Brief by Shorts91NewsDesk / 02:16pm on 05 Apr 2025,Saturday India
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during the Bastar Pandum festival in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, appealed to Maoists to surrender and integrate into mainstream society, emphasizing that "whenever a Naxal is killed, no one feels happy." He reiterated the government's commitment to eradicating Left Wing Extremism by March 2026 and announced that villages declaring themselves Naxal-free would receive ₹1 crore for development projects. Shah highlighted the government's focus on enhancing education, healthcare, and infrastructure in the Bastar region, aiming to achieve in five years what hadn't been accomplished in the past fifty. He assured surrendered Naxals of safety and rehabilitation. (PC: Daily Pioneer)
