Maoists kill 2 politicians in Andhra

P. Ramdev Reddy, a district committee secretary for Congress, was shot outside his home on Saturday in Mahbubnagar district, 120km south of the Andhra Pradesh state capital Hyderabad, police said.

A worker of the opposition Telugu Desam Party was also shot dead Saturday by suspected Maoists in the states southern district of Cuddapah.

"We cannot understand why the Maoists are targeting our politicians when we have made it clear to them that we are still ready to hold talks with them," K. Keshav Rao, state Congress president, told AFP.