Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Wednesday, 17 June 2026 credited the 'double engine' BJP government at the state and Centre with delivering a decisive blow against Naxalism, saying coordinated security operations and development efforts have created a new environment of peace, security and trust in remote areas of the state.

Context

Posting on X under the hashtag #12YearsOfSurakshitBharat, Chief Minister Sai wrote that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, effective action against Naxalism combined with development initiatives has transformed regions once synonymous with violence and fear. In his words: 'Areas that were once known for violence and fear are today becoming centres of development, good governance and new possibilities.'

The post directly tags @narendramodi and frames the progress as a joint achievement of the Union and state governments — the 'double engine' formulation the Bharatiya Janata Party has consistently used to describe aligned BJP rule at both levels.

Policy Backdrop

The Union government formally adopted the SAMADHAN doctrine in 2017, integrating security operations, infrastructure development and rebel rehabilitation to address Left Wing Extremism across affected states. Since 2014, the Centre has coupled road construction, school-building and mobile-connectivity projects with expanded security-grid operations in LWE-affected districts.

Chhattisgarh — which contains significant portions of the former 'Red Corridor' — has been the primary theatre of this approach. Bastar division, the heavily forested southern region of the state historically regarded as a Naxal stronghold, has been the focus of both intensified operations by state police and central paramilitary forces and accelerated infrastructure rollouts under schemes such as the Road Connectivity Project for LWE Affected Areas.

Chief Minister Sai, who took office in December 2023, made coordinated anti-Naxal action and tribal-district development central planks of his administration from the outset.

Stakeholders and Impact

The communities most directly affected are the lakhs of tribal residents living in the forested vananchal (forest belt) of Chhattisgarh. CM Sai's post specifically notes that the transformation is 'paving the way for new opportunities and a brighter future in the lives of millions of people living in the forest areas.'

State police and central paramilitary forces deployed in LWE districts stand at the operational centre of the claimed progress, alongside government departments responsible for infrastructure and welfare delivery in previously insurgency-hit blocks. Surrendered Naxals and their rehabilitation into mainstream society are also a key stakeholder group under the SAMADHAN framework.

What's Next

The Ministry of Home Affairs periodically releases district-level data on LWE-related violence, surrenders and area domination — figures that will serve as independent benchmarks for the claims made in the post. Any new phase of the Road Connectivity Project for LWE Affected Areas or fresh rehabilitation packages announced by the Chhattisgarh government would be the next concrete policy milestones to watch. The 'double engine' framing also signals that the BJP intends to keep the Naxal-free narrative prominent in the run-up to future electoral cycles in the state.