Ranchi, October 15: In the backdrop of a spurt in naxal violence, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said there was complete unanimity at the Centre over dealing with Maoist menace and accused non-Congress ruled Orissa and Chhattisgarh of failing to reach out to the people to check the problem.
“There is complete unaminity as far as the government is concerned on naxalism. State governments should reach out to the people to combat it but governments like Chhatisgarh and Orissa are not doing so,” Gandhi told a press conference here.
Replying to a question on increase in naxal violence, he said that except for some pockets the overall law and order situation in the country was good. The advent of sophisticated weaponry, he said, was responsible for violence all over the world.
–Agencies