In areas that were controlled by Maoists for decades, government building roads, bringing electricity, schools: CM Vishnu Deo Sai at HT Leadership Summit 2025

Maoism may be eradicated in India before the deadline of March 31, 2026 and former rebels who have surrendered will not be returning to the jungles because of robust rehabilitation programmes, Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai said on Thursday, underlining the government’s resolve to end what was once the country’s biggest internal security challenge. CM Vishnu Deo Sai at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2025.

Speaking in an online session at the 23rd Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Sai also spoke about the development programmes initiated by his government, how the local administration was reclaiming control of t

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