Visakhapatnam: Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh appealed to Maoists to shun violence and join mainstream politics.
"The Naxalites should abandon path of violence and come forward to join active politics to contest (elections)... India is the country of Mahatma Gandhi and Gautham Buddha and every Indian should follow their path of peace," Ramesh said.
He was addressing a public meeting at Chintapalli in the Vizag agency area.
Ramesh along with his ministerial colleague and Panchayat Raj Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo inaugurated as many as 59 multipurpose halls constructed across eleven tribal mandals in the district under the MPLADS.
"The Naxalites should abandon path of violence and come forward to join active politics to contest (elections)... India is the country of Mahatma Gandhi and Gautham Buddha and every Indian should follow their path of peace," Ramesh said.
He was addressing a public meeting at Chintapalli in the Vizag agency area.
Ramesh along with his ministerial colleague and Panchayat Raj Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo inaugurated as many as 59 multipurpose halls constructed across eleven tribal mandals in the district under the MPLADS.
