At the meeting on Tuesday the elected representatives of the four districts in the Western Ghat region which are seeing Naxal activity will interact with top police officials, Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Home Minister M P Prakash.
The Shimoga district where much of the Naxal-related action has occurred in recent months is the home district of the BJP Deputy Chief Minister and the party has a number of MLAs in the area.
Araga Jnanendra, the MLA who represents the Tirthahally constituency, told the Assembly that the Naxals had threatened to kill him and blow up his house. He called for immediate measures to tackle the Naxal problem in the region.
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