Govt needs to draft new policy to deal with Naxalism: Congress.

New Delhi: The government needs to draft a new policy to deal with Naxalism in the country in the wake of the recent attack on a police team in Jharkhand, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Saturday.

Referring to the attack in the Seraikela-Kharsawan area near the Jharkhand-Bengal border on Friday in which five police personnel were killed in an ambush by Maoists, Surjewala said the act was highly condemnable. "The cowardly face of naxalism has been spreading in Jharkhand. The government of this country needs to draft afresh its policy to deal with naxalism," he tweeted.

झारखंड के सरायकेला नक्सली हमले में हमारे 5 जवान शहीद हो गये।यह कायराना हमला घोर निन्दनीय है।

शहीदों के परिवारों के प्रति मेरी गहरी संवेदनाएँ।

नक्सलवाद का बुज़दिल चेहरा फिर से झारखंड में अपने पैर पसार रहा है।देश की सरकार को नये सिरे से नक्सलवाद से निपटने के लिये नीति बनानी होगी। pic.twitter.com/I03jYevNDF

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) June 15, 2019

Two assistant sub-inspectors and three constables came under attack while patrolling the Tiruldih police station area of the district.