Modi govt. committed to development of Maoist affected areas: Amit Shah

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government of India is committed to the development of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected states. Shah was chairing a review meeting on the LWE situation in affected states.

Shah pointed out that there has been a lot of success due to the joint efforts of the Centre and the states in cracking down on LWE. “The incidents of LWE have come down by 23 per cent, the number of deaths by 21 per cent.

In decades of fighting, we have reached a point where the death toll is less than 200 for the first time and this is a huge achievement for all of us. We all know that unless we get rid of the problem of LWE completely, the full development of the country and the states affected by it is not possible,” Shah said in the meeting.

The Union Home Minister said that without eliminating it, neither we will be able to spread democracy to the bottom nor will we be able to develop the underdeveloped areas. So, instead of being satisfied with what we have achieved so far, we need to increase speed to get what is left.