Naxalism Will End in 1-2 Years After PM Modi Returns to Power, Says Amit Shah in Exclusive Interview to News18

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will go to the public seeking a third term with its track record in eliminating terrorism and Naxalism from the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in an exclusive interview with Network18.

“Terrorism and Naxalism had been two major scourges for democracy and development in this country for decades. Narendra Modi-ji has got us almost 100 per cent freedom from terrorism in 10 years and you could say Naxalism has been eliminated by around 95 per cent,” he said.

Sharing statistics of India’s fight against the Red menace, Shah said: “Today, Naxalism has been completely finished off in the seven states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra. It remains only in four districts of Chhattisgarh, where the Bharatiya Janata Party has now formed the government, and just in the past three months, almost 100 Naxalites have been killed. I am fully confident that after Modi-ji becomes the prime minister for the third time, the country will get rid of Naxalism within one or two years.”

CNN-News18 had reported earlier that in January this year, at a security review meeting in Chhattisgarh, Shah told top officials of the security grid-intelligence gathering that a detailed roadmap for anti-Maoist operations must be drawn by all stakeholders with immediate effect. He gave the security grid three years to clear the remaining pockets of Chhattisgarh of Maoists.

A day after 29 Naxalites were killed in one of the largest operations by security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker area last month, the Union home minister said the Centre’s campaign against Naxalism and terrorism gained momentum in Chhattisgarh after the formation of the BJP government in the state.

“After the formation of the government, in a period of about 3 months, more than 80 Naxalites have been killed in Chhattisgarh, more than 125 have been arrested and more than 150 Naxalites have surrendered. I have full confidence that it will continue in future also and within a very short time, under the leadership of Modi ji, we will uproot Naxalism from the country,” Shah told news agency ANI.

Watch Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s full interview on CNN-News18 at 9pm.

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