Kolkata, September 02: Home Minister P Chidambaram’s statement that there were several armed camps in West Bengal and cadres of these camps roaming around with weapons today received support from his ministerial colleague Salman Khurshid.
“He (Chidambaram) is one of the brightest and experienced ministers in the Cabinet. Whatever he says is after a great deal of thought and analysis,” Corporate Affairs Minister Khurshid said when asked for his opinion on Chidambaram’s statement.
Such serious issues should not be reduced to local politics, he said, adding “dialogue can always take place.”
Chidambaram’s statement had drawn flak from the CPI-M which maintained that no armed camps of their cadres existed in West Midnapore district where joint operations between the CRPF and state police were being carried out to eject Left wing extremists.
–Agencies