Decline in northeast insurgency and Maoist violence, claims MHA

New Delhi, Nov. 10: The annual report for 2021-22 released by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has claimed that there has been a decline of 74% in incidents related to insurgency in the northeastern states as compared to 2014. The report also stated that the incidents of left-wing Maoist violence in various parts of the country have registered a decline of 55% in 2021.

Stating that this has been a great improvement in the internal security of the country, the MHA claimed that overall security in the sensitive northeastern region has improved significantly since the Modi government came to power eight years ago in 2014.

The insurgency-hit states of the NE region have registered the least number of incidents related to militancy and fatal attacks on security personnel and civilians showed a declining trend in some cases there has been a 60 percent reduction in the death of security personnel and 89 percent in the death of civilians during this period, the report said.

The MHA report said that between 2014 and 2021, a total of 581 militants were killed and 9,103 were held captive in the northeast region.

Similarly, incidents of Maoist or left-wing extremism have also registered a significantly declining trend in the past eight years with the death toll coming down by 63 percent in 2021. The incidents of Maoist violence have declined from 1136 to 509 and the death toll has come down from 397 to 147 as compared to 2013, the report stated.

The MHA report further said that in 2021 Maoist violence was reported under 191 police stations in 46 districts spread over eight states. In 2013, it was reported in 330 police stations in 76 districts spread over 10 states. The CPI (M) continues to be the most powerful of the various left-wing extremist organizations in India and is responsible for over 90 percent of the total violence and 95 percent of the deaths.