Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Raipur last night on a three-day visit to Chhattisgarh. He will chair a series of meetings on anti-Naxal operations today, August 24. Mr. Shah is scheduled to visit the ashram of Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya in Champaran town of Raipur district this morning. Later, he will chair a meeting of Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) of Chhattisgarh and neighbouring states on interstate coordination. He will then chair a meeting on security and development in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected areas of the state.
Anti-Naxal operations have intensified in Chhattisgarh since the BJP came to power in last year’s assembly elections. As many as 142 Naxalites have been killed by security forces in the state so far this year. Tomorrow, Mr. Shah will inaugurate an office of the Narcotics Control Bureau in Raipur at 10:30 am and chair a review meeting. He will then chair a meeting on the expansion of the cooperative sector in Chhattisgarh.
