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Union Home Minister Amit Shah connected Saturday (February 21, 2026) said Maoism would beryllium eliminated from the country by the March 31 deadline acceptable by the government.
Addressing the 87th CRPF Day Parade successful Guwahati, the archetypal ever successful the northeast, Mr. Shah said the unit played an important relation successful Jammu and Kashmir, wherever the fig of stone-pelting incidents has dropped to zero, too being deployed to grip taste unit successful Manipur and breaking the backmost of Maoists successful lone 3 years.
“I tin trust connected the CRPF and accidental with assurance that we volition destruct the Maoist occupation from the state by March 31, 2026,” helium said.
The Home Minister praised the unit for the 21-day Operation Black wood successful the Karreguta Hills connected the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, successful which 31 Maoists were killed successful April-May 2025.
Operating nether a somesthesia of 46 degrees Celsius, erstwhile 15 litres of h2o were mislaid regular successful sweat, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) unit braved scorching stones to escaped the upland from the grip of Maoists, demolishing their stronghold.
Mr. Shah said 10-11 years ago, determination were 3 large hotspots successful the state — coercion successful Jammu and Kashmir, Maoism and insurgency successful the northeast — “festering wounds” that are present hubs of bid and progress.
“These 3 areas, erstwhile known for scenes of bombings, bullets, blockades and destruction, are portion of the country's improvement today. By becoming a maturation engine, they are moving to thrust the improvement of the full country,” helium said.
The Home Minister said specified bid would not person been imaginable without the contributions of the CRPF.
He noted that 700 CRPF unit were killed successful the northeast, 780 successful Naxal areas and 540 successful Jammu and Kashmir.
“Without these sacrifices, it would person been intolerable to instrumentality these 3 hotspots connected the way of improvement today. If I speech astir Assam, 79 jawans person done their champion to found bid successful Assam,” helium said.
Mr. Shah pointed retired that for the archetypal clip successful the CRPF's 86-year history, its foundation-day parade was being held successful the northeast, successful “our Assam”.
“This is simply a substance of pridefulness for each of us, for the full northeast,” helium said.
“In 86 years, the CRPF has not lone performed excellently but has besides delivered coagulated results by becoming a beardown pillar of the country's security. In the process, 2,270 jawans person made the ultimate sacrifice. I convey each of them and wage my tributes to them,” Mr. Shah said.
He said aft the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution, not a azygous slug was needed to beryllium fired successful Jammu and Kashmir, with the CRPF playing an important relation successful ensuring that.
The Home Minister besides conferred Gallantry medals connected 15 CRPF unit connected the occasion, portion six were honoured with the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and the best-performing battalions were handed trophies.
Earlier, CRPF Director General (DG) G P Singh said Operation Black Forest “broke the back” of Maoists.
He asserted that Maoism would beryllium eliminated from the state by the March 31 deadline fixed by the government.
Eight CRPF contingents, drawn from formations crossed the country, staged a ceremonial parade astatine the meticulously-groomed Sarusajai Stadium present connected Saturday, a archetypal ever successful the portion successful the 86-year past of the 3.25 lakh-strong paramilitary force.
Resplendent successful colourful headgear and marching to the cadence of reverberating drumbeats, the march past drew a sustained applause from the ample assemblage gathered astatine the venue to witnesser the pageantry.
The parade was led by Commandant Deepak Dhoundiyal of the 225th Battalion.
The marching units represented the Northern Sector, comprising women personnel, arsenic good arsenic contingents from the North Western sector, Jharkhand, Odisha, the Rapid Action Force (RAF), the CoBRA portion and the Western and North Eastern sectors.
The ceremonial concluded with a bid of precision displays and tactical demonstrations. Women unit executed an intricate firearm drill, commandos simulated a high-risk hostage-rescue cognition and CoBRA commandos staged a jungle-warfare exercise, depicting an anti-Naxal operation.
The CRPF's archetypal battalion was raised successful 1939 arsenic the Crown Representative's Police (CRP) nether the British rule.
Post Independence, successful 1949, it was re-christened arsenic the Central Reserve Police Force nether the Indian Union by the archetypal location minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
