Hyderabad, May 5 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing it of adopting double standards by calling Naxals for talks after having previously imposed a ban on them.
Speaking to media at NTPC, Ramagundam, while on way from Kagaznagar to Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay said, "It is shocking to see innocent people being killed by Naxals, yet some voices are now advocating negotiations with them. The Congress banned them once, and now they want a dialogue. That's the height of hypocrisy," he said.
The minister urged civil rights leaders such as Prof Haragopal and Varavara Rao to first convince the Naxals to renounce violence and surrender. "What has Varavara Rao really achiev...