“Operation Black Forest was conducted on a hill spread over 50 km in length and 37 km in width on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border. The Naxalites had established a permanent camp there with arrangements to sustain fighting for 5 years - including weapons, solar lights, factories for making a large number of IEDs, and food grains stocked for 5 years. Besides this, 400 to 500 cadres were gathered there,” Shah said.
In Lok Sabha, Shah asserted Naxals caused underdevelopment, cites killings, arrests and surrenders, and accused Congress of having links with Maoist sympathisers during UPA era.
In November, last year, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Robinsons Guria said that almost 80% of the Naxals operating in the Abujhmad area have surrendered.
The Maoist party's central committee is down to only 5 members from approximately 50 and the Politburo has essentially been reduced to just one active participant, Misir Besra