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Centre asks Nitish to head anti-Maoist command
Tuesday October 23, 2012 07:44:35 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The central
government wants Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to head a
unified command to take on Maoists in one of their last bastions
in the state.
The recent attacks on Indian security forces in Gaya reflect a
Maoist desperation to foil their elimination from Bihar,
government sources with knowledge of the anti-Maoist operations
told IANS here.
At a meeting of chief secretaries and director generals of police
from nine states here this week, Bihar was urged to establish a
unified command with Nitish Kumar at its head.
The unified command will have officers from the security
establishment besides officials representing the civil
administration. It will carry out carefully planned anti-Maoist
drives.
Only four of the nine Maoist-hit states have established a unified
command to coordinate the task of security forces with development
work in remote areas to blunt Maoist influence on the locals.
These are West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chattisgarh. Of
these, only Chattisgarh's unified command is headed by its chief
minister, Raman Singh.
The other three unified commands are led by chief secretaries.
A senior government official told IANS that Gaya was the last
Maoist stronghold in Bihar.
"If the Maoists are wiped out in Gaya, the whole of Bihar can be
free of armed Naxals.
"At the recent review meeting, we requested Bihar to set up a
unified command under the chief minister's chairmanship," the
official added.
Though the home ministry has been asking Bihar to have a unified
command for years, Nitish Kumar has avoided it. One reason was
because he did not see eye to eye with Home Minister P.
Chidambaram.
But with Sushilkumar Shinde taking succeeding Chidambaram, the
situation has changed drastically. The Bihar chief minister may be
inclined to go for a unified command and may also head it.
Six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and
eight injured in landmine blast and gun battle between security
forces and Maoists Oct 18 near Dumaria in Gaya district.
On June 10, a CRPF trooper was killed in a similar blast by
Maoists in a forested area in Gaya.
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