Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday reiterated his commitment to strongly back up Chhattisgarh in its fight against Naxal menace and asserted that leftist militants have to give up violence.
“Maoists have no future in India, they have to abandon the path of violence otherwise they will have to,’’ the union home minister warned the leftist insurgents while addressing the glittering the fife-day concluding ceremony of ‘Rajyotsav-2016’ at Naya Raipur. He felicitated 18 individuals and two institutions with `Rajya Alankaran’ at the function.
Taking a dig at Pakistan, he said, “there are some nations that are trying to create problems in India.
However, I assure you people that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi no power could dare to do so’’.
The union home minister lavished praise on Chief Minister Raman Singh for carrying out excellent development works in Chhattisgarh.
Earlier, Chief Minister Raman Singh while remembering former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said that formation of Chhattisgarh has ensured the speedy development of this region.
“Today we are gaining success on Naxal front and we are able to develop the Naxal-hit areas. This has been made possible only with the greater help extended by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,” the Chhattisgarh CM remarked in his speech.
He also thanked the union home minister for sanctioning Bastar Battalion and assured that the battalion will be raised within a period of 6 months.