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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (Oct 6) asserted that Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and Naxalism will be eliminated in the next "two years". Amit Shah's statement came while chairing the review meeting on Left Wing Extremism.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a review meeting on 'Left Wing Extremism (LWE)' here in the national capital on Friday (Oct 6). The fight against the Left Wing Extremism menace is now in a crucial stage.
In a significant development, the Central Reserve Police Force will hold its 84th Raising Day event in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, the first time its annual celebrations will be held in a left wing extremism-affected area
NIA registered a record 73 cases in 2022 which is a 19.67 per cent increase from the 61 cases registered in 2021 and is an all-time high for the agency. The counter-terror agency also filed 59 charge sheets this year against 368 persons and arrested 456 accused persons, including 19 absconders.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recent report, a decrease of 74% was recorded in the insurgency incidents in the sensitive northeast region as compared to 2014. As also the incidents of Maoist violence have declined by 55%.
Amit Shah on Wednesday (Nov 9) chaired a day-long high-level meeting of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers across the country here in the national capital to discuss issues of counter-terrorism, Left Wing Extremism or Naxal, border matters, cyber security and technological upgradation, top government sources said.
Alluri Seetharamaraju, the predominantly tribal district in Andhra Pradesh has been announced free from Maoist activists, based on latest intelligence reports. The reports also suggest that most of the activists from the concerned region have moved to Chhattisgarh or Odisha during the last couple of months.
As per the government, 2,343 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Phase-I sites will be upgraded from 2G to 4G mobile services at an estimated cost of Rs 1,884.59 crore.
It is a proud situation to see the decreasing graph of violent incidents in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas. Today, Home Minister Amit held a review meeting in New Delhi on the security situation in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas and development initiatives being undertaken there. Chief Ministers of Left Wing Extremism affected states are taking part in the meeting.
Chief Secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy said, “Left Wing Extremism (LWE) is now restricted to just 5 districts out of 15 in Odisha”.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated the 3-day Defence & Homeland Security Expo and Conference – 2018. After inaugurating the defence expo, he called upon the law enforcement agencies to adopt new technologies to enhance their capacities to contain terror and to counter the emerging challenges to homeland security.
The Left Wing Extremism (LWE) situation in the country has been improving consistently and is now well under control. Currently, 30 districts in 07 States are most affected by LWE violence. The information was given by MoS for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Exposing the sinister anti-national designs of the Left Wing Extremism (LWE), former Indian Army Captain and an expert on Maoism Smita Gaikwad emphasized the need to destroy the network of Urban Maoists to ensure development in remote areas.
Due to effective strategy of security forces against Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and surrender scheme, elimination of Maoist has increased by 88.6% while surrenders have increased by 92.2% in last three years.
Making conflict-torn Bastar proud, Bastar Superintendent of Police has won the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 2017 International award in the “Homeland Security”. He has been awarded for his campaign “AMCHO BASTAR – AMCHO POLICE”. He is the only Indian Police Service officer to win the award twice in a row.
