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Police remarks on PWG irk CPI
By Our Staff Reporter
KURNOOL
Feb. 2.
The CPI State Secretary, Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, has asked the Government not to allow the police to influence its naxalite policy. The adverse remarks made by police top brass against the offer of the naxalites for talks has been spoiling the atmosphere, he felt and said a political decision was needed on the issue and the police should not try to dictate the policy.
Talking to reporters here on Saturday, Mr. Reddy said both the extremist group and the Government should hold unconditional talks. The Government should discuss the issue at all-party meeting before going for negotiations. If possible even the all-party panel be involved in the dialogue process.
He said the problem required an analysis from socio-economic angle and should never be viewed as law and order problem. Since the advent of naxalite movement in the State in 1968, the extremist group had killed 2,800 people including 480 policemen and 2,255 naxalites died in the hands of police. He said peace be given a chance to survive at this juncture by holding talks.
On the draft budget, Mr. Reddy expressed dissatisfaction over allocation to various sectors and described it as a futile exercise, saying the Government had never honoured the budgetary allocations, but went about its own way after the budget was passed. The Chief Minister was announcing largesse in a true medieval king fashion wherever he visited ignoring the fact that there was a budget passed by the House. The Chief Minister should have the courage to ask the House to allot CM's discretionary fund if he wanted to dole out money during visits.
He said the rise for the irrigation sector was marginal, which was inadequate to take up pending projects. Also, subsidies were cut by Rs 1,400 crores. But the debts increased to Rs 50,000 crores. The Government had to pay an amount of Rs 6,400 crores for debt servicing from next year, which was more than the plan budget. He described the trend as disastrous, saying it would spell economic doom for the State.
Mr. Sudhakar Reddy said the Government had brought in the village secretariat system in a great hurry and the subject was not debated properly. There was great confusion about the powers and responsibilities of the secretary. While some viewed it as confrontation between the departments of Panchayat Raj and Revenue, it turned out to be a fight between democracy and bureaucracy. There was a feeling among sarpanches that secretaries were interfering in their duties. This would lead to a situation wherein sarpanches try to control secretaries by terror.
Mr. Sudhakar Reddy was here to take part in the district conference of the CPI, which would elect the next district secretary and committee on Monday. The assistant secretary, Narayana, and the district secretary, Ramachandraiah, were present at the press meet.
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