Elect Modi, Naxals will be uprooted in 2 yrs, says Shah
RAIPUR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted the Narendra Modi government has eliminated terrorism from the country as he issued a stern warning to Naxalites in Chhattisgarh, asking them to surrender or else they will be rooted out from the state in two years.
He said in the last four months alone, 90 Naxalites were neutralised in Chhattisgarh under the BJP government, comments coming after 29 Maoists were gunned down by security forces in an encounter in Kanker, which is part of the Bastar region, on April 16.
Addressing an election rally in Kanker town, around 150km away from the encounter site, four days ahead of the second round of Lok Sabha polls, Shah took on the Congress and asked party MP Rahul Gandhi to explain what four generations of his family have done for the poor in Chhattisgarh when they were in power.
The BJP stalwart maintained Congress leaders did not attend the January 22 consecration of Lord Ram idol at the Ayodhya temple due to vote bank politics and referred to then-PM Manmohan Singh’s statement that “minorities have first right to India’s resources” to hit out at the rival party.
He hailed PM Narendra Modi, saying he has brought a huge transformation in the country in the last ten years and has outlined an agenda for the next 25 years.
“Narendra Modi ji has eliminated terrorism from the country, while Naxalism is on the verge of eradication. Mahadev app brand Bhupesh Baghel government did not take action against Naxalites,” he said.
He was referring to the previous Congress rule and the alleged involvement of former CM Baghel in the Mahadev betting app scam.
Highlighting the state BJP government’s success in tacking Naxal insurgency after assuming office in December, Shah pointed out that in the last four months, 90 Naxalites were neutralised in the state. While 123 Naxalites were arrested, 250 others surrendered (during this period), he added.
Under Modi’s leadership, Naxalism has been eliminated from states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh, Shah said.
“Elect Modi ji for a third term and the menace (of Naxalism) will be rooted out from Chhattsigarh in two years,” he asserted.
“As long as there is Naxalism, tribal brothers and sisters will not have access to electricity, schools, ration shops and hospitals. I would like to tell them (Naxalites) to surrender, otherwise the result of the fight is certain. We will finish them. We will root out them from Chhattisgarh.”
Shah pointed out that in the last four months, 90 Naxalites were neutralised in the state under the BJP rule