Record ops: ‘Most affected’ left-wing-hit districts down to 3 from 7

New Delhi: Months up of the March 31, 2026 deadline to afloat destruct equipped Naxalism from the country, the Centre declared that the full fig of Left-wing extremism-hit districts person fallen to conscionable 11 from 18 successful March 2025 and 126 successful 2013, with the “most-affected districts” besides down to 3 from six successful the past 7 months.Hailing the “historic milestone successful eliminating Naxalism” successful a station connected X, location curate Amit Shah said, “Under Modi ji's imaginativeness for a terror-free India, tireless counter-insurgency operations and people-centric improvement are shrinking the abstraction of the left-wing extremists, leaving nary spot for them to hide. By March 31, 2026, India volition beryllium escaped from the menace of Naxalism”.The location ministry successful a abstracted connection said lone Bijapur, Sukma and Narayanpur districts successful Chhattisgarh are present most-affected by near helping extremism (LWE).Andhra, Telangana latest states to beryllium retired of Naxal-affected list, says MHAKanker territory successful Chhattisgarh, West Singhbhum successful Jharkhand, and Gadchiroli successful Maharashtra person been shifted from the database of districts “most affected” by Left-wing extremism to “affected” class aft latest reappraisal by the location ministry.The 5 remaining districts successful “Naxal-affected” database are Gariyaband, Dantewada, and Mohalla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki successful Chhattisgarh; Balaghat successful MP; and Kandhamal successful Odisha.

Seven districts — Alluri Sitarama Raju successful Andhra Pradesh, Kalahandi and Malkangiri successful Odisha, Bhadradri-Kothagudem and Mulugu successful Telangana, Latehar successful Jharkhand, and Nuapada successful Odisha — person been removed from the MHA list.Andhra and Telangana are present retired of the LWE-affected states. Earlier, successful March 2025, Kerala (Wayanad & Kannur) and West Bengal (Jhargram) were besides delisted.Operational successes successful 2025 person been record-breaking, with 312 LWE cadres killed — including the CPI (Maoist) wide caput and 8 different politburo oregon cardinal committee members.

Another 836 cadres were arrested and 1,639 surrendered.Modi govt’s National Action Plan against LWE — focused connected intelligence-based ops, targeting leadership, improvement of infra, choking finances, and Centre-state coordination — has delivered large setbacks to the question erstwhile dubbed India’s “biggest interior information challenge.”