BJP question's CM's stance on Maoists
The BJP has demanded that the Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy explain the logic behind reviving a 'dead' Maoist threat and whether the State is preparing to welcome fleeing extremists from Chhattisgarh — risking Telangana's hard-won peace for political gamesmanship.
Party's chief spokesperson N.V. Subash, in a media release, has strongly condemned the Chief Minister's 'bizarre' proposal to reopen talks with Naxals — a threat that has long been eradicated from the State. Mr. Revanth Reddy is either being 'utterly ignorant of history or deliberately trying to mislead the public'. He pointed out that during the tenure of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy — whom Mr. Revanth Reddy cites as a model — talks with Naxals had failed.
It was only through strong policing that the State had successfully crushed left-wing extremism. 'Between 2004 and 2006, major Naxal leaders were either neutralized in encounters or fled to neighbouring States like Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra,' he poInted out. 'Since Telangana's formation in 2014, there has been no significant Naxal-related violent incidents — only isolated, negligible cases,' he maintained.
Given this reality, the BJP questioned the Chief Minister's motives for reviving the 'Naxal bogey' at a time when Telangana is grappling with a deep financial crisis. 'Is Mr. Revanth Reddy trying to embarrass the Centre, which is on the verge of eradicating Naxalism nationwide, particularly in Chhattisgarh? Or is this a ploy to distract people from his government's failures,' questioned the BJP leader.
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