No talks with Naxals: Home Minister Rajnath Singh

New Delhi: In a tactical shift from the UPA government’s two-pronged strategy of “police action” and “development” to counter Naxalism, the BJP government on Friday outlined to states a four-pronged approach of security, development, entitlement to social welfare schemes and perception management to wipe out left-wing extremism.

On the cards are new special commando forces like the elite Andhra Greyhounds to be developed in the four worst-affected states — Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa — with full Central assistance. The new Naxal-affected state of Telangana has, meanwhile, sought raising of 12 battalions of India Reserve Forces in the state, while a new Greyhound hub will be based there.