Raipur: Home Minister Amit Shah refers to Maoists Chattisgarh‘S Bastar As “brothers” and then urged to surrender their weapons and join the mainstream, giving them assurance of conservation and integration in the development of the country. He said, “I have come to request all the Naxalite brothers: Get weapons, join the mainstream. You are our own. No one is rejoiced on the death of the Naxalite,” he said on Saturday.
Shah emphasized the need for peace in Buster to facilitate development. “What can not happen in the last 50 years, PM Modi wants to give everything in five years. This can only happen when there is peace,” he said at the closing ceremony of Bastar Pandam Festival in Dantewada – once a stronghold Maoist rebel But now an area where security forces are receiving an upper hand.
Shah said that in the last three months, 521 Maoists have imposed weapons, while 881 surrender were recorded in 2024.
He highlighted the government’s vision for schools, healthcare and food security. “Every village should have a small clinic, every tehsil should have a small hospital. The district center should have treatment facilities for every disease. Each house should get 60 kg of rice for free, all should have ration cards, an Aadhaar card and a health insurance card,” Shah said in that incident that a meeting of more than 50,000 tribal people was seen.
Confirming the government’s resolve to end the Maoist rebellion, Shah vowed that the Bastar would be freed from “red terror” by the next Chaitra Navratri (March-April 2026).
Shah appreciated the new surrender and rehabilitation policy of Chhattisgarh, which gives a grant of Rs 1 crore to the villages that declare themselves “Naxal-free”. He urged the local communities to organize village meetings and convince the Maoists to surrender, saying that “the fights will continue for those who choose the path of violence, but those who surrender will be welcomed with dignity.”
