NEW DELHI, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government has claimed that the left-wing Naxalite rebels have been getting support from some organizations in Europe, apart from some left- wing parties in the Phillipines and Turkey.
India's junior Home Minister Kiren Rijiju has told the Parliament that the Naxalites were getting support from organizations in Europe, including Germany, France, the Netherlands and Italy. "We are taking up the matter with the European countries," he was quoted by the media as saying Tuesday.
The minister also said that the left-wing rebels have connections with left-wing parties in the Philippines and Turkey, adding "senior cadres of the Communist Party of Philippines trained Indians in 2005 and 2011."
Rijiju said that ammunition of foreign origin recovered from the Naxalites pointed out to the links abroad.
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