Addressing the Chief Ministers&#39; Conference on internal security, Manmohan Singh said attacks like the May 25 one -- in which 30 people, including senior Congress leaders Mahendra Karma, were killed and many others injured -- were &quot;setbacks&quot; in the process to tackle the extremist problem. <img alt="No place for such violence, says PM on Maoist attack" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/PM_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 577px;" /> Prime Minister Manmohan Singh &quot;The meeting today has been called in the aftermath of the brutal attack on Congress workers in Chhattisgarh. Such violence has no place in our democracy.&quot; He said the government has adopted a two-pronged strategy to tackle the Maoist problem -- &quot;proactive and sustained operations against Maoist extremists and, addressing development and governance issues&quot;. He said the meet could be used to find &quot;some concrete measures to deal with the very grave threat of Naxalism&quot;. &quot;The centre and states need to join hands to tackle this problem,&quot; the prime minister said. &ldquo;I must point out that the challenge of Naxalism has received our serious attention. We have worked on the development of the Naxal-affected areas. We have been successful to quite an extent,&quot; he added.u00a0

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Taking a strong stand against Maoist attacks like the May 25 strike against Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that such violence has no place in a democracy.

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