NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday praised the police, CRPF, BSF, and local administration for their "commendable" and "tireless" efforts to eliminate Maoism in India.
He said that Maoism will be eliminated by March 2026 and also mentioned how the Maoist-affected areas are now seeing a wave of development.
Singh paid homage to the martyrs on Police Commemoration Day at the National Police Memorial. On this day in 1959, ten valiant policemen laid down their lives in an ambush laid by heavily armed Chinese troops at Hot Springs, Ladakh. Since then, it has been observed as Police Commemoration Day every year.