Hyderabad, April 29 -- The Telangana government would take a call on holding peace talks with the Communist Party of India (Maoist) after discussing it with the Congress's national leadership, chief minister A Revanth Reddy said on Monday.

A day after the members of the state civil liberties committee and other social activists requested his intervention to put an end the ongoing "Operation Kagar" by security forces in Chhattisgarh forests, Revanth Reddy held deliberations with senior Congress leader and former home minister K Jana Reddy to discuss the modalities of holding talks with the Maoists.

Advisors to the government, K Kesava Rao and Vem Narender Reddy also took part in the deliberations. The chief minister also spoke to AICC le...