Sriprakash Jaiswal, minister of state for home affairs, has asked Naxal-affected states to learn from Andhra Pradesh, which has handled the Naxalite problem well and brought down killings.

He was commenting on the Naxal attack in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh which claimed 55, including 21 police personnel and 34 SPOs or villagers with rudimentary training. Over 700 Naxals attacked the policemen while they were sleeping during the wee hours of Thursday.

"We have given 42 battalions of CRPF to Chhattisgarh and we have not withdrawan even one battlion for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The state government should find out how the money was spent for training the police personnel. How the special police officers were recruited. We will render all assistance to the state government if the need so arose. We know that the state government has requisitioned the services of K P S Gill, former chief of Punjab police, to meet the Naxal challenge. But what is important is how the force is trained," Jaiswal told newsmen after both Houses of Parliament were adjourned over Nandigarm and Chhattisgarh issues.

Speaking about the Nandigram incident, he said that the state govenment has sent its report and was now busy taking steps to addresss the situation that has arisen out of the police firing in which 15 persons were reported to have been killed and over 22 injured, which included policemen as well.

Jaiswal did not agree with the suggestion on the Centre shying away from imposing President's rule in West Bengal while Congress party jumped at every opportunity in Uttar Pradesh and threatened to impose President's rule.

"There is a marked difference between the situation in Uttar Pradesh and what happened in West Bengal. Uttar Pradesh has been suffering misrule for the last four years while there was just one odd incident in West Bengal," he said.

He was non-commital when asked if he was planning to visit Nandigarm and Chhattisgarh to assess the situation.