Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, shared a statement attributed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that Maoist-Naxalite insurgency is in its final phase, citing the Union government's decade-long campaign against Left Wing Extremism as the driving force behind the turnaround.

Quoting Prime Minister Modi, Saini wrote: '2014 ke baad humne sankalp liya ki Naksalwad Maowaad ko jadd se ukhad phenkenge' ['After 2014 we resolved to uproot Naxalism and Maoism from the roots, and today the entire country is seeing the result — today Maoist terror in the country is counting its last breaths']. The post, accompanied by a video, was shared widely as a statement of the ruling dispensation's counter-insurgency record.

Context

Naxalism, rooted in a 1967 peasant uprising in Naxalbari, West Bengal, evolved over decades into a sustained armed insurgency led primarily by CPI(Maoist) across the forested districts of central and eastern India — a corridor the Union government once described as its gravest internal security challenge. At its peak, the movement affected more than 200 districts across multiple states. Since 2014, the Narendra Modi government made dismantling this network a stated security priority, combining military pressure with development outreach in affected regions.

Policy Backdrop

The policy architecture behind the campaign took formal shape in 2017 when the Ministry of Home Affairs introduced the SAMADHAN doctrine — an acronym covering smart leadership, aggressive strategy, motivation and training, actionable intelligence, dashboard-based key performance indicators, harnessing technology, action plan for each theatre, and no access to financing. The doctrine integrated security operations with surrender-and-rehabilitation packages and accelerated infrastructure delivery in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected districts. Official assessments have documented measurable declines in violent incidents and the geographic footprint of CPI(Maoist) over the period since its adoption.

Coordinated operations between central paramilitary forces — particularly the Central Reserve Police Force and its elite CoBRA battalions — and state police in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Telangana have resulted in significant leadership attrition within the Maoist movement. Road connectivity, mobile networks, and banking access extended into previously inaccessible districts have been cited by the government as complementary tools that erode the insurgency's social base.

Stakeholders and Impact

Security forces — including jawans from the CRPF, state armed police, and district reserve guards — have borne the operational cost of the campaign over many years, with hundreds of personnel killed in action since 2014. Tribal communities in LWE districts represent the most directly affected civilian population, caught between insurgent coercion and counter-insurgency pressure, but also the primary intended beneficiaries of the accompanying development push. Civil society groups working in these regions have long called for a rights-based approach alongside security measures.

CM Saini's post amplifies the political messaging ahead of what observers expect will be a renewed focus on the government's internal-security record. BJP leaders across states have increasingly cited the declining violence statistics in LWE districts as evidence of effective governance under Prime Minister Modi.

What's Next

Attention will now turn to the Ministry of Home Affairs' next annual report on Left Wing Extremism, which is expected to provide updated incident data and a district-level assessment of the insurgency's current reach. Remaining strongholds — particularly in south Chhattisgarh's Bastar division — are likely to remain the focus of fresh operational directives. Whether the government formally declares the LWE threat neutralised, or maintains a calibrated operational posture, will shape both security policy and political messaging in the months ahead.