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Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had, on several occasions in the past, alleged that the Trinamool was acting in collusion with the Maoists at a time when the state government has mounted security operations to flush them out from their hideouts.
Chidambaram, however, today said nobody had been in collusion with Maoists and no person believing in democratic principles can do that. Reacting to the home minister’s remarks, CPM central committee member Md Selim said: “He has no other option because the Trinamool is their ally at the Centre.”
The Trinamool, meanwhile, seized upon Chidambaram’s remarks. “On the February 7 rally at Brigade Parade Ground, Buddhababu accused Mamata of hobnobbing with the Maoists and today he has got the snub. And Chidambaram also made it clear that the joint operations to crush Naxalites could not yield much result,” said Trinamool’s Partha Chatterjee, who is also the leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly.
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