Politics · India · 18 hrs ago
Modi says armed Maoist insurgency has ended but warns of lingering threat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said armed Maoist insurgency had ended across India while celebrating Diwali with security forces in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.
He warned that people he called “dimagi Naxals” still posed a threat to democracy, alleging they had entered political parties and other organisations and were inciting people against the Constitution.
Bastar was once a centre of the Maoist insurgency, and the government declared it free of Naxalism on March 31.
Modi credited security forces and government policy for the change, and said the CRPF had gone a year without losing a personnel member in operational duty for the first time in 47 years.
He said development work accompanied security operations, including roads, mobile towers, schools and training centres in affected areas.
Modi called for identifying and defeating the remaining threat, but gave no further details of what action would follow.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the end of armed Maoist insurgency did not mean the threat of Naxalism had disappeared.
At a Diwali event with security personnel in Bastar, he alleged that “dimagi Naxals” had infiltrated political parties and organisations.
He said the armed insurgency’s defeat reflected political will, security forces’ efforts and government policies.
Modi said every district in India was free from Maoist insurgency and that no CRPF personnel had died in operational duty during the preceding year.
He also cited roads, mobile towers and schools built in areas affected by Naxalism.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- What
- He said the armed Maoist insurgency had ended but warned that ideological supporters still posed a threat.
- When
- Sunday, November 8, 2026.
- Where
- A CRPF camp in Karanpur, in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district.
- Why
- He said identifying and defeating the alleged “dimagi Naxals” was necessary to safeguard the country.
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Modi said political will to address the insurgency was established after his government took office.
Bastar was declared free of Naxalism, according to the Times of India.
Modi celebrated Diwali with security personnel at the Karanpur camp and warned that the threat persisted.
- Location
- Karanpur camp, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh
- Districts previously affected
- More than 230 across nearly 20 states
- Roads built in affected areas
- More than 15,000 km
- Mobile towers established
- More than 9,500
- CRPF operational deaths
- None during the preceding year, Modi said
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What people are saying
Naxalites have been eliminated, but the threat is not over yet. Armed Naxalites have disappeared from the forests, but ‘dimagi Naxals’ have taken control of several organisations
This is the first Diwali after the country has won its decades-long battle against Naxalism and Maoist terror. This is the first Diwali when every district is free from Naxalism
We must identify and defeat them and secure the country
We gave our security forces the freedom to take every necessary decision