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Oppn. indulging in double-talk: CM

By Our Special Correspondent

Bangalore Dec. 11. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, today criticised the Opposition parties for indulging in "double-talk" on the abduction and killing of the JD(U) leader, H. Nagappa, and said the Government was ready to face them in the Legislative Assembly, which was scheduled to meet from December 23.

Mr. Krishna said the parties could discuss the statements made on the issue, and "set the record straight". The Chief Minister said he did not anticipate any political fallout of the killing of Nagappa.

If there was a fallout, the Government was extremely confident of dealing with it, he declared.

Earlier, Mr. Krishna said T. Srinivasulu, the State Security Advisor, had returned after discussions at Satyamangalam and was going to M.M. Hills.

To a question, he said Tamil Nadu, the Union Government, and the people were cooperating with Karnataka.

`No cassette'

Mr. Krishna refuted the report put out by a television network that a seventh cassette has been received from the forest brigand, Veerappan, and appealed, in particular, to TV channels not to give credence to speculations and rumours. He made it clear that the objective of the Government was to eliminate Veerappan.When a journalist said that the TV network had based its report on the confirmation made by the Minister for Animal Husbandry, M. Mahadev, the Chief Minister questioned the minister, who was with him. When Mr. Mahadev denied having said so, he made him swear before the TV cameras three times that he had not stated that another cassette had been received.

Mr. Krishna said he had written to the Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee, about convening a meeting of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka to discuss ways of eliminating the Veerappan menace. He had suggested that the meeting could be held in Delhi on December 21, when the chief ministers assembled there for the meeting of the National Development Council.

Later, answering a question from the The Hindu as to what would be the response of the State if Veerappan offered to surrender, Mr. Krishna said: "It is academic.' He did not think that the brigand would do so.

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