Sonia appointed hardcore Maoist Raut as PM fellow: BJP's Patra

BJP MP Sambit Patra, while speaking in Lok Sabha, said, "When Jairam Ramesh was the minister, he wrote to Congress government in Maharashtra to release hardcore Maoist Mahesh Raut." "Raut was later appointed by Sonia as PM's Rural Development Fellow (PMRDF)!" he added. His remarks came a day before government's deadline of March 31 to eradicate left-wing extremism in India.