Gaya (Bihar): Pramod Mishra, a Maoist politburo member who was arrested two days ago with Rs 1 crore on his head, admitted that ultras were responsible for burning schools in Bihar. Speaking to reporters while being produced in a Bihar court, the septuagenarian Maoist leader said, “The schools were torched because they were being used as shelter houses for central forces and police personnel.”
Coming down heavily on the opposition leadership the, Maoist leader said, “The opposition is silent on burning issues of the country. Think about Manipur. What is happening there? But the role of the opposition is not at all satisfactory and by doing this they are, in a way, supporting the BJP government”.
The Eastern Zonal Command Maoist leader, who was responsible for controlling several states in the East including Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and North Eastern states, conceded that the organization in the recent past suffered setbacks, particularly after the demise of Sandeep Yadav, also known as Bade Sarkar, in Bihar.
