New Delhi: The Union home ministry has decided to fast track the implementation of the NDA government’s new anti Naxal policy which calls upon state police forces to take the lead in anti Naxal operations on the lines of counter insurgency campaigns in states like Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tripura.
As top officials of 10 Naxal-affected states met the home ministry top brass on Tuesday evening to discuss the new anti Naxal action plan, the Chhattisgarh government asked the Centre to devise a strategy to tackle front organisations of the Maoists and make it a part of the Centre’s new anti Naxal policy.
Chhattisgarh along with some other states also pitched the demand for increased air support to security forces involved in the anti Naxal operations.
The logistical support provided to ferry security personnel and aid in the evacuation operations for the injured personnel was termed as critical to the overall efforts of the security forces to tackle the Naxal menace.
It may be recalled that during the recent Naxal attack on CRPF men in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, the IAF copters could only evacuate the injured the day after the encounter took place.
