Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, replies to the discussion in the Lok Sabha on the efforts to free the country from Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)

• Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) / Naxalism is a Maoist insurgency in India's "Red Corridor"; treated by MHA as the country's single biggest internal-security challenge after Kashmir terrorism.
• On 30 March 2026, Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah replied to the Lok Sabha discussion on freeing India from LWE, framing 31 March 2026 as the deadline for a "Naxal-Mukt Bharat".
• Marks a doctrinal shift: Shah argued Naxalism is rooted in Left-wing ideology, not poverty ("poverty spread because of Naxalism") and is one of the Modi government's flagship internal-security claims.
• UPSC relevance: GS-III (Internal Security — linkages of development with extremism, role of security forces) and GS-II (federal-state coordination, governance).