May 11, 2010 5:32 PM

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Naxal-affected states cooperating with Centre: Pillai

Government today said that the Naxala will agree to talks once they feel the heat of the ongoing security operations against them. <br/><br/>Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said, governments of Naxal-affected states are cooperating with the Centre with regard to the ways and means to tackle the extremist menace. <br/><br/>In an interview to a private news channel, he said, the five states most affected by the menace – Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal – are ruled by non-Congress governments. <br/><br/>While the central forces and those in some states are carrying out offensive against the extremists, the government has repeatedly asked the Maoists over the last few months to abjure violence and come forward for talks. However, the government has made it clear that there should not be any pre-conditions attached to starting talks other than abjuring violence.

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