Violence related to Left Wing Extremism down by 76% in 2022 as compared to 2010, says Amit Shah
The Hindu
The Home Minister, while chairing the meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on LWE, said that for the first time in four decades, the number of deaths of civilians and security forces was under 100 last year
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that violence related to Left Wing Extremism (LWE) had come down by 76% in 2022 as compared to 2010, owing to the Centre’s three-pronged strategy — a “ruthless approach to curb extremist violence”, better coordination with the affected States and development through public participation.
Mr. Shah, while chairing the meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on LWE, said that for the first time in four decades, the number of deaths of civilians and security forces was under 100 last year.
He said there would be no place for violence and Left Wing Extremism in a self-reliant and new India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Home Minister said the number of civilian and security personnel killed in LWE incidents declined to 98 in 2022 from 1,005 in 2010. The number of districts affected dropped from 90 to 45. Sharing details of the measures taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs, he said since 2019, the armed forces had established 175 new camps to plug the security vacuum in the LWE-infested zones.
Mr. Shah said that as a result of the efforts, success had been achieved against the LWE outfits in difficult areas like Buddha Pahad (Jharkhand) and Chakarbandha (Bihar).
The Border Security Force’s air wing have been strengthened with the induction of new pilots and engineers in the past one year to aid the anti-LWE operations and the MHA has also taken initiatives to choke the funding to banned outfits, Mr. Shah said.
Stating that the Centre had made efforts to improve coordination with the governments in the affected States without any party or ideology related bias, the Home Minister said funds were provided to the State police forces for modernisation and assistance related to construction of fortified police stations.