Govt plans to intensify operations against Naxals, choke flow of funds, act against frontal groups
The Hindu
Action against frontal organisations of the Maoists, filling up the security vacuum, concerted action by the ED, the National Investigation Agency and the State police were other vital issues discussed
Intensifying operations against the Naxals and choking the flow of funds to them were the two key issues discussed at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended by six Chief Ministers and top officials of four other States in New Delhi on September 26, sources said.
Action against frontal organisations of the Maoists, filling up the security vacuum, concerted action by the Enforcement Directorate, the National Investigation Agency and the State police were other vital issues discussed during the nearly three-hour-long meeting.
The Chief Ministers who attended the meeting were Naveen Patnaik (Odisha), K. Chandrashekar Rao (Telangana), Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Uddhav Thackeray (Maharashtra) and Hemant Soren (Jharkhand), official sources said.
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