Chhattisgarh anti-naxal operation was poorly designed: Rahul Gandhi
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“Our jawans are not cannon fodder to be martyred at will,” Mr. Gandhi mentioned on Twitter.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the operation against naxals in Chhattisgarh, in which 22 security personnel were killed, was “incompetently” executed and “poorly designed”.
“Our jawans are not cannon fodder to be martyred at will,” Mr. Gandhi mentioned on Twitter.
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Out of the 22 fatalities within the Saturday naxal assault within the State, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) misplaced eight males, together with seven CoBRA commandos, whereas one jawan is from the Bastariya battalion, eight from the DRG and 5 from the Special Task Force.
Citing a media report quoting CRPF Director General Kuldeep Singh as saying there was no intelligence failure within the operation and an equal variety of ultras have been killed, Mr. Gandhi mentioned, “If there was no intelligence failure then a 1:1 death ratio means it was a poorly designed and incompetently executed operation.” Officials on Sunday had mentioned {that a} CRPF inspector remains to be lacking. Thirty-one safety personnel have been additionally injured within the ambush by naxals.
The safety personnel have been ambushed by naxals after they have been out on a combing operation in a forest alongside the border of the Bijapur and Sukma districts of the State.
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Director General Singh had acknowledged that his personnel have been “surprised and ambushed” throughout the assault on Saturday that lasted a number of hours.
Other officers within the know of the developments mentioned the forces could have been waylaid by the naxals.
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