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Maoists Want ‘Ceasefire’ to Come to Dialogue Table

With offensive by security forces against them, Maoists have said that they were prepared for talks “if there was ceasefire on both sides” and withdrawal of the para-military forces positioned in the naxal-infested areas.

Top Maoist leader Kishenji said that the process of talks with the central government can begin only if there was ceasefire on both sides.

In response to a query about the Centre’s condition of abjuring violence first to sit across the table, Kishenji told a news agency that the Centre is killing innocent people in the name of tackling the Maoists and they are asking us to abjure violence, which, he said, was ridiculous.

He stressed that the para-military forces have to be withdrawn from the seven states – Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal – and the problems of tribals treated in a sympathetic way.

“Also both the Centre and the state governments will have to apologise to the tribals for the prolonged atrocity meted out to them and the consequent suffering from the time of Independence,” Kishenji was quoted as saying.

Asked what should be the nature of the apology, Kishenji said without elaborating, “They will have to come to the tribals and apologise.”

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