Live! BJP slams UPA govt on Naxal issue

June 08, 2013 17:17

Ahead of the all-party meet called by the government to discuss the naxal situation, BJP today said it will serve no purpose unless a comprehensive strategy is devised to deal with the problem.

The main opposition party alleged that naxalism had spread over the last nine years because of "Congress' encouragement to the Maoist ideology."

"The all-party meeting has been called by the government on June 10. It will serve no purpose till a comprehensive strategy is unveiled to deal with the problem of naxalism," BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar said after the issue came up at its National Executive meeting in Panaji against the backdrop of the recent Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh. The meeting condoled the death of Congress leaders and security personnel killed last month in Bastar, he said.

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