New Delhi:
The war of words between the CPM and the Home Minister over Maoists has intensified.
CPM chief Prakash Karat hit out at Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday, for saying that the CPM and Maoists were friends till recently. In a statement, Karat said, "Far from being the CPM's 'comrades in arms', the Maoists have always been unremittingly hostile to us."
"Evidently, the Home Minister is put in an unenviable position, when a colleague of his in the cabinet takes positions that are contrary to that of his ministry and government. Right from the start of the joint operations in Lalgarh, the Union Railway Minister has made known her displeasure, and asked for recall of the central paramilitary forces. She had extended support to a front organisation of the Maoists," he added.
Karat also said, "It would be better if Mr Chidambaram took the initiative to sort out this glaring contradiction within the cabinet, and not make irrelevant feints against the CPI(M)"
CPM chief Prakash Karat hit out at Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday, for saying that the CPM and Maoists were friends till recently. In a statement, Karat said, "Far from being the CPM's 'comrades in arms', the Maoists have always been unremittingly hostile to us."
"Evidently, the Home Minister is put in an unenviable position, when a colleague of his in the cabinet takes positions that are contrary to that of his ministry and government. Right from the start of the joint operations in Lalgarh, the Union Railway Minister has made known her displeasure, and asked for recall of the central paramilitary forces. She had extended support to a front organisation of the Maoists," he added.
Karat also said, "It would be better if Mr Chidambaram took the initiative to sort out this glaring contradiction within the cabinet, and not make irrelevant feints against the CPI(M)"
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