Cong failed tribals, did nothing to end Naxal violence,Amit Shah in LS

Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday informed the Parliament that Naxalism is in its “last breath” and has nearly been wiped out from Chhattisgarh’s Bastar, the hotbed of Maoist violence, under the Narendra Modi-led government. Responding to the discussion in Lok sabha, Shah said, "Naxalism in the country is now on the verge of extinction". Pointing out that Maoist violence has cost the lives of 20,000 young people and affected 120 million people, Shah said it was a failure of the Congress government that tribals and several other communities were deprived of development." "I want to tell, the main reason of Naxalism is not the demand of development, but an ideology, to win the Presidential election, from 1970 Indira ji accepted that due to leftist ideology, Naxalism spread," Shah said. “Over 75 years, the Congress governed for 60 years. Why did tribal communities remain deprived? Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had once said Naxalism posed a bigger threat than terrorism in Kashmir and insurgency in the Northeast. Despite this, nothing was done,” he said.

VIDEO | In Lok Sabha during discussion on Naxalism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah (@AmitShah) says, "I want to tell, the main reason of Naxalism is not the demand of development, but an ideology, to win the Presidential election, from 1970 Indira ji accepted that due to leftist… pic.twitter.com/hnkiE04vES

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Placing the issue in historical context, Amit Shah said, before 1947, the tribal people of this country considered Birsa Munda, Tilka Manjhi, Rani Durgavati, and the Murmu brothers as their role models. But by the 1970s, these same tribal people began to consider Mao their hero. Why did this change occur?, he asked and said, This change wasn't due to lack of development or injustice. Due to the difficult geography and the absence of a state, leftists chose this region to spread their ideology, deceiving naive tribal people.

VIDEO | In Lok Sabha during discussion on Naxalism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah (@AmitShah) says, "I want to tell, the main reason of Naxalism is not the demand of development, but an ideology, to win the Presidential election, from 1970 Indira ji accepted that due to leftist… pic.twitter.com/hnkiE04vES

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 30, 2026

Highlighting the scale of the insurgency at its peak, Amit Shah said 12 states, including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Maharashtra, were once part of the Red Corridor, where “the rule of law had ended”. “Crores of people lived in poverty and thousands of young lives were lost,” he said.