Talks with Maoists will be fruitful, Binayak Sen asserts-

8 Sep, 2011, 09.57PM IST, IANS

Talks with Maoists will be fruitful, Binayak Sen asserts/HAD WRITTEN ABOUT IT EARLIER IN THIS BLOG ON THIS ISSUE/NEWS AND HAD APPEALED TO THESE NAXALITES AND GOVERNMENT FOR PEACEFUL MEANS AND TALKS...ITS GREAT THEY ARE HEADING TOWARDS IT THEMSELVE.INFACT A PIECE OF INTERVIEW IS PASTED HERE WITH MY COMMENTS WHICH WAS THEIR ONE OF THE PIONEER'S INTERVIEW BEFORE HE COMMITTED SUICIDE SAYING "NAXAL MOVEMENT IS NOT ON RIGHT DIRECTION...THESE VIOLENT PATH IS WRONG.WILL NOT TAKE ONE TO ANY CONCLUSIVE END.ONE SHOULD TAKE PEACEFUL MEANS.ITS MY FOLLOW UP TO IT...VT)


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KOLKATA: Human right activist Binayak Sen on Thursday exuded confidence about the talks between the West Bengal government and the Maoists yielding positive results.

"We are desirous of progress and we are extremely hopeful that the talks (between the government and Maoists) that are going on will yield positive results," said Sen.

The state government under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had appointed a team of interlocutors to facilitate talks with the extremists to lay down their arms and return to the mainstream.

The interlocutors, led by activist Sujato Bhadra, had been to Junglemahal recently to negotiate with the Maoists as part of the government's peace initiative. Later they met Banerjee to apprise her about latest developments in the process.

Sen also extended support to right activists and organisations in other states that are in the process of rehabilitating the guerillas. "We will be extremely happy to help any right activists or organisation outside Bengal, who are working to make their (Maoists) life better."

Arrested in May 2007 on charges of links with the outlawed Maoists, Sen was convicted by the additional session judge of Raipur Dec 24, 2010, for waging war against the state, entering into criminal conspiracy and sedition. The Chhattisgarh High Court Feb 10 rejected Sen's plea seeking the suspension of sentence and bail during the pendency of his appeal.

He was granted bail by the Supreme Court April 15, with the court observing there was no case of sedition against Sen and he was at best a Maoist sympathiser.