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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Cong must apologise to family of Manmohan Singh who termed Maoists single biggest threat: Rijiju

New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday fired a fresh salvo at the Congress over its MP P Chidambaram's swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "Dimagi Naxal" remark, saying the party must apologise to the family of ex-prime minister Manmohan Singh, who had said the Maoist problem was the single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by India.

On Sunday, Rijiju had reacted to Chidambaram's "I am proud to be a Dimagi Naxal" remark, which followed after Modi in his Independence Day speech said "we have succeeded in getting rid of armed Naxals, but 'Dimagi Naxals' (intellectual Naxals) are looking for opportunities to create violence, unrest..."

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