May 18, 2010 8:52 PM

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Chidambaram makes fresh offer for talks with Naxals

Home Minister P Chidambaram today made a fresh offer to hold talks with Naxals if they suspend violence even for just 72 hours.<br/><br/>The offer comes a day after Maoists unleashed another attack in Chhattisgarh.<br/><br/>Talking to a private TV Channel, he said, Government will fix a date, time and place for talks, when the Maoists come for the talks on anything they wish to talk.<br/><br/>Mr. Chidambaram said, CPI-Maoists never responded seriously to the offer of talks and they are indulging in gimmickry.<br/><br/>Asked whether government forces will also halt all operations against them during the period of ceasefire, the Home Minister responded in positive. He said complete suspension means there should not be any attack on infrastructure, any landmine blast or any targeting of telephone towers.<br/><br/>Maoists blew up a bus killing at least 31 people near Dantewada on Monday.

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