No talks should be held with Naxals: Govindacharya

June 05, 2013 20:13

Condemning the Naxal attack on a Congress convoy in Chattisgarh, former BJP ideologue K N Govindacharya today cautioned the Centre against engaging the ultras in dialogue until they shun their violent ways.

"The Centre should not engage the Naxals in any dialogue without securing a commitment from them to shun their ideology of armed struggle," he said at a function organised by the Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan in Bihar's Gaya town.

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