Overview
- At Chhattisgarh’s Rajat Mahotsav, the prime minister said Maoist-affected districts fell from about 125 to three over 11 years and vowed the country would soon be free of Naxal violence.
- He cited recent surrenders as evidence of momentum, noting more than 200 Maoists laid down arms in Bastar in October and over 20 did so in Kanker days ago.
- An October update from the Union Home Ministry reported 11 Left-Wing Extremism-affected districts nationwide, naming Bijapur, Sukma and Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh as the most affected.
- The government credits a multi-pronged approach combining security operations, infrastructure expansion and rehabilitation schemes for the downturn in insurgent influence.
- Modi highlighted on-the-ground changes, pointing to electricity reaching a Bijapur village after 70 years, a first school in Abujhmad’s Rekawaya, development in Sukma’s Puarti and the tricolour replacing Maoist flags.