Centre ready for talks with Maoists: Rajnath

February 19, 2016 17:29

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Centre is ready to hold talks with Maoists if they shun violence unconditionally.

"I want to appeal to them (Maoists) to shun the path of violence and join the mainstream ... Government is ready to hold talks with them if they give up violence without any condition," Singh told reporters in this Maoist-hit district after reviewing the situation arising out of Left wing extremism in Odisha.

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