Maoists a national challenge, govt has accepted it: Rajnath

December 02, 2014 21:48

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called Maoists a "national challenge" which he said the government has accepted and will fight it.

On a day-long visit to Chhattisgarh, a day after Maoists killed 14 CRPF personnel in Sukma district, he also announced a compensation of Rs 38 lakh each to the kin of victims of the Naxal ambush and Rs 65,000 each to the injured.

"It is a national challenge and we have accepted it. The country has to take on it unitedly. We will succeed in tackling the menace," Singh told reporters here at the headquarters of the 4th battalion of Chhattisgarh Armed Force.

The home minister described the incident as an act of 'cowardice and a dastardly act' of violence.

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