States agree to adopt Andhra-style anti Naxal policy; national policy soon

All nine states affected by Left-wing extremism have agreed to form a unified national policy to tackle the Maoist menace and follow the Andhra Pradesh model to counter them. The decision after a two-hour special session on Left-wing extremism at the chief ministers' conference comes ahead of the all-party meeting called by the government next Monday to discuss the strategy to tackle Maoists, following the Darbha attack in Chhattisgarh that wiped out the state Congress leadership. 

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