India on verge of eliminating Naxalism: Amit Shah

India is on the verge of eliminating Naxalism Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday and asserted that the Narendra Modi government is determined to win this battle reported news agency PTIAmit Shah was addressing troopers of the Border Security Force BSF on the paramilitary forces 59th Raising Day celebrations here The about 265lakh personnel strong force was raised on this day in 1965In the last 10 years Amit Shah said incidents of Naxal violence have gone down by 52 per cent deaths in these incidents declined by 70 per cent and the number of affected districts have come down from 96 to 45 The number of LWEhit police stations have come down from 495 to 176 he said reported PTIThe last strike against LWE leftwing extremism by forces such as the BSF the CRPF and the ITBP is in the process We are determined to end Naxalism in the country the home minister said reported PTIShah said his government was on the verge of eliminating the violent leftwing extremism of armed Maoist cadre in various states including Jharkhand reported PTIHe also counted the recent operations undertaken by security forces in the hills and forests of Burapahar and Chakarbandha in the state that freed vast tracts of areas from the clutches of Maoists reported PTII am sure we will win this battle Shah said and added that as many as 199 new security forces camps have been established in LWEaffected areas since 2019 reported PTIIn the last 10 years of the Modi government we have been able to win the battle in hotspots of Jammu and Kashmir LWE areas and against insurgency in the Northeast and security forces have been able to establish their domination in Jammu and Kashmir he said reported PTIEarlier today Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Indias two major borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh will be completely secured in the next two years with work underway to completely plug gaps in about 60 km stretch along these two fronts reported PTIThe minister said the Narendra Modi government has fenced and plugged gaps in about 560 km of the IndiaPakistan and IndiaBangladesh borders in the last nine years since it came to power at the Centre reported PTIThese gaps were being used for infiltration and smuggling he said reported PTIAll the gaps in these two borders on Indias western and eastern flank respectively are being plugged and work in only about 60 km is left In the next two years we will entirely secure these two borders Shah said reported PTIThe two borders 2290 km of IndiaPakistan International Border and 4096 km of IndiaBangladesh border are marked by long riverine mountainous and marshy areas where it is very difficult to erect fences and hence the BSF and other agencies use technical gadgets to check infiltration reported PTII firmly believe that a country cannot develop and prosper if its borders are not securethe government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led the country to the moon with the Chandrayaan mission G20 Summit and brought the economy from the 11th to the fifth spot and this was all possible due to our forces deployed for securing the borders like the BSF he said reported PTIWith inputs from PTI