BS Round Table: Development driving out rebels, says Chhattisgarh CM

Chhattisgarh would be among the three most developed states in the country by 2022, Raman Singh said

A spate of development works taken up by the Chhattisgarh government in Bastar, infamous for Naxal violence, has emerged as a decisive tool in the fight against left-wing extremism (LWE).

“Bastar is now connecting; not only with good roads but also with rail, and it is a significant development as we are succeeding in the fight against LWE,” Chief Minister Raman Singh said at the Business Standard Chhattisgarh Round Table 2017 organised on Thursday. The policy of the state government had resulted in reforms in Naxal-affected areas that had remained cut off from the mainstream for long.

“Reforms have taken place in