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Six Maoists were killed successful an brushwood successful Maredumilli bureau successful Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju territory connected Tuesday (November 18, 2025). Among the killed were apical Maoist commandant Madvi Hidma, who was the Central Committee Member and South Bastar Battalion Commandant of the banned CPI (Maoist), and his woman Madakam Raje, the Chhattisgarh State Zonal Committee Member.
Seven much Maoists of the CPI (Maoist) were killed successful an speech of occurrence with the constabulary successful the Maredumilli forests connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025). Metturi Joga Rao alias Tech Shankar, a apical Maoist person who was the CPI (Maoist) Central Committee Member successful complaint of Andhra Odisha Border (AOB), was among those killed.
Left Wing Extremism successful Andhra Pradesh
Alluri Sitarama Raju is the lone territory successful Andhra Pradesh that is presently affected with Left Wing Extremism (LWE), according to a respone provided successful the Lok Sabha (on December 10, 2024) by Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai.
LWE unit successful decline?
Since 2004, the CPI (Maoist) Party has been liable for the bulk of unit and killings among those perpetrated by Left Wing Extremists, arsenic per the Ministry of Home Affairs. However, the question appears to beryllium dwindling. Incidents related to LWE unit are seeing a diminution since 2010, erstwhile the insurgency was astatine its highest successful the Red Corridor and the UPA-led authorities made the propulsion for a monolithic counter-insurgency offensive.
This diminution has continued nether the NDA-led government, whose multipronged attack — outlined successful the 2015 ‘National Policy and Action Plan to Address LWE’ — has present reached a signifier wherever the Union authorities aims to marque each affected districts “Naxal-free” by March 2026.
However, determination was emergence successful convulsive incidents successful 2022 and 2023 arsenic per the graphic above. Mr. Rai’s reply successful the Rajya Sabha successful March 2025 attributes this to the summation successful “counter LWE operations arsenic the Security Forces commenced entering successful the halfway areas of CPI (Maoist)”.
There are astir 38 districts that person been identified arsenic those which are affected by LWE, arsenic per Mr. Rai’s reply successful the Lok Sabha successful December 2024. Fifteen of these are successful Chhattisgarh. Mr. Rai’s March 2025 effect cited supra besides states, “The LWE-affected districts person been reduced from 126 to 90 districts by April 2018, further to 70 by July 2021 and past to 38 by April 2024.”
In 2024, arsenic galore arsenic 267 (or astir 70%) of 374 incidents of unit were perpetrated by extremists successful Chhattisgarh alone.
Deaths owed to incidents related to LWE person besides declined since 2010, arsenic shown successful the graphic below.
