Buddhadeb urges HM to take note of TC-Maoist nexus in WB

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today asked the Home Minister to take note of Trinamool Congress's nexus with Maoists, after P Chidambaram again pointed out that his query on armed cadre taking upon themselves the duties of maintaining law and order in the state remained unanswered.

"You are aware there is clinching evidence of the encouragement and support that the Maoists are getting from Trinamool Congress. Unfortunately, you have chosen not to mention this problem in your letter," the chief minister said in his reply to the two letters sent by Chidambaram yesterday.

Alleging that the Trinamool Congress was openly organising public meetings with Maoists, Bhattacharjee said, "it is a dangerous development of which serious note should be taken by your ministry."

He said, "So far your suggestion to disarm and demobilize armed cadre is concerned, I assure you that our policy is to take appropriate administrative steps against all armed groups who may try to disturb law and order."

On Chidamabaram's contention that the figures provided by the Home Ministry and that by the chief minister were in broad agreement, Bhattacharjee said that deaths resulting from political clashes in Maoist-hit areas clearly showed that CPI(M) workers were killed in far greater number than Trinamool supporters.