Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Congress: Centre, Chhattisga­rh govt failed to contain Maoist violence

- Press Trust of India and HTC ▪ letters@hindustant­imes.com

› Security personnel have become fodder to infirm policies of the two government­s...

ABHISHEK MANU SINGHVI , Congress leader

NEW DELHI: The Congress Sunday charged the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Raman Singh government in Chhattisga­rh for failing to contain Maoist violence, saying the chief minister has forfeited his right to continue in power.

Terming demonetisa­tion as a “brain child” of Narendra Modi, Singhvi said the PM had claimed that the note ban exercise has effectivel­y neutralise­d naxal and terror threats. He said the figures available suggest otherwise as more security personnel and civilians were killed in naxal violence after note ban.

Raman Singh, he said, too had echoed similar sentiments. “But facts state otherwise,” he said.

Singhvi claimed that the situation in J&K had worsened and demonetisa­tion did not help in any way to contain terror. “Security personnel have become fodder to infirm policies of the two government­s ... The coward Raman Singh government has forfeited its right to be in power in the state...People will also reject the Modi dispensati­on in the next elections.”

BJP spokespers­on Anil Baluni said: “People who openly support Maoist, Tukde Tukde gang, their president shares platform with such people. It is an irony that they are pointing fingers at us. ”

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▪ Abhishek Manu Singhvi

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