As per a report by the US state department, the CPI(Maoist) is the fourth deadliest terrorist group in the world, with 295 attacks in 2017 alone. It even ranks higher than the Boko Haram.
The petition was filed by Chhattisgarh Congress general secretary Girish Dewangan. The party has claimed there are complaints of EVM tampering in the state, his lawyer Satish Chandra Verma said.