Directors General of the CRPF, BSF, ITBP and NIA, along with police chiefs of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Telangana and other senior officers, were also present.
Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that Left-Wing Extremism would be completely eradicated before March 31, citing gains from a security-centric strategy, infrastructure development and disruption of Maoist financial networks. (PTI)
Raipur, New Delhi: Asserting that security-centric strategy, infrastructure development, and disruption of Maoist financial networks have yielded results in the fight against Left-wing extremism (LWE), Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday reiterated that the Naxal menace will be completely eradicated before March 31.
In his remarks after chairing a high-level security review meeting on LWE in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, Shah said the ongoing fight against Naxalites must not be scattered and the remaining Naxals must not be allowed to flee to other states. He stressed the need for smooth coordination between various states and Central agencies.
"Today in Raipur, I held a review meeting with the Chhattisgarh government and officials on anti-Naxal operations. The security-centric strategy, infrastructure development, targeting of the Naxal financial network and the surrender policy have yielded positive results, and Naxalism will be completely eradicated before March 31," Shah posted on X. He also shared photographs of the meeting on X.
The Raipur meeting on Left-wing extremism was Shah's second high-level review since Saturday. The back-to-back security review on the LWE comes 51 days ahead of the Centre's March 31 deadline to eliminate Maoist insurgency in the country. According to sources, the Sunday meeting will likely be the Union home minister's last high-level security review on the LWE ahead of the deadline.
At the meeting, the Union home minister reviewed progress in the rehabilitation of the surrendered Naxals in Chhattisgarh and infrastructure development and other welfare measures being undertaken in Naxal-affected regions of Bastar, sources said.
Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai, deputy CM and home minister Vijay Sharma, Union home secretary, Intelligence Bureau director and the ministry of home affairs special secretary (internal security) attended the Sunday meeting held at a hotel in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, officials said.
The directors general of the Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and National Investigation Agency, as well as Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Telangana, along with several senior officers, were also present, they added.
Earlier on Saturday evening, Shah chaired a security review meeting in the LWE-affected areas in the states of Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha and Jharkhand, sources said.
The Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, comprising seven districts, shares borders with Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and has long been considered the strongest bastion of Maoists. During the last two years, the region has witnessed intensified anti-Naxal operations, causing significant disruption to the extremist violence.
As per Chhattisgarh police, since January 2024, more than 500 Maoists, including CPI(M) general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju, have been killed in separate encounters in the state, while around 1,900 Maoists were arrested and over 2,500 surrendered.
"Today in Raipur, I held a review meeting with the Chhattisgarh government and officials on anti-Naxal operations. The security-centric strategy, infrastructure development, targeting of the Naxal financial network and the surrender policy have yielded positive results, and Naxalism will be completely eradicated before March 31," Shah posted on X. He also shared photographs of the meeting on X.
The Raipur meeting on Left-wing extremism was Shah's second high-level review since Saturday. The back-to-back security review on the LWE comes 51 days ahead of the Centre's March 31 deadline to eliminate Maoist insurgency in the country. According to sources, the Sunday meeting will likely be the Union home minister's last high-level security review on the LWE ahead of the deadline.
At the meeting, the Union home minister reviewed progress in the rehabilitation of the surrendered Naxals in Chhattisgarh and infrastructure development and other welfare measures being undertaken in Naxal-affected regions of Bastar, sources said.
Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai, deputy CM and home minister Vijay Sharma, Union home secretary, Intelligence Bureau director and the ministry of home affairs special secretary (internal security) attended the Sunday meeting held at a hotel in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, officials said.
The directors general of the Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and National Investigation Agency, as well as Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Telangana, along with several senior officers, were also present, they added.
Earlier on Saturday evening, Shah chaired a security review meeting in the LWE-affected areas in the states of Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha and Jharkhand, sources said.
The Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, comprising seven districts, shares borders with Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and has long been considered the strongest bastion of Maoists. During the last two years, the region has witnessed intensified anti-Naxal operations, causing significant disruption to the extremist violence.
As per Chhattisgarh police, since January 2024, more than 500 Maoists, including CPI(M) general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju, have been killed in separate encounters in the state, while around 1,900 Maoists were arrested and over 2,500 surrendered.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle with agency inputs )
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