Chidambaram renews offer for talks with Maoists if they halt violence

Reiterating his offer for talks if Maoists halted violence, home minister P Chidambaram said the govt was forced to continue its operations in Maoist insurgency-hit states as the rebels had spurned previous such appeals.






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