Goa, July 11 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has revealed that six organisations currently active in the state have already been banned in other states under similar security laws. His statement came during discussions on the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024, which seeks to curb unlawful activities, particularly those linked to Left-Wing Extremism and urban Naxalism.

The bill, recently passed by the Assembly and set to be tabled in the Legislative Council, is modeled after similar laws in Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha, where it has been used to clamp down on Naxal-affiliated groups. Maharashtra, Fadnavis noted, has 64 such organisations, with six already banned elsewhere.

The legislati...