‘Lay Down Arms As Quickly As Potential’: Amit Shah Appeals To Naxalites To Lay Down Arms In Chhattisgarh | India Information

Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah on Friday appealed to the Naxalites to put down their arms and stated that the Modi authorities is decided to finish Naxalism by March 2026. After the 22 Naxals surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma, Amit Shah posted on X, “Cobra Commandos and Chhattisgarh Police have arrested 22 Naxalites with fashionable weapons and explosive supplies in varied operations in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. Additionally, 11 Naxalites have surrendered in Badesetti Panchayat of Sukma, as a result of which this Panchayat has turn into utterly Naxal-free.”
“I attraction to the Naxalites to put down their arms as quickly as attainable and be a part of the mainstream by adopting the give up coverage of the Modi authorities. We’re decided to free the nation from the scourge of Naxalism earlier than March 31, 2026,” the Union Minister additional acknowledged. In the meantime, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai stated that each attainable effort will likely be made as per guidelines for the rehabilitation of the surrendered Naxalites.
छत्तीसगढ़ के बीजापुर जिले में विभिन्न ऑपरेशन्स में कोबरा कमांडो और छत्तीसगढ़ पुलिस ने 22 कुख्यात नक्सलियों को आधुनिक हथियारों और विस्फोटक सामग्रियों के साथ गिरफ्तार किया है।
साथ ही, सुकमा की बडेसेट्टी पंचायत में 11 नक्सलियों ने आत्मसमर्पण किया है, जिससे यह पंचायत पूरी तरह…
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) April 18, 2025
“A complete of twenty-two Naxalites, together with 11 Naxalites carrying a bounty of Rs 40 lakhs, have surrendered earlier than the safety forces in Sukma district. It’s a matter of satisfaction that the Maoists are actually trying to combine into mainstream society. Each attainable effort will likely be made as per the foundations for the rehabilitation of the surrendered Naxalites. As per the decision of Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah Ji, full eradication of pink terror from the nation and state is definite by March 2026,” CM Sai posted on X in Hindi.
Chhattisgarh Bharatiya Janata Celebration Chief Kiran Singh Deo stated that Bastar district within the state is transferring in the direction of peace. “Bastar district is slowly transferring in the direction of peace… Many authorities welfare schemes and growth initiatives are actually capable of attain areas of the district that had been beforehand inaccessible… Everybody needs to be within the mainstream,” Kiran Singh Deo stated.
Earlier at the moment, 22 Naxals, together with 9 girls, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma within the presence of Superintendent of Police (SP) Kiran Gangaram Chavan. Talking to the mediapersons following the give up, Sukma SP Kiran Gangaram Chavan stated that the surrendered Naxalites would obtain all advantages underneath the federal government’s give up coverage.
“The surrendered Naxalites hail from Maad (Chhattisgarh) and Nuapada (Odisha) divisions. The Naxalites will likely be given all the advantages offered by the federal government. “There are Naxalites of various ranks who’ve surrendered. Some Naxalites have a bounty of Rs 5 lakhs, whereas others have a bounty of Rs 8 lakhs,” Sukma SP stated.
Earlier, twenty-six Maoists, three of them carrying money rewards, surrendered earlier than senior police and Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF) officers in Dantewada. The give up occurred on the District Reserve Guard (DRG) headquarters as a part of the continuing ‘Lon Varratu’ (Come Dwelling) marketing campaign, which goals to reintegrate former extremists into mainstream society.
The give up was facilitated by the joint efforts of the district police, CRPF, and the state’s particular rehabilitation coverage. As a part of the state authorities’s new rehabilitation coverage, every surrendered Maoist will obtain Rs 50,000 in rapid help and entry to a variety of advantages, together with talent growth coaching and agricultural land.