Amit Shah Sets Key Target For India, Says Nation Will Be Free From Maoism By March 2026

Shah addressed a press conference in Raipur along with Chhattisgarh Ch☂ief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, senior central officials and police officers. He reviewed the Maoist situation in the state and the adjoining areas.

The Home Minister urged Naxals to ref💙rain✤ from doing violence, announcing that the Chhattisgarh government would announce a "new look" surrender policy in one or two months.

"A strong and ruthless strategy is required for launching the last assault a👍gainst Naxals," he said.

Noting that Naxal violence is a challenge to the democracy, Shah said that around 17,000 lives we♛re claimed by the menace in 🅷the country.

However, the Union Minister noted that there was a 53 per c♏ent drop in Naxal incidents during 2014-2024 as compared to the data of 2004-2014. It is time to deal the final blow to the problem of Left Wing Extremism with a strong strategy, Shah said.

The Home Minister said that the BJP-led government had been working to fꦍill in the security vacuum in the Naxal-hit areas, adding that the security personnel have undertaken operations along with other development works.

Other than the security forces, central agencies like the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have also worked towards dismantl⛄ing the funding and finances of the Maoists.

"We believe we will be able to free the country fro♌m Left Win💖g Extremism by March 2026," Shah said during the press conference.

Shah was also a♔sked about the now-scrapped Article 370, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, to which he said that the provision will never be restored.

Notꦰably, the Home Ministry's Left Wing Extremism Division, estabꩵlished in 2006, addresses the Maoist issues holistically and monitors the LWE situation and the measures taken by the Naxal-hit states.