Rajnath to review of Left Wing Extremism situation in 10 states

New Delhi, May 7: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will review the situation in 10 Left Wing Extremism-affected states at a meeting convened here tomorrow where a holistic review of the situation will be undertaken covering a wide canvas of security and development issues, particularly infrastructure building.
While the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal have been invited to attend the meeting, the Union Ministers in charge of ministries of MoRTH, Railways, Civil Aviation, MoRD, Power, New & Renewable Energy and Telecom will also attend.
According to official sources, the Union Government has evolved a multi-pronged strategy centred around security, development and ensuring rights and entitlements of local communities.
The Centre has been providing assistance to states in terms of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) battalions, intelligence, training and capacity building of state police forces.
Also Central help is focussing on schemes that support building of infrastructure, specially road, railways and power, they said.