Naxalism

At least seven Naxals were killed in an encounter with District Reserve Group (DRG) personnel along the inter-district border of Narayanpur, Dantewada and Kondagaon, a senior police official said.

Dantewada was retained by the BJP's Bhima Mandavi in 2018. Mandavi and four security officers were murdered days before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as their convoy was attacked in Dantewada district by Naxals. Notably, this time the BJP is represented by Chaitram Atani, a former member of the now-illegal Sulwa Judum movement.

Naxals dumped the dead bodies with a poster — “Punishment for working as a police informer is death”.

The Union Minister and Odisha Chief Minster participated in the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various development projects in Bhubaneswar.

As per initial reports, the attack happened when the personnel were mobilised upon receiving intel about the presence of Naxal terrorists in the area. More details are awaited.

Earlier, an encounter broke out between a joint party of Indo-Tibetan Border Police and District Reserve Guard and Naxals in the forest area of Chote Burgum in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Sunday, officials said.

A local BJP leader, Sagar Sahu was killed by two Naxalities at his home in Chhote Dongar village in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, on Friday.

PM Modi expressed concern that the Maoist-Naxalite forces are expanding their intellectual sphere in order to corrupt the minds of future generations.

Actress Sai Pallavi faced backlash after drawing parallel between killings of Kashmiri Hindus and attacks on cow smugglers.

Whatever the political equations of earlier decades, the reality is that Naxals are terrorists, home-grown terrorists who work against the Indian nation, inspired and aided by foreign powers.