NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took a dig at TMC MP Sougata Roy’s suggestion to implement the “West Bengal Model” for addressing left-wing-extremism (LWE) in other states, saying, “No state would want to implement the West Bengal Model.”
Speaking in the Lok Sabha during question hour, Roy said, “West Bengal was once affected by left-wing extremism, but due to Mamata Banerjee’s developmental work, it has ceased in the state.”
“There was left wing extremism in West Bengal, but the Mamata Banerjee govt controlled it there, worked on development and gave jobs to tribals,” Roy said and questioned, “Will the Union home minister, and state ministers follow the model of West Bengal and adopt it in Chhattisgarh and other states as well? Because, they are not able to control LWE.”
He then asked Shah if he would study the West Bengal example and apply the same model to Chhattisgarh and other states struggling to control left-wing extremism.Replying to the Trinamool MP, Shah said, “If any state does well, then Prime Minister Modi’s govt has no problem in implementing its example in the whole country.But I believe that no state would want the model of West Bengal to be adopted there.”
‘89 thanas reported LWE cases against 171 in 2023’
Left-wing extremist (LWE) violence was reported from 89 police stations across 38 districts of nine states in the first half of this year, as compared to 171 police stations in 2023 and 465 police stations in 2010, the home ministry told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.In written reply to a question, junior home minister Nityanand Rai shared that while 647 Maoists were neutralised and 2017 security personnel martyred in LWE theatre in the past five-and-a-half years from Jan 1, 2019 to July 15, 2024, violent incidents were down 73% last year from the high levels of 2010. The resultant deaths of civilians and security forces also saw an 86% dip over the corresponding period.
2 Maoists bid farewell to arms in Chhattisgarh’s
Two Naxalites including a woman surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma Tuesday. The duo were carrying a reward of Rs two lakh each, an official release said. The two stated they were disappointed by the atrocities committed on local tribals by senior Naxalites.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha during question hour, Roy said, “West Bengal was once affected by left-wing extremism, but due to Mamata Banerjee’s developmental work, it has ceased in the state.”
“There was left wing extremism in West Bengal, but the Mamata Banerjee govt controlled it there, worked on development and gave jobs to tribals,” Roy said and questioned, “Will the Union home minister, and state ministers follow the model of West Bengal and adopt it in Chhattisgarh and other states as well? Because, they are not able to control LWE.”
He then asked Shah if he would study the West Bengal example and apply the same model to Chhattisgarh and other states struggling to control left-wing extremism.Replying to the Trinamool MP, Shah said, “If any state does well, then Prime Minister Modi’s govt has no problem in implementing its example in the whole country.But I believe that no state would want the model of West Bengal to be adopted there.”
‘89 thanas reported LWE cases against 171 in 2023’
Left-wing extremist (LWE) violence was reported from 89 police stations across 38 districts of nine states in the first half of this year, as compared to 171 police stations in 2023 and 465 police stations in 2010, the home ministry told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.In written reply to a question, junior home minister Nityanand Rai shared that while 647 Maoists were neutralised and 2017 security personnel martyred in LWE theatre in the past five-and-a-half years from Jan 1, 2019 to July 15, 2024, violent incidents were down 73% last year from the high levels of 2010. The resultant deaths of civilians and security forces also saw an 86% dip over the corresponding period.
2 Maoists bid farewell to arms in Chhattisgarh’s
Two Naxalites including a woman surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma Tuesday. The duo were carrying a reward of Rs two lakh each, an official release said. The two stated they were disappointed by the atrocities committed on local tribals by senior Naxalites.