No More Maoist Menace In Majority Of Bastar: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
NDTV
Stressing that police are doing excellent work in Maoist-affected areas, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister said the forest-dwellers now consider security personnel as their friends.
Claiming that a major portion of the Bastar region was now free of Maoist insurgency, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday hailed the security forces for their successes against the rebels.
He was addressing a gathering of state police and paramilitary personnel on the occasion of New Year at Police Parade Ground in Raipur.
His government has changed Chhattisgarh's image as an insurgency-affected state, Mr Baghel said.
"I am happy that our police have been doing excellent work in Naxal-affected areas. Naxalism is not just a law and order problem, but also a political and social problem. Security forces have set up camps in Maoist strongholds which pushed the rebels on the back foot," the chief minister was quoted as saying in an official release.