Jairam to visit trouble spots

Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh is set to go for a three-day tour to West Bengal from Monday.

Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh is set to go for a three-day tour to West Bengal from Monday.


He will visit two naxal-affected districts and discuss implementation of the rural employment guarantee scheme with the state government.

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Ramesh is set to visit Bankura and Purulia after the two districts were included in the Centre's Integrated Action Programme for the Maoist-hit districts.

The visit to Naxal-hit areas of the state comes in the backdrop of the CPI(Maoist) blaming him, among others, for the killing of its leader, Koteswarlu alias Kishenji. In a statement issued earlier this month, the CPI(Maoist) politburo said, "the ruling clique of this country led by Sonia-Manmohan-Chidambaram-Pranab-Jairam colluded with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and killed him in the cruelest manner."