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#1 PWG WATCH: Peace Talks: Stalemate On Weapons Issue Continues 1) Peace talks: Stalemate on weapons issue continues HYDERABAD: Even as stalemate continued on the contentious issue of whether Naxalites can be allowed to carry weapons, the talks between the AP government and CPI- (Maoist) and Janashakti parties resumed here on the second day at 3.30 pm on Saturday. (New Indian Express, October 17, 2004, Sunday) http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEA20041016113627&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Andhra+Pradesh&Topic=332& ------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Naxals have State on the mat Hyderabad, Oct. 16: After eight hours of talks till 10 pm, the State government agreed to consider positively four of the proposals put forth by the Naxalites on Saturday. The proposals are withdrawal of cases against people involved in revolutionary mo-vement, release of political prisoners, ending cash rewards fixed on the heads of revolutionaries and taking stern action against private armed gangs. (Deccan Chronicle, October 17, 2004, Sunday) http://www.deccan.com/home/homedetails.asp#Naxals have State on the mat ------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Government-naxalite talks fail to make headway By Our Special Correspondent HYDERABAD, OCT. 16 . Negotiations between the Government and the naxalites failed to make headway on the second day today as the CPI (Maoists) and CPI-ML (Janashakti) representatives insisted on a commitment to end repression against the people's movements before taking up the main agenda. (The HIndu, October 17, 2004, Sunday) http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/17/stories/2004101710650600.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Firearms issue sidestepped on Day Two in Naxal-Govt talks HYDERABAD: The peace talks between Naxalite leaders and the State Government which resumed here on Saturday made considerable progress with Home Minister K Jana Reddy promising the CPI (Maoist) and Janasakthi leaders that their demands would be considered.(New Indian Express, October 17, 2004, Sunday) http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEA20041017002016&Page=A&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Andhra+Pradesh&Topic=0& ------------------------------------------------------------ 5) BJP faults Government's stand on naxalism By Our Special Correspondent HYDERABAD, OCT. 16. The State BJP president, N. Indrasena Reddy, today said there was no clarity in the State Government's stand on naxalism and wondered how far it could go in engaging the Left extremist groups in talks. At a press conference, the BJP leader alleged that the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, and his Ministers were speaking in different voices over the issue. There was no coherent line of thought. "We are observing the talks keenly and will formulate a comprehensive view in our executive meeting scheduled for October 24 and 25."( The Hindu, October 17, 2004, Sunday) http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/17/stories/2004101706040600.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------ #2 INL To Take Up Mahdani Issue With TN New Indian Express, October 17, 2004, Sunday INL to take up Mahdani issue with TN KOZHIKODE: Indian National League will take up the issue of the release of PDP leader Abdul Nazar Mahdani, now lodged in jail in connection with the Coimbatore bomb blast case, with the Tamil Nadu Government. Addressing a news conference here on Saturday, INL state general secretary P.M.A. Salam said party president Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait would meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in this regard. ‘‘He will also meet Mahdani in jail,’’ Salam said. Salam said the UDF cheated the PDP leader after seeking his support in last Assembly elections. Meanwhile, the PDP has decided to organise an indefinite fast in front of the Secretariat from October 18 to press the State Government to intervene to get medical treatment for Mahdani. PDP state vice-chairman U. Kunhumuhammad and general secretary Gafoor Puthupadi told reporters that the State Government had not yet sent its representative to the jail even after the Muslim scholars and CPM demanded the Government’s intervention. http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20041016233544&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0& ------------------------------------------------------------ The Hindu, October 17, 2004, Sunday PDP fast on October 18 By Our Staff Reporter KOZHIKODE, OCT. 16. The People's Democratic Party (PDP) activists will go on an indefinite fast before the Secretariat on October 18 to protest against the Government stance in not exerting pressure on the Tamil Nadu Government to provide treatment to the seriously ill PDP leader, Abdul Nasser Maudany. http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/17/stories/2004101702970300.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- CHRO |
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