CPI demands inquiry into troop movement issue

"Unfortunately, this report has come in the backdrop of reported misgivings between the army and the Defence Ministry. There has to be a comprehensive inquiry into all these things. These issues cannot be separated as these are matters concerning national security," new CPI General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy told reporters here. "The Defence Minister should make a statement clarifying what exactly had happened (regarding the army movement). It is a very serious matter," he said when asked about the report appearing in a daily.