'Jharkhand capable of handling Maoist menace'

Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren today said the state is capable of handling Maoists menace.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren on Monday said the state is capable of handling Maoists menace.

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"The state is capable of effectively containing extremist violence. Anti-Naxal operations are on," Soren said told the state Assembly in reply to a query by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) MLA Pradip Yadav on whether the state has taken any decision to launch 'Operation Green Hunt' against Maoists.

The Centre had proposed for a joint operation with other states against the extremists and "we have to do it (fight against the rebels)", he said.

Soren on February 9 had skipped a meeting convened by Union Home minister P Chidambaram in Kolkata to discuss the Maoists issue.