Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asserted in Parliament that there will be no let up in operations to eliminate Maoist menace and promised all support to the security forces to deal with it firmly. In a suo motu statement in both lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on the killing of 14 CRPF personnel on Monday, Singh gave details of the incident saying Maoists attacked the security forces, who were engaged in operations which began on November 16 and resulted in reported killing of 12 Naxals.
“I would like to reiterate that the Central Government is committed firmly to tackle the left Wing Extremism. ...It is our firm commitment to provide every possible assistance to the security forces and we will continue the operations till this problem is fully eradicated,” he said.The Home Minister, who had visited Raipur on Tuesday to take stock of the situation there, said as part of the multi- pronged strategy, the government has taken security related steps and development related initiatives and ensuring rights and entitlements of tribals and other weaker sections.
“As a result of the implementation of this strategy, the morale of the Maoists has weakened. The number of surrenders of Maoists cadres has increased substantially in the current year. The lWE violence has also been declining since 2011 and this trend continues in the current year also.“CAPFs, always act as per the directions of the State Governments, maintaining coordination. We are also taking all possible measures to increase the capability of the State Governments,” he said. Giving details about the Monday’s incident, the Home Minister said the State police and the Central Armed Police Forces have been conducting operations in the lWE-affected States to effectively tackle the problem.
On the basis of Intelligence inputs about the movement of CPI(Maoist) cadre, CRPF launched a multi-phased massive operation on November 16 in the Chintagufa area of Sukma district. In this operation, 2,253 CRPF personnel and 224 State police personnel participated.