Bandi Sanjay slams Congress for 'Double Standards' on Naxals

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar launched a scathing attack on the Congress party, accusing it of adopting "double standards" by calling for talks with Naxals after having previously imposed a ban on them.

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Speaking to media during a brief stopover at NTPC, Ramagundam, while en route from Kagaznagar to Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay said, "It is shocking and painful to see innocent people being killed by Naxals, yet some voices are now advocating negotiations with them. The Congress party banned them once, and now they want dialogue? That's the height of hypocrisy," he said.

The minister urged civil rights leaders such as Professor Haragopal and Varavara Rao to first convince the Naxals to renounce violence and surrender. "What has Varavara Rao really achieved after all these decades of bloodshed?" he questioned.

Bandi Sanjay recalled numerous instances of Naxal violence in the past-attacks on police personnel, journalists, BJP leaders, and even Congress MLAs like Chittem Narsi Reddy and Ragyanayak.