"It will done at appropriate time": Amit Shah on delayed decadal census
Aug 24, 2024
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], August 24 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a press conference in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on Saturday, stating that the delayed decadal census will take place at an appropriate time.
He assured that the details of the census, including the timing, would be announced once they were decided.
" It will done at the appropriate time...once decided, I will announce how it will happen and when it will happen," said the Union Home Minister.
Shah's statement comes after the census, initially scheduled for 2021, has yet to commence.
During the press conference, Shah also discussed the government's efforts to combat Naxalism, asserting that the country will be free from Naxalism by March 2026.
"In the first 10 years, 6617 security personnel and citizens were killed and now there has been a 70 per cent reduction. Similarly, we have witnessed a 69 per cent reduction in the deaths of citizens. I believe that our fight has reached the end phase and by March 2026, we will be able to free the country completely from naxalism," Shah added.
He took part in an inter-state coordination meeting with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of Chhattisgarh and neighbouring states over the left-wing extremism in the area.
Union Home Minister assessed both the measures taken against Naxal insurgency and the advancement of infrastructure projects in regions known as Red corridors within nine states troubled by Left Wing Extremism (LWE).
"100pc saturation of Central govt and Chhattisgarh govt's schemes in the naxal affected areas, the progress of infrastructure projects in such areas and to remove the challenges faced during such projects, this meeting was for that. Time has come to carry out the final assault along with ruthless politics to tackle leftism and naxalism," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said.
On August 25, the Home Minister will inaugurate the Raipur Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office following a review meeting in the morning.
Notably, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is on a three-day visit to Chhattisgarh starting on Friday, August 23.
Earlier today, Home Minister Amit Shah visited Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya Ashram in Raipur Chhattisgarh.
Shah was accompanied by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and Deputy CM Vijay Sharma.
