Shah says Naxalism will end in Chhattisgarh if BJP forms govt, targets Cong over 'religious conversion'

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said if the BJP comes to power in Chhattisgarh, Naxalism will be eliminated from the state in five years and alleged that rampant “religious conversion” took place there under the Congress rule.

Ahead of the second and last phase of the assembly elections in the state on November 17, Shah addressed three rallies – one each in Jashpur and Kunkuri constituencies in Jashpur district and Chandrapur constituency in Sakti district.

The Union minister slammed Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel-led dispensation saying while ‘Chandrayaan’ was sent to the moon under the central government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the point where it landed was named ‘Shivshakti’, the Congress government in the state indulged in betting in the name of ‘Mahadev’.