Maoists from Nepal and India providing training to each other: Patil

December 21, 2005
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Indian Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, has said Maoists from Nepal and India are providing training facilities to each other’s cadre.

Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil

Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil (Photo source:india.eu.org)
Speaking at Rajya Sabha– the Upper House of the Indian parliament– on Wednesday, Patil said there was no indication of Maoists and Naxalites from both countries exchanging arms.

Maoists in India are referred to as Naxalites.

On joint measures to quell Maoist and Naxalite threat, he said measures had been taken at various levels, including at the level of Home Secretaries, in this regard, official PTI news agency reported.

In reply to a query, Patil said there was no proposal to erect fences along the border to stop movement of Maoists.

The Minister said Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and His Majesty King Gyanendra also discussed the problem during their meeting in Dhaka last month.

There is some change in India’s approach towards Nepal after the end of democracy in the Himalayan Kingdom, Patil told Rajya Sabha.

“After democracy ended in Nepal, there is some change in India’s approach,” Patil said replying to supplementaries during Question Hour. He did not elaborate.

Earlier, India had helped Kathmandu with arms, he said.

Right now, bilateral mechanism existed between the two countries for interaction and exchange of information on security and border management related issues of mutual concern, PTI news agency quoted Patil as saying.

Patil’s remarks have come a day after vice chairman in the royal council of ministers, Dr. Tulsi Giri, flayed demands for restoration of democracy saying that there was democracy in the country.