The CPI(M) has alleged that the Maoists are engaged in the nefarious game of helping the Trinamool Congress in its bid to oust the Left front<br/>Government in West Bengal. Talking to reporters in Hyderabad, he claimed that in the last few months after the general elections, the Maoists had killed about 70 of the Left party's members and sympathisers.<br/>The CPI(M) leader alleged that the TMC and the Congress are trying to undo the gains of land reforms and decentralisation in Panchayats in West Bengal ushered in by the Left front government.<br/>Stating that the Union government has been apprised of the fact that most of the Maoist activities in West Bengal were being organised from Jharkhand, he asked the Centre to seriously take up socio-economic development programmes in naxal-affected areas.<br/>
News On AIR | November 17, 2009 8:43 PM
Maoists helping Trinamool Congress: Karat