Amit Shah chairs key security meetings on Naxalism in Raipur

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired two crucial meetings in Raipur on Naxalism and met the family members of a police officer killed in an IED blast, officials said. He asserted that the country would be free from Naxalism by March 31, 2026, an official statement said. Shah first chaired an Inter-State Security Coordination Meeting on Naxalism with Director Generals of Police (DGPs) and Additional DGPs and senior officials from seven states – Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Odisha.
The second was a review meeting on the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) situation in Chhattisgarh, the statement said. Reiterating that there would be no let-up in the momentum achieved by security forces, Shah said anti-Naxal operations would continue even during the rains. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy CM Vijay Sharma, who also holds the Home portfolio, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Director of the Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka, and several other senior officials of Central Armed Police Forces attended the meeting at a hotel in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar.Shah lauded the Sai government for giving a new momentum to a “previously stalled” anti-Naxal campaign and guiding it, besides boosting the morale of security forces, it said. Deputy CM Sharma later told mediapersons that the Union minister reviewed all issues (related to security and anti-Naxal operations) and shared insights about carrying forward the campaign during monsoon.
Shah also met the family members of Additional Superintendent of Police Akash Rao Girepunje, who died when an IED (improvised explosive device) planted by Maoists exploded in Sukma district on June 9, and assured them of all possible assistance, he said.