Revisit anti-Maoist strategy

The Maoist rebel attack that claimed the lives of 76 security personnel in Dantewada district calls for an urgent need to combat Naxal terrorism in India with a time-bound solution. Ministers may express deep concern in the event of such incident, but none seems to own up to the responsibility. The Government’s anti-Maoist strategy must be revisited and the police and the military should be supplied with most modern weapons to combat such attacks.

Maoism is not a one-off problem that can be dealt with a crisis-management approach. We need a final solution to the Maoist menace.

KA Solaman

Alappuzha, Kerala Published Daily Pioneer dated 7-4-2010