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Gram Sabhas to pass resolutions that would be sent to government, Maoists

The yatra, launched under the banner of New Peace Process, starts in Chhattisgarh

Activists say that the displacement occurred because Chhattisgarh supported the Salwa Judum; Union minister Arjun Munda says Centre trying to rehabilitate tribals

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said his government will chalk out an action plan to rehabilitate those people who migrated to neighbouring states during the Salwa Judum movement around 15 years ago. India News | Chhattisgarh to Plan Rehabilitation of Tribals Who Migrated During Salwa Judum Movement: CM Baghel.

In March, I joined a peace march helmed by a former journalist and activist to pressure the Indian state and the Maoists to sit down for talks.

Kolkata, India – “If I go, they will kill me,” says the voice of an Indian police officer fearful of retribution from left-wing rebels. He regrets not being able to visit his family in a village in central India. In another audio recording, a poor local tribeswoman says her brother was jailed by the police last year after being falsely accused of being a guerrilla. “Why has he stopped farming? Why does he sleep in houses other than his?” she says, parroting the police’s charges. The...

Search Accounts of victimisation by Maoists and State’s agencies in Chhattisgarh tumble out 5,000 testimonies in less than a month: NGO Thousands of accounts of victimisation by Maoists and the State’s agencies in Chhattisgarh have tumbled out in days thanks to an NGO’s initiative of recording the victims’ testimonies. Three slum dwellers from Bijapur have said they pay the municipality Rs 30...