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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J.P. Nadda connected Monday (December 22, 2025) alleged that immoderate Congress insiders facilitated the 2013 Jhiram Ghati Maoist onslaught successful Chhattisgarh, which led to the sidesplitting of State Congress leaders.
Thirty-two people, including elder Congress leaders Vidya Charan Shukla, Mahendra Karma and Nand Kumar Patel, had been killed portion galore sustained injuries successful the Jhiram Valley onslaught connected May 25, 2013.
“I was the [BJP] in-charge of Chhattisgarh [back then]. I saw the Jheeram Valley incident. Today, I accidental this with large responsibility, that nary 1 other was providing accusation and wrong details astir the Jhiram Valley incident. People who were among them were progressive successful getting their ain radical killed, and they were successful interaction with Naxalites,” Mr. Nadda alleged portion addressing the ‘Janadesh Parab’ (people’s mandate festival) astatine Janjgir Champa.
The lawsuit was held to people the completion of 2 years of the Vishnu Deo Sai-led BJP authorities successful Chhattisgarh.
The BJP president further said that a decisive enactment was taken against Maoism nether the double-engine authorities astatine the Centre and the State, adding Maoism had present been confined to a constricted fig of villages and districts successful the State.
“Nearly 2,500 Naxalites person surrendered successful the past 2 years, 1,853 person been arrested, and apical leaders specified arsenic Hidma and Basavaraju neutralised,” helium said.
Responding to Nadda’s statement, Senior Congress person and erstwhile Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel called the assertion a prevarication and an insult to those who mislaid their lives successful that attack.
“First of all, information agencies, including the NIA, should interrogate J.P. Nadda and request impervious of his claims. J.P. Nadda! We mislaid our leaders successful the Naxalite attack. You are insulting their martyrdom by accusing them of collusion,” a portion of his station connected X read.
He accused the BJP of attempting to stall the investigations by filing petitions successful tribunal erstwhile the Congress Government was successful powerfulness successful the State, astatine a clip erstwhile the authorities were trying to find retired those down the attack.”
