Safety forces throughout an anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma. File picture used for illustration.
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Expressing concern over the fallout of Operation Kagar launched by the central authorities in Chhattisgarh to eradicate Maoists within the area on the lives of the tribals residing right here, the CPI(M) Polit Bureau in an announcement right here, mentioned that the federal government should be certain that no harmless lives are misplaced.

For the reason that BJP authorities took over in 2023 as per the official claims, greater than 350 maoists have been killed by the safety forces and on this yr alone 145 of them have been killed. Operation Kagar was launched by the federal government in January 2024.

The Polit Bureau in an announcement on Sunday (Might 4, 2025) issued after its assembly, “The federal government has to make sure that the lives of harmless adivasis should not misplaced within the crossfire between the federal government forces and Maoists.”

The Maoists have proposed a dialogue with the federal government. On this context, the Polit Bureau mentioned, “The federal government ought to settle for the supply of peace talks as the problem can’t be resolved solely by means of the usage of arms.” 

The Polit Bureau assembly was known as amongst different issues, to determine on the work allocation amongst its newly elected members. The work division might be vetted at by the Central Committee in its two day assembly on June 3-5.