Stating that India would “soon be rid of the Naxal menace”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday that the number of districts affected by Maoism has dwindled from 125 to just three in the past 11 years.

In his speech at the Chhattisgarh Rajat Mahotsav in Nava Raipur to mark the 25th anniversary of the state’s formation, Modi also took a veiled dig at the Congress and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi , saying those who “showed off a copy of the Constitution and shed crocodile tears in the name of social justice had, for decades, done injustice” by leaving the state to “suffer”.

“Friends, I’m very glad our Chhattisgarh is now being freed from the chains of Naxalism and Maoism,” he said. “For 50-55 years, what you suffered due to Naxalism was very painful. Because of Maoist violenc

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