Just hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that fifty Naxalites had turned themselves in in Bijapur. Fourteen of the fifty Naxalites had a total reward of ₹68 lakh on their heads.
“Modi ji’s policy is clear that any Naxalite who leaves weapons and adopts the path of development will be rehabilitated and connected to the mainstream,” the Union minister and BJP leader stated, hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“I once again appeal to the rest of the people to give up arms and join the mainstream,” Amit Shah wrote on X (previously Twitter), urging other Naxals to do the same. This is our decision to make naxalism in the nation history after March 31, 2026.
In front of top state police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, the fifty Naxalites surrendered their weapons.
They gave up, citing the inhumane and vacuous Maoist doctrine, the exploitation of tribal people by high-ranking members of the banned Maoist Communist Party of India, and internal strife within the organization. The establishment of security forces’ camps and the “Niya Nellanar” (your good village) program, which sees the government and military provide basic facilities in isolated places, have also impressed them, according to Bijapur Senior Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Yadav.
In the Dantewada district, 15 Maoists turned themselves in on March 29 thanks to the Chhattisgarh government’s Rehabilitation Policy and the senior police officers’ “Lon Varratu” (Come Back Home) campaign.
Naxalism got encouragement due to Congress’ policies: Modi
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Congress’s policies have fostered naxalism in Chhattisgarh and other states for decades.
Speaking at a public gathering in the Bilaspur district’s Mohbhattha hamlet, Modi claimed that a new era of peace is dawning in places impacted by the Naxals and that the situation is quickly shifting.
“Over the years, Congress’s policies encouraged naxalism in numerous states, including Chhattisgarh. Naxalism thrived in every area that lagged behind in terms of development, but what did the party that controlled the country for 60 years do? It disregarded its duty and deemed such places to be backward,” he said.
