P.G. Balakrishna Kamath said the impact of demonetisation was not limited to the loss or movement of cash. It also created an ideological problem within the Maoist ranks.
Chidambaram’s admission comes as no surprise because back in 2010, when he was the Union Home Minister, he offered to hold talks with armed Naxals without requiring them to lay down arms.
Crucial infrastructural development and the resultant connectivity to remote Naxal-infested areas provided a much-needed operational ease to the Centre's anti-Naxal strategy. The 910-metre bridge built over the river Gurupriya in 2018 in the Malkangiri district, once considered a Naxal breeding ground, was a part of this crucial infrastructural enhancement.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah vows to eradicate the drug menace after ending Naxalism by March 2026. He directed officials to craft a roadmap targeting trafficking, synthetic labs, and narco-terror links, building on seizures of 5.43 lakh kg drugs worth Rs 22,000 crore since 2014.
In a submission filed in the Patiala House Court regarding the role of each accused Naxal sympathiser, the police said that accused Akshay ER is an active member of the “main conspirator” group Bhagat Singh Chatra Ekta Manch or bsCEM.