Jogi said that it was important to begin the political initiative now, as the bullet is not going to bring any results.
Even as the central government gets ready to file a review petition against Supreme Court's landmark order on disbanding the 'vigilante' special police officers (SPOs), veteran Congress leader from Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi and a body of civil rights activists has called the judgment as a historic opportunity for beginning peace talks with the Maoists.
But what may give an interesting turn to events in the days to come, the activists are also likely to go in for seeking a review of promulgation of an ordinance by the Chhattisgarh government that allows absorption of Salwa Judum SPOs as an auxiliary force in the state police.
The Chhattisgarh government's decision tantamount to circumventing the apex court order, claim activists who had filed petition seeking disbanding of the SPOs.
A conglomerate of academicians, civil rights activists and politicians including veteran Congress leader Ajit Jogi, D Raja from CPI today called for starting fresh initiatives to seek a political solution of the vexed problem by bringing CPI (Maoists) on the discussion table.
In what may go against Chidambaram's doctrine, Ajit Jogi said that it was important to begin the political initiative now, as the bullet is not going to bring any results.
“The initiative should begin at the highest level and for that people like Swami Agnivesh can come very handy,” Jogi said at a public meeting called to discuss the Supreme Court judgment on Salwa Judum.
Terming socio-economic problems at the root of Maoists insurgency, Jogi, however, qualified that after beginning of the peace talks every effort should be made to contain the violence.
Activists like Professor Hargopal of Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties (APCL), who has served as an interlocutor between the government and the Maoists on several occasions, however, warned not to repeat the earlier mistakes of using peace talks as a bait to wipe out the Maoist leadership.
The judgment has opened both the possibilities – sending an army after the adivasis to vigorously push the neo-liberal model of development or bring the people, who have suffered worst exploitation, to the Centre stage and solve their problems.
Professor Binayak Sen, who heads steering committee on health in the Planning Commission called for all six state governments to look at the peace option distinctly as ground and political situation is different in every state.
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