Doors are open for talks with Maoists: Ramesh
December 08, 2012  18:00
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today asked Maoists to engage in a dialogue, saying the government was ready for it.        

"We are ready for talks. Our doors are open. But the Maoists should shun violence. We urge them to sit for talks," Ramesh said at a public meeting at Lalgarh, a Maoist hotbed in the past.       

Stating that para-military forces were required to maintain peace, he said, "Violence cannot be the answer to violence."
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