Bhubaneswar, June 20 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that Naxalism will soon be completely eradicated from the country, crediting his government's developmental push in tribal areas for the decline in extremist violence.
Addressing a gathering on the occasion of the BJP government's first anniversary in Odisha, the Prime Minister said that before 2014, more than 125 tribal-majority districts across India were impacted by Naxalite violence.
He pointed out that these tribal regions were long unfairly labeled as part of the "Red Corridor" and had been neglected by previous governments, which declared them backward and left them behind.
"In the last few years, our government has worked to bring tribal communities out of a ...