As many as 210 Maoist cadres, including one Central Committee member, surrendered before authorities in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/bhupathis-surrender-beginning-of-naxal-movements-end-in-maharashtra-devendra-fadnavis-23598806" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Chhattisgarh's</a> Jagdalpur on Friday, making it the largest mass surrender in the history of anti-Naxal operations in the state, officials said.
With this, a total of 238 Naxalites have quit the path of violence and joined the mainstream in the state in the last three days as 28 others had surrendered on Wednesday.
Hailing the development, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said it was a historic day not only for Bastar but for Chhattisgarh and the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/gadchiroli-police-crpf-arrest-naxal-supporter-involved-in-attacks-on-security-forces-23596671" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">entire nation</a>.
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आज का दिन केवल बस्तर ही नहीं, बल्कि पूरे छत्तीसगढ़ और देश के लिए ऐतिहासिक है। आज बस्तर में 210 नक्सली, जो कभी माओवाद के झूठ में उलझकर वर्षों तक अंधेरी राहों पर भटकते रहे, उन्होंने संविधान और हमारी नीतियों पर विश्वास जताते हुए विकास की मुख्यधारा को अपनाया है। आज उन्होंने अपने&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/oGhfcG63GB">pic.twitter.com/oGhfcG63GB</a>
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According to officials, Friday's mass surrender - the largest in the history of anti-Naxal operations in the state - marks a decisive turning point in the government's ongoing campaign to eliminate Left-Wing Extremism.
All the cadres, who surrendered before the police and paramilitary officials in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/nia-files-fresh-chargesheet-against-four-more-people-in-chhattisgarh-naxal-case-23596680" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jagdalpur</a>, the headquarters of the Bastar district, were formally welcomed into the mainstream by tribal community leaders and priests who greeted them with red roses, symbolising love, peace and a new beginning.
The surrendered cadres, senior police and paramilitary officials and tribal community leaders later posed for photographs.
The banner behind the stage, where cadres posed for photograph, read 'Poona Margem - Punarwas se Punarjeevan- Maoist cadres rejoining the mainstream'.
Poona Margem is a rehabilitation initiative launched by Bastar Range police for Naxalites.
Addressing a press conference later, CM Sai said 210 brothers and sisters who were misguided and detached from society rejoined the mainstream today, showing faith in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/gadchiroli-district-and-four-talukas-in-gondia-remain-naxal-infested-govt-23580757" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Constitution</a>, the path of non-violence as shown by Mahatma Gandhi, and the state's rehabilitation policy.
The surrendered cadres include top-rung leaders to lower-rung members, he said, congratulating and wishing them well for their future.
The state's Surrender and Rehabilitation policy has multiple provisions, including financial assistance, land benefits, benefits in the new Industrial policy and linking them with employment, he added.
The historic event is seen as a result of the central and state governments' comprehensive anti-Naxal strategy, supported by sustained efforts from the police, security forces, local administration, and the active participation of aware and vigilant communities, he said.
Senior <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/from-naxal-hit-to-investment-hub-gadkari-highlights-gadchirolis-revival-23519704" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maoist leaders</a> who surrendered include Rupesh alias Satish, a Central Committee member; Bhaskar alias Rajman Mandavi, Ranita, Raju Salam, Dhannu Vetti alias Santu - all four Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) members, and Ratan Elam, a Regional Committee Member, officials said.
The surrendered Maoists handed over 153 weapons, including 19 AK-47 rifles, 17 Self-Loading Rifles, 23 INSAS rifles, an INSAS LMG (light machine gun), thirty six .303 rifle, four Carbine and 11 Barrel Grenade Launcher (BGL), a police official said.
On October 2 , as many as 103 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/top-woman-naxal-leader-with-rs-25-lakh-bounty-killed-in-an-encounter-in-chhattisgarh-23510155" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Naxalites</a>, 49 of them carrying a collective bounty of more than Rs 1.06 crore, had surrendered in Bijapur district of Bastar region.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has repeatedly underlined the government's resolve to eradicate Naxalism, largely concentrated in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, by March 31, 2026.
On Thursday, Shah declared two worst-hit regions of Chhattisgarh, Abujhmarh and <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/gadchiroli-police-offer-employment-to-surrendered-naxals-in-lloyds-metals-23462143" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">North Bastar</a>, free from Naxal terror and made it clear that those willing to surrender are welcome, but those who continue to wield guns will face the wrath of security forces.
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