Raipur: Maoism is like cancer and there is need to strike at the root to end the Naxal menace, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said on Monday.
Addressing a function after inaugurating and laying foundation stones of several development projects in Sukma, Sai said security forces have killed more than 230 Maoists in various encounters in the last one year.
“Maoism is like cancer. If cancer has to be eradicated, it is necessary to attack its root. Maoists had stuck like leeches in some areas of Bastar and were exploiting the people by intimidating them. These places were their safest hideouts. We decided to attack the Maoists by entering their den,” a government release quoted Sai as saying.
“Maoists had thrown Sukma along with Bastar division into deadly violence. Due to this, the development of Sukma was badly affected. In the last one year, the government took many important decisions to develop Sukma and has implemented them rapidly,” he said.