Kolkata: Maoist leader Kishenji on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was backtracking from his earlier plan to engage air force and army against naxals on the excuse of assembly elections and negative vibes from intellectuals.
"Just a few days ago the prime minister had said the
government would use the air force and army to crack down on
Maoists, but now he is saying because of the Maharashtra
election they will not be used," Kishenji told a news agency over phone
from an undisclosed location.
Reacting to West Bengal chief minister`s comment that
Kishenji is a liar and a murderer, the underground leader
said, "Does Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has the moral and ethical
right to call someone a liar and murderer after the Nandigram
and Lalgarh episodes? The whole world has come to know that he
and his bureaucrats are liars," he said.
When reminded that the chief minister had denied talks
with the Maoists so long as they don`t surrender their arms,
Kishenji said, "We are not dying for talks. We are ready for
talks because we are concerned for the common people".
"If the state government thinks that they are going to
make us sit at the table at the point of gun, they are wrong.
We know how to defend ourselves," Kishenji said.
Bureau Report
