Left Front to Hold Discussion on Implementation of Ban on Maoists

In a core committee of state cabinet, the Left Front in West Bengal has decided to hold discussion on allies’ opposition to going about with implementation of the Centre’s ban the CPI-Maoist in the state.

After the meeting held in the wake of strident criticism of ban’s implementation by the RSP, CPI, Forward Bloc and others, Biman Bose, Left Front chairman, told media persons that the issue would be discussed at a cabinet meeting also.

Bose said that the Maoists, who have unleashed a reign of terror in the Lalgarh area, would be fought politically.

“We will, however, see to it that while efforts are made to isolate them politically, all administrative measures are taken to maintain normal life,” he said.

Bose said that the state government would decide how and when to implement the Centre’s ban.

He claimed that people at Lalgarh and surrounding areas had realised their mistake of association with the Maoists as they were forced to come under their influence in the absence of no ‘alternative’.

He said that the Left Front had appealed to the Maoists to join the mainstream of life and claimed the people had not spontaneously supported the extremists