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Former Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik connected Friday (December 26, 2025) hailed information unit for killing six Maoists successful Kandhamal district and said the State's efforts to curb left-wing extremism person resulted successful important success.
The BJD president, who had besides remained successful complaint of the location section for implicit 24 years, appealed to the reddish rebels to instrumentality to the mainstream.
“Glad to cognize that six CPI (Maoist) cadres person been neutralised by information forces. Left-wing extremism had been a captious interior information situation for the federation and #Odisha’s sustained efforts to curb left-wing extremism person resulted successful important success,” Mr. Patnaik said connected X.
He said that the State’s focused attraction to expedite socio-economic development, roadworthy connectivity and pro-poor policies led to a dependable diminution successful Maoist activities.
“We ever insisted unit does not person a spot successful civilised satellite and appealed to the left-wing extremists successful the portion to shun the way of unit and clasp progress,” helium said.
Top Maoist person Ganesh Uike, who carried a bounty of ₹1.1 crore connected his caput and main of the banned outfit successful Odisha, was among the six reddish rebels who were killed successful weapon battles with information forces successful Kandhamal district.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah called the Kandhamal brushwood a "major breakthrough", portion Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi described it arsenic a "remarkable success" to physique a Maoist-free India.
Odisha DGP Y. B. Khurania said that the LWE (left-wing extremism) activities person substantially travel down successful Odisha, but Kandhamal remains a situation for the police.
He said the State’s absorption is present wholly connected Kandhamal and its adjoining districts.
