Committed to uproot Left Wing Extremism: Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asserted that the Left-Wing Extremism has no place in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of new India.

Addressing a review meeting on the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)here on Monday, Shah said India's fight against those who try to subvert democracy with violence would continue relentlessly.

He said LWE is one of the major internal security challenges faced by the Nation for the last several decades.

The Home Minister observed that LWE organizations are against democratic institutions and use violence to subvert the democratic process at ground level.

They actively seek to prevent development in the least developed regions of the country. He said, their strategy is to misguide people and keep them ignorant.

Noting the success of security forces against LWE violence, Shah said, that the last few years have seen a decline in the number of districts that saw LWE incidents, and the number of incidents as well. From 96 districts affected by Naxal violence in 2010, the number of districts affected was reduced to 60 in 2018.

Shah observed that states play a key role in maintaining law and order, therefore, a synergy between the centre and states can effectively address the issue of LWE.

He assured the State Governments that the Centre would cooperate fully in eliminating Left Wing Extremism. He also called upon the states to rationalize their surrender policy to mainstream innocent individuals caught in the trap of LWE violence.