NEW DELHI: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here at his North Block office and apprised him of the progress made in combating naxalism in the state and expressed confidence in making the state ‘naxal-free’ by March 2026.
After the meeting, while interacting with media persons, the CM said that the state government and the security forces have been working relentlessly in the direction of uprooting the menace of Left-Wing-Extremism (LWE) from Chhattisgarh and are confident of fulfilling the commitment made by the Union Home Minister to finish left ultras by 2026.
“I met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and apprised him of the Naxal activities in Chhattisgarh… In the last 11 months, nearly 200 Naxals have been eliminated, and nearly 600-700 have surrendered. We are fast moving towards the Prime Minister’s and Home Minister’s aim of making India a Naxal-free country by March 2026,” Sai said.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister also discussed with the Union Home Minister strategies for development, security and other major issues of the state.
He said that the state government has taken many important steps in the field of road construction, education, health and employment and these are bringing positive changes on the ground in the affected areas. The home minister appreciated the efforts taken and assured all possible cooperation from the Centre, he added.
The Chief Minister also criticised the previous Congress government for having dragged the state into unabated corruption and highlighted the probe being undertaken to unravel the PSC scam and arrests of a few people for being involved in the case.
“There was a lot of corruption in Chhattisgarh under the Congress rule… We have zero tolerance towards corruption and our agencies are doing their job. The CBI is investigating the PSC scam and a few arrests have been made,” he noted.
The Chhattisgarh government had recommended a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe into alleged irregularities of the Public Service Commission (PSC) examination of 2021. Investigation into the scam was a promise made by the CM in November during the assembly elections campaign.