SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions | SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
Institutions: Ministry of Home Affairs | State Governments
In the valedictory session of Bharat Manthan-2025: Naxal Mukt Bharat, Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that India would be free from Naxalism by March 31, 2026. He highlighted a unified strategy where central and state forces, including CRPF, COBRA, STF, DRG, work jointly with fortified police stations, CAPF camps, helipads, and expanded forensic/tech units. The NIA and Enforcement Directorate were credited with choking financial flows and dismantling urban support networks, legal aid groups, and narrative platforms that aided insurgents. Over 90% of supply lines have reportedly been severed; 290 operatives were neutralised in 2024 after state-level political changes. hah underlined that surrendering militants would be reintegrated, but violence against innocent tribals would be met with decisive force.
This claim of eradication marks a sharp escalation in security-led development rhetoric. A promise of this scale demands accountability in operations, reintegration of surrendered militants, and ensuring that tribal regions receive not only security but genuine institutional presence and inclusive development.
What is “Operation Black Forest” and “Naxal Mukt Bharat”?
→ Operation Black Forest was a major security mission to dismantle core Naxal camps (e.g. in Telangana-Chhattisgarh border), used as a signal move in the larger “Naxal Mukt Bharat” vision of eradicating left-wing extremism by 2026.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders:
Given the ambitious timeline of March 2026, how can security strategies be balanced with community engagement, tribal development, justice processes, and rehabilitation to ensure that “eradication” does not revert to relapse?
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