Hyderabad, Oct 10: Pro-Left Balladeer Gadar has urged Andhra Pradesh government to take initiative for resumption of talks with naxalites and put an end to "fake police encounters". "Your policy of eliminating naxalite leadership will prove futile. Instead, you need to address socio-economic problems that have led to the naxalite movement," Gadar, who was an emissary of the outlawed People's War Group (PWG) during the failed talks with the government last year, has said. In a letter to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, copies of which were released to the media today, he faulted the government's policy towards naxalites, saying "history has proved that annihilation of naxalite leaders cannot supress the movement." Recalling the encounter killings of top naxalite leaders N Adireddy, Santosh Reddy and Murali three years ago, Gadar said the government should have held talks with them instead of giving green signal to police to "eliminate them in cold blood."
He also accused the government of going back on its promise of stopping fake police encounters to facilitate congenial atmosphere for talks with PWG. Bureau Report