Raipur, June 23 -- Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Monday interacted with commanders and commandos of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Chhattisgarh's capital, Raipur.

This comes a day after the Home Minister met the family members of senior police officer Akash Rao Giripunje in Chhattisgarh's Nava Raipur, who was martyred in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by Naxalites.

Amit Shah on Sunday also reiterated the commitment of the Indian government to weed out Naxalism by March 31, 2026.

He appealed to the Naxalites to give up arms and join the mainstream.

"I had said that on March 31, 2026, this country will be free from Naxalism, and I would like to reiterate today that the way the sec...