Updated on Monday, November 02, 2009, 21:33 IST Tags:China, Pak, VHP

Kolkata: VHP leader Praveen Togadia on Monday alleged that China and Pakistan were encouraging Maoists in the country and claimed the Naxalites were hand in glove with the mainstream Left parties here.

"China and Pakistan are trying to disturb India's development by encouraging Maoist rebels and this is being supported by the Marxists," Togadia told newspersons here.

"CPI-M and CPI are hand in glove with the Maoists and they are ideologically on the same platform," Togadia claimed while saying both the Central and West Bengal governments lacked political will and action to defeat the Maoists.

"This will affect the development of West Bengal adversely," the VHP international secretary said.

To defeat the Maoists, one needs to focus on health and education in the tribal areas, he said.

Bureau Report