Government policies led to over 3,500 naxal surrender between 2014-17: Modi
Saturday - September 29, 2018 10:52 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Government policies led to over 3,500 naxal surrender between 2014-17: Modi
New Delhi Sep 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that over 3 500 Maoists have surrendered in 2014-17 due to government policies asserting there has been a drop of over 20 per cent in violence in Naxal-hit areas.
"If we talk on the issue of violence in naxal affected areas then in the last four-and-a-half years it has dropped by 20 per cent " Modi said while interacting with BJP workers through videoconferencing on NaMo mobile application.
"Due to the development work and the government policies over 3 500 naxals have surrendered between 2014 and 2017 " the Prime Minister said. He said that the government has improved development infrastructure in Maoist-affected areas.
Modi was responding a question by a party worker from Chhattisgarh s Bilaspur.
Modi also asserted that Mera Booth Sabse Majboot; (my booth strongest) is not only a slogan or the name of a programme. "It is a resolve for every party worker " he said.
He also said that political parties rarely get a chance to interact with booth-level workers who know the ground reality better with the medium of technology.
The Prime Minister was interacting with BJP workers from Chhattisgarh s Bilaspur Uttar Pradesh s Basti Jharkhand s Dhanbad Rajasthan s Chittorgarh and Madhya Pradesh Mandsaur Lok Sabha seats.
--IANS aks/prs
"If we talk on the issue of violence in naxal affected areas then in the last four-and-a-half years it has dropped by 20 per cent " Modi said while interacting with BJP workers through videoconferencing on NaMo mobile application.
"Due to the development work and the government policies over 3 500 naxals have surrendered between 2014 and 2017 " the Prime Minister said. He said that the government has improved development infrastructure in Maoist-affected areas.
Modi was responding a question by a party worker from Chhattisgarh s Bilaspur.
Modi also asserted that Mera Booth Sabse Majboot; (my booth strongest) is not only a slogan or the name of a programme. "It is a resolve for every party worker " he said.
He also said that political parties rarely get a chance to interact with booth-level workers who know the ground reality better with the medium of technology.
The Prime Minister was interacting with BJP workers from Chhattisgarh s Bilaspur Uttar Pradesh s Basti Jharkhand s Dhanbad Rajasthan s Chittorgarh and Madhya Pradesh Mandsaur Lok Sabha seats.
--IANS aks/prs