Security is beefed up in the state, especially in naxal-affected areas ahead of the Republic Day celebrations.
DGP Odisha, Arun Kumar Sadangi, said, "Elaborate security arrangements have been made. A comprehensive plan comprising three layers of security is implemented. Inner, isolation and
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday termed the Congress protests on the outskirts of Guwahati city as "Naxalite tactics" and instructed the state Director General of Police (DGP) to register a case against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly "provoking crowd."
Observing that Left Wing Extremism (LWE) or Naxalism problem has been essentially confined to some pockets within Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday stressed to eliminate the menace within the next three years.
Three Naxals including two women were killed in an encounter that broke out with security forces in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday morning.
"I believe that in the next three years under Prime Minister Naredra Modi's leadership, the country will completely get rid of the problem of Naxalism," Shah said while speaking at the 60th Raising Day of Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) in Assam's Tezpur on Saturday.
An encounter broke out between the police and the Naxals under the Basaguda Police Station limits in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, said an official on Saturday.
Along with combating naxalism in the worst insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will soon start spoken English classes for around 40 girls as a part of its social responsibility.
Blaming the Naxalites for hampering development, Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma stated that he is ready to have a conversation with them.
"Why are Naxalites not letting schools open in villages? People living in jungles in Narayanpur also want their villages to be developed
Describing democracy as the best system of governance in the world, Chhattisgarh's Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma stated that he is ready to talk to Naxals through video call.