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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday fired the 'Salwa Judum' salvo at the Left , accusing them of adopting double standards on the issue of Maoists.

Charging the Communists with supporting various insurgent groups, the BJP on Monday criticised their demand for stopping the Army's operation against the Maoist outfits and their stand on the people's movement .

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>"The Salwa Judum is the tribals' movement against the Maoists in Bastar in Chhattisgarh. Instead of appreciating the people's fight against the menace of naxalism, the Left parties are critical of Salwa Judum. They have also sought the withdrawal of Naga and Mizo battalions of the Army from the states, crushing the naxal activities," </span>Prakash Javadekar, national spokesperson of BJP, said on Monday.

<b>"The recent meeting of UPA and Left co-ordination committee has exposed the leftists to the hilt by bringing fore their hidden agenda to support various insurgent groups. They are pro-naxals and anti-tribals in their approach. The Centre should deploy more forces to deal with the rising menace of Maoists in more than eight states,"</b> he said

Javadekar claimed the co-ordination committee of the UPA-Left parties was to discuss the issues such the rollback of petroleum prices, deviation from the national common minimum programme, foreign direct investment.

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>"None of these issues came up for a discussion in the meeting. The Left leaders did not ask for the rollback, but chose to discuss Salwa Judum and military deployment against the naxalites," </span>he added.
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