Overview

• Speaking at the National Turmeric Board’s Nizamabad headquarters, Shah framed the campaign as essential to restoring development in tribal areas
• He ruled out any negotiations with armed Maoists and warned that refusal to surrender would invite targeted elimination
• Shah highlighted over 1,500 insurgent surrenders in the past 18 months and noted more than 10,000 former militants in the Northeast have renounced violence
• He cautioned Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy against turning the state into a refuge for cadres fleeing nationwide security operations
• Citing a four-decade toll of 40,000 deaths in tribal regions, Shah underscored the urgency of his zero-dialogue, deadline-driven strategy