Jharkhand CM requests Centre to provide 275 companies of paramilitary forces
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday requested the Centre to depute 275 companies of paramilitary forces to peacefully conduct the upcoming Assembly polls even as he claimed that Naxalism was in its last stage in the state.
Attending a meeting of the chief ministers of the Left Wing Extremism-affected states at Vigyan Bhawan here, he said that since the country's almost 30-40 per cent of minerals are obtained from Jharkhand, there is a possibility that the Naxals could reorganise to strengthen their network.
"Due to the 'clear, hold and develop' policy adopted in the state, there is a greater need of para-military forces in the current circumstances," Das said.
"I request the Centre to depute 275 companies of para-military forces in the state to conduct the upcoming Assembly elections peacefully," he said at the meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended by Minister of State for Home Affairs G Krishna Reddy, Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and the chief .