RAIPUR, Feb. 8 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a high-level security review meeting in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur on Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), weeks ahead of the Centre's March 31 deadline to eliminate the Maoist insurgency from the country.

The meeting, held at a hotel in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, was attended by chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma. Union Home Secretary, Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), and Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs were also present, officials said.

In a post on X, Shah said: "Today in Raipur, I held a review meeting with the Chhattisgarh government and officials on anti-Naxal operations. The security-centric str...