“India Is Now Naxal-Free”: Home Minister Amit Shah Declares End Of Maoist Insurgency From Bastar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has declared India “Naxal-free” during a landmark visit to Bastar in Chhattisgarh, once considered the centre of Maoist insurgency in India. Shah credited security forces for ending decades of Left-wing extremism through intensified anti-Maoist operations and said the government’s next mission is to transform Bastar into the country’s most developed tribal region. While the Centre calls it the end of Naxalism, questions remain over tribal rights, rehabilitation and the presence of isolated Maoist networks.