Over 300 Maoists Surrender: PM Modi Highlights Progress in India's Fight Against Naxal Terrorism

Oct 18, 2025 02:44 am CST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the surrender of over 300 Maoists in 24 hours at the NDTV World Summit 2025, highlighting his government's successful counterterrorism strategy. Modi revealed that Naxal-affected districts have decreased from 125 to just 11 in a decade, bringing peace to previously conflict-ridden areas like Bastar in Chhattisgarh. The Prime Minister expressed personal pain over decades of violence while criticizing previous Congress administrations for enabling an "ecosystem of Urban Naxals" that suppressed public discourse on Maoist terrorism.