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This Article is From Feb 09, 2010

2 out of 4 CMs skip crucial meet on Naxal threat

2 out of 4 CMs skip crucial meet on Naxal threat
New Delhi: The chief ministers of Bihar and Jharkhand give Chidambaram's meet on Naxals a miss; ahead of the meet Naxals step up attacks.

Home Minister P Chidambaram has reached Kolkata for crucial Naxal meet, but two of the four chief ministers have decided to give it a skip.

Shibu Soren, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand is absent and he is sending his deputy. The Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is also absent the and the state secretary is going instead.

Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik has yet not reached as his plane has a technical snag. Only West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee is present at the meeting venue.

The meeting was fixed much in advance, the agenda was to review in detail the strategy adopted to deal with Naxals particularly coordination among the states.

Mr Nitish Kumar alleged that Bihar has not been treated well.

He said: "I have been requesting for 23 companies of the CRFP here. I already told the Centre, that I can't be out of my state all the time, but those sitting at the Centre decide dates arbitrarily."

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