on political, security and development fronts to deal with the problem. He said a draft standard operating procedure had been prepared to institutionalise inter-state joint operations against Naxalites.

He said there is truth that Maoists within the country and outside are joining hands.

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