Ceasefire must for peace talks: Maoists

HARD TALK: Naxals Set conditions for peace talks ahead of Shah's visit to Chh'garh but deputy CM says talks must be free of preconditions

- Avdhesh Mallick

The Apex Unit (Central Committee) banned outfit organization Communist Party of India (CPI)- Maoist has expressed its willingness to enter into a peace accord through table talk negotiations with both Central and State governments—on one condition: if the government's immediately halt anti-Maoist offensive "Operation Kagar."

The Naxal group labels the anti-insurgency operations as the military operation intended to be a genocidal assault, targeting tribal regions across Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra (notably Gadchiroli), Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana.