Odisha DGP Y B Khurania Saturday said the state police was making all efforts to meet the deadline of March 31, 2026, to eliminate Maoists from the country.

He made the statement after chairing a meeting with senior officers of CRPF and BSF at Phulbani in Kandhmal district.

“As you know, the Union Home Minister has set a deadline to eliminate Maoists from the Indian soil. We are working in that direction, and the meeting today reviewed our progress and next course of action,” he said.

After visiting Boudh district, the DGP reached Kandhamal, the lone place in the state that still witnesses Maoist movements.

“Therefore, all concentrations are now on Kandhmal,” said a senior officer associated with the anti-Maoist operations.

“Though there are a handful of Odia-speaking people in the pr

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