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Amit Shah reaffirms March 2026 deadline to end Maoist insurgency, unveils development roadmap for Bastar

By Shishir Roy Chowdhury
Jagdalpur, Dec 1 3 (UNI) union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that Maoist violence would be eliminated from Bastar and the rest of the country by March 31, 2026, declaring that India is now “standing at the threshold” of becoming free from Left Wing Extremism.
Addressing the closing ceremony of the Bastar Olympics 2025 in Jagdalpur, Shah said the Centre and the Chhattisgarh government were working in close coordination to ensure that peace, development and opportunity replace decades of conflict in the region.
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16 Jan 2026 | 1:51 PM

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