Responding to the
debate in Lok Sabha on the Dantewada massacre where Naxals killed 76 security personnel on April 6, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that although the incident is a grave tragedy, it should work as a wake up call, otherwise nothing could wake up the country.
Noting that the Central Reserved Paramilitary Force, which was meant to be a 'reserved force', is definitely overburdened, Chidambaram said that there is no development in most of the Maoist-inflicted places like Lalgarh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and the Centre cannot be blamed alone for this. "Even state governments are equally responsible for it," he added.
The Dantewada incident would make us more determined, more fearless to fight against the Naxal menace; and more concerned for the poor people residing in those districts, Chidambaram said.
"We are facing a determined enemy, and our jawans are putting up a brave fight. Let us not do anything that would demoralise them," he noted.
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the state governments to be equally responsible for the Naxal menace, Chidambaram blamed that 'the funds allocated by the Centre must be spent properly by the states.'