New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday praised the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for playing a vital role in maintaining peace in the country, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir and confining Naxalism to a few districts.
While speaking at the “86th Central Reserve Police Force Day Parade 2025” program at Neemuch district headquarters in Madhya Pradesh, Shah said, “The CRPF is playing a major role in the Central Government’s resolve to completely eliminate Naxalism from the country by March 31, 2026.”
“The CRPF has left no stone unturned in maintaining the unity and integrity of the country,” he said, adding, “The CRPF was also deployed during the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. The CRPF jawans have made a significant contribution in establishing peace and order in Jammu and Kashmir, Northeast and other parts of the country,” the Union Home Minister said.
Shah made a special mention of the CRPF’s Cobra Battalion and said that it has pushed Naxalites to the wall. “The Naxalites in the country have now been reduced to only four districts. These Naxalites once had the courage to go from “Pashupati to Tirupati”, now they are hiding in rat holes,” he said.
“When the Naxalites come to know that the jawans from Cobra battalion are moving towards them, they get frightened. It’s due to their efforts that Naxalism is on its last legs,” Shah said.
Lauding the dedication of CRPF, Shah said, “Whether it is the Amarnath Yatra or the Vaishno Devi Yatra, whether it is the security of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi, Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi or the occasion of Maha Kumbh, everywhere the jawans of CRPF have made a huge contribution in maintaining law and order”.
Shah said, “When I come to know that CRPF officers and jawans are deployed at any place, I become more relaxed because I know that success is certain in their presence.”
Shah expressed full confidence that by March 31, 2026, Naxalism will be completely eradicated from the country. “The Central Government has taken this resolution only because of the capabilities of the CRPF,” he added.
Recalling the work of CRPF jawans and officers at their duty place, Shah said, “Since the inception of the CRPF, 2264 jawans have been martyred.”
He said that the country is moving ahead with the goal of becoming a developed nation by the year 2047 and these jawans will also have a big contribution in achieving this goal
