In the letter signed by MMC Zonal Committee spokesperson Anant, the Committee expressed readiness to surrender under government rehabilitation schemes; however, it sought time until 16th February 2026, to reach all members and make a collective decision. The CPI(Maoist) MMC requested the state governments to suspend security operations until then.
The Wire, which conveniently omits to present the pain of the families of the security personnel killed in Naxal attacks, mentions how Hidma's mother and other people from his native village mourned his death.
On 17th November, 41 acres of illicit poppy production was wiped out in Manipur's Tengnoupal and Kangpokpi districts. A joined team identified and uprooted the crops during the day-long operation which was conducted in the Khudei Khullen hill range under Tengnoupal Police Station.
KCG Superintendent of Police Lakshya Sharma said that Maoist Kamla Sodi was active in the Maaad division of Bastar and the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh (MMC) zone of the banned CPI (Maoist).
SP Guria added that there are still some areas where the remaining Naxal cadres are active and which are under the constant surveillance of the security forces.
Raja condemned the Modi government's mission of a Naxal Mukt Bharat (Naxal-free India) and called for the removal of the BJP-led government from power.