Dubai, Dec 13 (IANS) In early October, images emerging from the dense forests of Bastar in Chhattisgarh marked a moment of quiet but significant change in India’s long-running battle against Left Wing Extremism.

According to a report by Khaleej Times, more than 180 Maoists, several of them carrying long-standing cash rewards, laid down their arms and entered state-run rehabilitation programmes.

Weeks later, in Jagdalpur, over 200 more cadres, including around 110 women, surrendered along with 153 weapons.

Together, these developments point to a deeper shift: the diminishing pull of armed insurgency amid sustained security pressure and increasingly credible alternatives to violence.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah underlined this change in a post on X, stating that Abujhmarh and North Bas

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