Kolkata, December 20: The Maoists today said they will support Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to joint forces operating in Jangalmahal, although she was objecting because ‘Operation Greenhunt’ was allowing access to Marxist “goons”.
A statement issued by the rebels said, “Mamata is one of the important partners of the UPA government at the Centre and she is opposing the Greenhunt operation because it is giving access to the CPI-M goons.”
The statement was written by the Purulia division of the CPI (Maoist) and faxed to PTI office here.
The statement said distinction cannot be made between CPI-M and Congress leaders as far as support for the offensive was concerned.
“But as Trinamool Congress is opposing the joint forces’ offensive, so we will extend our full support to its political programmes.”
–Agencies