Left Wing Extremism News

The NIA has registered 35 cases of Jihadi terror, 10 cases related to Left Wing Extremism (LWE), five cases related to insurgents in the northeast and seven cases related to the PFI in 2022.

The incidents of Left Wing violence reduced by 77 per cent from all-time high of 2,258 in 2009 to 509 in 2021 MoS for Home Nityanand Rai replied to the query of Congress MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh on the Left Wing Extremism in the Rajya Sabha Rai said that the steadfast implementation of the `national policy and action plan to address LWE has resulted in a consistent decline in the violence

The total cost of the project is envisaged at Rs. 2426.39 crore 2343 Left Wing extremism Phase-I sites will be upgraded from 2G to 4G support The proposal aims to provide mobile communications to rural areas.

Amit Shah was given a detailed presentation on CRPF by Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, DG, CRPF, in presence of high ranking officials of the Ministry and CRPF.

The muscular approach of 2015 has been followed by confidence building in the Northeast, and this could be a viable option to be replicated in Jammu and Kashmir and the LWE-affected states.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has claimed that the government’s ‘National Policy and Action Plan’, implemented in 2015 to counter Left Wing Extremism, is paying dividends. According to the government, the policy involved a strategy concerning security as well as development related measures.

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba said the geographical spread of the LWE violence has shrunk significantly in the last four years due to a multi-pronged strategy involving security and development-related measures.

The Maoist problem continues to be a matter of concern for internal security and the menace has badly hit 35 districts in seven states, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government took charge at the Centre in May 2014. 

As many as 12,000 people have lost their lives in Maoist violence over the last two decades.

The 'Bastariya' battalion in CRPF is a unique initiative to enhance local representation in security forces and also provide employment to youths, the official said.

A huge 150 percent jump has been witnessed in the number of Naxals killed in 2016 in comparison to the previous year, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

The 106 districts spread across 10 states are affected by Left Wing Extremism and make up the ‘Red Corridor`.

The Maoists triggered the blast when CRPF personnel were on patrolling duty near Dumari Nala and the CRPF opened fire in retaliation, police said.

 Jharkhand on Saturday demanded five battalions of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to combat Naxalism in the state.

Terming Left Wing Extremism as a major cause of concern for Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said recent activities of Maoists in four districts was worrisome and needed to be handled effectively.

 With Left Wing Extremism (LEW) receding considerably in Odisha barring three districts, the state government today decided to prepare a separate strategy to deal with the changed situation.