<p>“The chief minister has requested us to continue the peace process and we have accepted it,” Sujato Bhadra who heads the team of interlocutors told reporters after a meeting with the chief minister.<br /><br />Asked about the interlocutors wanting to quit after the Maoists withdrew their unilateral ceasefire in the absence of talks by a letter on October one, Bhadra said,“The peace process will continue and it should be treated as an uninterrupted process.”<br /><br />He blamed a section of the media for negatively portraying the efforts of the interlocutors. “I am very disheartened.”<br /><br />Asked about their demand for withdrawal of the joint forces from junglemahal, he said, “We had detailed discussion about a lot of things with the chief minister, but it cannot be shared with the media.”<br /><br />Another interlocutor Chhotan Das said that the chief minister reposed confidence on them and wanted them to continue the peace process with the ultras.<br /><br />"We have been asked to continue the peace process which the chief minister assigned to us to do to resolve the Maoist problem," he said.<br /><br />The state government had appointed the team of interlocutors after coming to power six months ago to talk to the Maoists and bring them to the negotiating table.<br />Bhadra and his team have held three meetings with the Maoists so far.</p>
<p>“The chief minister has requested us to continue the peace process and we have accepted it,” Sujato Bhadra who heads the team of interlocutors told reporters after a meeting with the chief minister.<br /><br />Asked about the interlocutors wanting to quit after the Maoists withdrew their unilateral ceasefire in the absence of talks by a letter on October one, Bhadra said,“The peace process will continue and it should be treated as an uninterrupted process.”<br /><br />He blamed a section of the media for negatively portraying the efforts of the interlocutors. “I am very disheartened.”<br /><br />Asked about their demand for withdrawal of the joint forces from junglemahal, he said, “We had detailed discussion about a lot of things with the chief minister, but it cannot be shared with the media.”<br /><br />Another interlocutor Chhotan Das said that the chief minister reposed confidence on them and wanted them to continue the peace process with the ultras.<br /><br />"We have been asked to continue the peace process which the chief minister assigned to us to do to resolve the Maoist problem," he said.<br /><br />The state government had appointed the team of interlocutors after coming to power six months ago to talk to the Maoists and bring them to the negotiating table.<br />Bhadra and his team have held three meetings with the Maoists so far.</p>