According to the official schedule, Shah will arrive in Raipur on Saturday night and chair a crucial security review meeting on Sunday. The meeting is expected to be the final comprehensive assessment of anti-Naxal operations in the state before the deadline announced by the Union Home Minister himself.
Senior officials from central security forces, state police, intelligence agencies and representatives from Naxal-affected states, including Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Odisha, are likely to attend the meeting. Discussions will focus on operational progress, intelligence inputs and coordination among agencies, with special emphasis on the Bastar division, considered the epicentre of Left Wing Extremism.
Officials said the review will evaluate recent gains made by security forces in Naxal-affected regions, where operations have intensified over the past several months. With limited time remaining before the deadline, the meeting is expected to finalise the operational roadmap for the coming weeks.
After the meeting in Raipur, Shah is scheduled to travel to Bastar, where he will attend the closing ceremony of the Pandum Mahotsav. Sources indicated that the Home Minister may also conduct an internal visit to sensitive areas in Bastar to interact directly with security personnel deployed on the ground and gather first-hand feedback from field commanders.
The visit is being seen as strategically significant, as the Centre aims to achieve decisive results against Naxal groups by the end of March. Security agencies believe that the directives issued during the meeting could lead to an intensification of operations in core Naxal zones.
This will not be Shah’s first visit to the region. He had earlier attended the Bastar Dussehra festival in October 2025, during which he reiterated the Centre’s commitment to restoring peace and development in Naxal-affected areas.
Prior to his Chhattisgarh tour, Shah is expected to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir as part of a broader national security assessment. Following the meetings, officials indicated that fresh operational instructions may be issued to ensure coordinated action across affected states.
State authorities and security agencies in Chhattisgarh have stepped up preparations for the visit, with the Raipur meeting expected to play a decisive role in shaping the final phase of the anti-Naxal strategy.
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