States responsible for growing menace of Naxalism: Subodh Kant Sahay

Union food processing minister Subodh Kant Sahay today said there was no  justification for the resignation of P Chidambaram as states were responsible for the growing naxal-related incidents.
     
"Chidambaram has resigned owning moral responsibility for the Dantewada incident... but there is no justification for it as the states have to rein in the growing naxal-related incidents", Sahay told reporters at Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport here on his arrival from New Delhi.
      
He said proper coordination between the state and central force personnel had to be ensured for effective operations against the maoists.
      
"The states should realise the fact that the growth of naxalites is because of the existing socio-economic problems
there...the states have failed to achieve the desired development and unless these problems are properly addressed, the maoists won't be uprooted", he said.
       
"The non-cooperation of the states with the Centre is evident from the absence of Chief Ministers of Bihar and Jharkhand at a crucial meeting called by Chidambaram in Kolkata recently", Sahay said.