Maoism is being completely eradicated before March 31, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (February 8, 2026) chaired a high-level security review meeting in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE).

The meeting was held with the Centre’s March 31 deadline for eliminating the Maoist insurgency from the country on the horizon.

“Today, in Raipur, I held a review meeting with the Chhattisgarh government and officials on anti-Naxal operations. Security-centric strategy, infrastructure, attacks on Naxal financial networks, and surrender policy have yielded positive results, and Maoism is being completely eradicated before March 31,” Mr. Shah wrote on X.

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, the Union Home Secretary, the Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs attended the meeting, a government official said.