Jagdalpur, Dec. 13 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday resolved to make the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh the most advanced tribal region in the country in the next five years, and reiterated that the country will be free from Naxalism by March 31, 2026.

Addressing the closing ceremony of the Bastar Olympics in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, Union Minister Shah said, "It is our pledge that the entire Bastar and India have to be made naxal-free. But we do not have to stop there. I say this before all of you today that this Bastar division of 7 districts - Kanker, Kondagaon, Bastar, Sukma, Bijapur, Narayanpur and Dantewada, will be the most developed tribal districts of the country by December 2030."

Home Minister said that the goal ...