The number of LWE-affected districts was also further brought down from 18 to just 11
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the guidance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, this year, the operational successes have surpassed all previous records, wherein 312 LWE cadres have been eliminated
836 LWE cadres have been arrested, and 1639 shunned the path of violence by surrendering to join the mainstream
Under the Modi Government, by rigorous implementation of the National Action Plan and Policy, which envisages a multi-pronged approach, there has been unprecedented success in combating the Naxal menace
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Modi government is committed to completely eradicating the Naxal menace by 31st March 2026
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 15, 2025: In a giant stride towards the Modi government’s vision of building a Naxal-free Bharat, the number of districts most affected by Naxalism have been brought down to 3 from 6. Now, only Bijapur, Sukma and Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh are the most affected districts by Left Wing Extremism (LWE).
In the category of LWE-affected districts, the number has also been further brought down to just 11 from 18. Now, only 11 districts are Left Wing Extremism. The Modi government is committed to completely eradicating the Naxal menace by the 31st of March 2026.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and guidance of Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, the operational successes have surpassed all previous records this year, wherein 312 LWE cadres have been eliminated, including CPI (Maoist) General Secretary and 08 other Polit Bureau/ Central Committee Members. 836 LWE cadres have been arrested, and 1639 have surrendered and joined the mainstream. The surrendered Naxalites include one Polit Bureau Member and a Central Committee Member.
Under the Modi government, unprecedented success has been achieved in combating the Naxal menace through rigorous implementation of the National Action Plan and Policy, which envisages a multi-pronged approach. The National Action Plan and Policy include precise intelligence-based and people-friendly counter Left Wing Extremism (LWE) operations. These steps were accompanied by swift domination of areas with security vacuum, targeting of top leaders as well as overground workers, countering the nefarious ideology, rapid development of infrastructure and saturation of welfare schemes, choking of finances, enhanced coordination between states and centre governments, and accelerated investigation and prosecution of Maoist-related cases.
Once called India’s “biggest internal security challenge” by the then Prime Minister in 2010, Naxalism is now visibly retreating. Naxals had planned a Red Corridor – stretching from Pashupati in Nepal to Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. In 2013, 126 districts from different states reported Naxal-related violence; by March 2025, this tally had fallen to just 18 districts, with only 06 classified as ‘Most Affected Districts.’
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