“No militant group will come to the negotiation table unless it is under pressure.” On the possibility of a China-Maoist link, he said that it was restricted to supply of arms. "During the Vienna convention on small arms, only four countries opposed a proposal to have a unique number for all ordnance factories and manufacturers of small arms. These were the U.S., China, Pakistan and Iran, as they control 80 per cent of the business of small arms" he said. He named two other crucial factors that had contributed to aggravating the internal security situation — failure to implement the much-delayed police reforms and carrying out judicial reforms and streamlining criminal justice system. Full Article at The Hindu