Several organisations have written to President Draupadi Murmu urging her to intervene and ensure military operations are halted, a ceasefire declared, and peace talks initiated in the Maoist-dominated tribal regions of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand.
Days before Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s scheduled visit to Chhattisgarh, the outlawed CPI (Maoist) has issued a press statement proposing peace talks, urging the government to halt security operations in Maoist-affected regions.
Russian and Ukrainian officials have said that negotiations on a solution to the ongoing war have been suspended as the process is mired in a stalemate.
