Devil's Advocate: Dr Binayak Sen on State vs Maoists

Maoists are "struggling against conditions which would lead to genocide" but violence is "not a legitimate way" of bringing change, says Dr Binayak Sen, the physician and human rights activist, who spent almost two years in jail for alleged links with the rebels in Jharkhand. Sen says it is his duty as a rights activist to condemn and oppose the violence of the state and the Maoists. "My standards are clear," he told Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. "Nobody is giving up violence. Neither the state nor the Maoists are giving up violence. I am interested in furthering my cause, which is the cause of peace with justice."