Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 10 (HBTV): Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement to free the country from naxalism by March 2026, four battalions of the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) comprising 4000 CRPF personnel are set to be deployed in Bastar for anti-insurgency operations. 

On August 24, during an inter-state coordination meeting with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of Chhattisgarh and neighbouring states suffering from the left-wing extremism in the area, Amit Shah said that there was a 70 per cent reduction in the deaths of security personnel who were killed due to naxalism and that the fight has reached the end phase and by March 2026, the country will be completely free from naxalism. 

"In the first 10 years, 6617 security personnel were killed and now there has been a 70 per cent reduction. Similarly, we have witnessed a 69 per cent reduction in the deaths of citizens. I believe that our fight has reached the end phase and by March 2026, we will be able to free the country completely from naxalism," Shah said.

During the meeting, the Union Home Minister also assessed both the measures taken against the naxal insurgency and the advancement of infrastructure projects in regions known as the Red Corridors within nine states troubled by Left Wing Extremism. 

(ANI)