Congress does not rule out air power against Maoists

Echoing the government line in the fight against Maoists, the Congress  on Friday did not rule out the possibility using air power to deal with Left-wing ultras.

"As of now, there is no mandate (for security forces). But nothing can be ruled out," Congress spokesman Abhshek Manu Singhvi said.

He said the issue can be 'revisited' if there was a need for it.

Home Minister P Chidambaram had said on Wednesday that though the government had refrained from using air power against Maoists but the situation could change.

Govt denies media reports of ill-equipped CRPF personnel

On Tuesday, in one of the most daring attacks in the four-decade-old Left-wing insurgency, Maoists massacred 76 security personnel in the forests of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh. 

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