KOLKATA:
Despite a spurt in Maoist activity, the West Bengal government is not
contemplating a ban on the ultras and instead wants to tackle them politically,
administratively and through adoption of various socio-economic measures.

Chief Minister Buddhadeb
Bhattacharjee told the state Assembly on Thursday that the government did not
think that a mere ban would be able to check the Maoists. The menace could
rather be tackled politically, administratively and by taking up measures for
socioeconomic development.