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No decision yet on use of air power in anti-naxal ops: PM
HT Correspondents, Hindustan Times
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New Delhi/Jagdalpur/Ahmedabad, April 07, 2010
First Published: 12:16 IST(7/4/2010)
Last Updated: 01:18 IST(8/4/2010)
A day after Maoists killed 75 CRPF personnel and a policeman in Chattisgarh's Dantewada district, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday the government had not taken a decision on deploying the armed forces against the ultras yet but the option was open.
"As of now, we have not taken any view in this direction. All these options are kept open and continuously reviewed," Singh said in response to a mediaperson's query on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi.
Indian Air Force chief P V Naik, who is also the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee, said in Gandhinagar near Ahme-dabad that he did not favour the option of using the armed forces to tackle the Maoist problem.
"The military — air force, army and navy — are trained to inflict maximum lethality. They are not trained for limited lethality. The weapons that we have are meant for the enemy across the border," he said.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/speci...wer-in-anti-naxal-ops-PM/Article1-528184.aspx
HT Correspondents, Hindustan Times
Email Author
New Delhi/Jagdalpur/Ahmedabad, April 07, 2010
First Published: 12:16 IST(7/4/2010)
Last Updated: 01:18 IST(8/4/2010)
A day after Maoists killed 75 CRPF personnel and a policeman in Chattisgarh's Dantewada district, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday the government had not taken a decision on deploying the armed forces against the ultras yet but the option was open.
"As of now, we have not taken any view in this direction. All these options are kept open and continuously reviewed," Singh said in response to a mediaperson's query on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi.
Indian Air Force chief P V Naik, who is also the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee, said in Gandhinagar near Ahme-dabad that he did not favour the option of using the armed forces to tackle the Maoist problem.
"The military — air force, army and navy — are trained to inflict maximum lethality. They are not trained for limited lethality. The weapons that we have are meant for the enemy across the border," he said.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/speci...wer-in-anti-naxal-ops-PM/Article1-528184.aspx