06-21-2006, 08:45 PM
<b>Chhattisgarh rebels have links with Nepal Maoists: minister</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Maoists operating in Chhattisgarh have links with Nepalese Maoists. Nepalese rebels come often to the state," Netam told reporters Wednesday, a day after Maoist rebels killed 10 civilians in two separate incidents.
Without taking names, the minister said those "objecting to Salwa Judum and seeking withdrawal of central forces from insurgency-hit areas are anti-national".
<b>The Left parties had last week sought withdrawal of some paramilitary troops from Chhattisgarh's Bastar region and a halt to the Salwa Judum movement, launched last year in June</b>.
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Without taking names, the minister said those "objecting to Salwa Judum and seeking withdrawal of central forces from insurgency-hit areas are anti-national".
<b>The Left parties had last week sought withdrawal of some paramilitary troops from Chhattisgarh's Bastar region and a halt to the Salwa Judum movement, launched last year in June</b>.
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