Twenty-two members of India's elite security forces have been killed during a raid on a Maoist rebel hideout in eastern Chhattisgarh state. #AlJazeera #CNN #HindustanTime

"According to a 2019 report by India's Ministry of Home Affairs, 90 districts across 11 states are affected by some form of Naxal or Maoist militancy. The government has responded to the Maoist insurgency with a security crackdown in areas in which the groups are active, an approach that while appearing to reduce the threat level has been criticized by some observers as heavy-handed and prone to abuse. CNN" Read more

The Banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) hit back at Delhi empire: “From whom Amit Shah will avenge? Oppressed people and Maoists are the same and day by day, the oppressed people are raising their voice against the capitalist and Brahminical government.” Maoist spokesman Abhay said in the statement on Monday published in Hindustan Time.

They further clarify their position for the people of India: “We believe that those getting recruited into the forces are also part of the exploited people and it is our compulsion to fight when they come with weapons to fight us. We have sympathies with the families of the deceased and CPI (Maoist) appeal to the people not to send their children to join the security forces.