Maoism to be eliminated from India by March 31: Home Minister Amit Shah
The Hindu
Home Minister Amit Shah asserts that Maoism will be eradicated from India by March 31, 2026, highlighting CRPF's pivotal role.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (February 21, 2026) said Maoism would be eliminated from the country by the March 31 deadline set by the government.
Addressing the 87th CRPF Day Parade in Guwahati, the first ever in the northeast, Mr. Shah said the force played an important role in Jammu and Kashmir, where the number of stone-pelting incidents has dropped to zero, besides being deployed to handle ethnic violence in Manipur and breaking the back of Maoists in only three years.
“I can rely on the CRPF and say with confidence that we will eliminate the Maoist problem from the country by March 31, 2026,” he said.
The Home Minister praised the force for the 21-day Operation Black forest in the Karreguta Hills on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, in which 31 Maoists were killed in April-May 2025.
Operating under a temperature of 46 degrees Celsius, when 15 litres of water were lost daily in sweat, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel braved scorching stones to free the mountain from the grip of Maoists, demolishing their stronghold.
Mr. Shah said 10-11 years ago, there were three big hotspots in the country — terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Maoism and insurgency in the northeast — “festering wounds” that are now hubs of peace and progress.
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