"If we want to save India, save the constitution": CPI leader D Raja

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja on Monday demanded that the government "accept" a proposal made by Naxals and warned that if the BJP and RSS continue to be in power, the "future of India will be imperial".

D Raja told reporters, "I demand that the government accept the proposal made by the Naxals. What is this Naxal Mukt Bharat? Already, they spoke about the Congress Mukt Bharat. What happened to Congress Mukt Bharat? Tomorrow they will say Communist Mukt Bharat... If the BJP and RSS, combined, continue to be in power, the future of India will be in peril. If we want to save India, save the constitution, we should remove the BJP RSS from power..."

Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said India's battle against Naxalism cannot be won through armed operations alone, stressing the need to tackle the ideology behind the movement.

Speaking at the valedictory session of Bharat Manthan 2025 titled 'NAXAL MUKT BHARAT: Ending Red Terror Under Modi's Leadership' in New Delhi, Shah reiterated the government's goal of making India free of Naxalism by March 31, 2026.

"This country will be free of Naxalism by March 31, 2026. Many people believe that the Naxalite problem will end with the end of armed activities. But this is not the case. Why did the Naxalite problem arise, grow, and develop in this country? Who provided its ideological support? Until Indian society understands this theory, this idea of Naxalism, and the people in society who provided ideological support, legal support, and financial support, the fight against Naxalism will not end," he said.

"We can make Naxalits surrender or our security forces can neutralise them, but on the ideological front, we have to make a lot of efforts. Regarding this, the discussion that took place here is relevant and important to me as well," he added.

Shah further said,"...these leftists who stand in defence of Naxalites and say that they are our people and why should they be killed? We don't want to kill them. Two hundred ninety were killed because they were armed. We arrested 1,090. Where arrests were possible, we arrested them. 881 surrendered. This shows the government's approach."

"The government's approach is that we make every effort to arrest Naxalites and get them to surrender. We also give them a chance. We have also introduced a good surrender policy. But when you take up arms and set out to kill innocent citizens of India, the security forces have no other option. Bullets must be answered with bullets..." he said. (ANI)