PM Modi, Jaishankar wish Amit Shah on birthday, hail success against Maoism
He credited Shah’s administrative understanding with making the country’s internal security machinery more effective.
- ✓He credited Shah’s administrative understanding with making the country’s internal security machinery more effective.
- ✓केंद्रीय गृह एवं सहकारिता मंत्री श्री @AmitShah जी को जन्मदिवस की अनंत शुभकामनाएँ।
- ✓राष्ट्र की सुरक्षा तथा जनकल्याण के प्रति आपकी प्रतिबद्धता सराहनीय है।
- ✓ईश्वर से आपके उत्तम स्वास्थ्य, सुखमय जीवन और दीर्घायु की कामना है।
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led the greetings for Union Home Minister Amit Shah on his 62nd birthday, crediting him with making India’s internal security machinery more effective and singling out the campaign against Maoism.
In a post on X, Modi said Shah’s administrative understanding had made the country’s internal security systems more effective. He described the progress against Maoism as particularly noteworthy, and also pointed to the push towards a drug-free society.
The Prime Minister wished Shah a long and healthy life in service of the people. Warm birthday greetings to Home Minister Shri Amit Shah Ji. His administrative understanding has ensured India’s internal security systems become more effective.
Particularly noteworthy are the successes in eliminating the menace of Maoism and in furthering our dream of a society free from drugs. I pray that he is blessed with a long and healthy life in service of the people. @AmitShah External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also greeted the Home Minister.
केंद्रीय गृह एवं सहकारिता मंत्री श्री @AmitShah जी को जन्मदिवस की अनंत शुभकामनाएँ। राष्ट्र की सुरक्षा तथा जनकल्याण के प्रति आपकी प्रतिबद्धता सराहनीय है। ईश्वर से आपके उत्तम स्वास्थ्य, सुखमय जीवन और दीर्घायु की कामना है। Modi’s reference to Maoism comes seven months after Shah made a major claim in Parliament.
On March 30, a day before the government’s self-imposed deadline, Shah told the Lok Sabha that India had virtually become Naxal-free, with the Maoists’ central and state leadership structures almost completely eliminated.
The March 31, 2026 target had been set well in advance. Shah reiterated it in Raipur in June 2025, saying nearly 40,000 people had died in Maoist violence over 35 years. In 2025 he also said no ceasefire would be offered to the insurgents.
In his Lok Sabha statement, Shah gave figures for the last three years: 4,839 Maoists surrendered, 2,218 were arrested and 706 were killed in encounters. He argued that Bastar had been denied development because of Maoist violence, and said the region’s residents were now receiving housing, gas connections, drinking water and insurance cover.
He added that the country would be officially declared free of Left-wing extremism once final formalities were completed. One landmark operation came in May 2025. Security forces killed 27 Maoists in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh, including CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju, the first time in three decades that a leader of that rank was neutralised.
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| Publication Date | 22 October 2026 |