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Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the Centre today reviewed the security situation in Naxal-affected states and directed security forces to foil any attempt by the rebels to disrupt the election process.
A high-level meeting, chaired by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, took stock of the current Left Wing Extremism situation and discussed threadbare the status of action taken to maintain law and order and progress of the development activities, official sources said today.
The meeting was attended by Home Secretary Anil Goswami, Deputy National Security Advisor Nehchal Sandhu, Secretaries of Planning Commission, Ministries of Rural Development, Road Transport and Highways, Health, Power besides others.
Chief Secretaries and DGPs of nine Naxal-affected states -- Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh -- participated the meeting through video conferencing.
Paramilitary and state police forces deployed in anti-Naxal operations have been directed to tighten security and keep an extra vigil to foil any attempt by the extremists to carry out subversive activities, sources said.
An advisory has already been sent to Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to tighten vigil in view of intelligence reports which suggested Naxals would try to carry out subversive attacks in the run up to Lok Sabha polls.
