Have to Isolate Dimaagi Naxals’: PM Modi in Independence Day Speech from Red Fort
15 August 2026 | Times of India
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said armed Naxalism had been curbed but warned that people with Maoist thinking were still present in different parts of the country and needed to be "identified, and isolated".
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 80th Independence Day, PM Modi said the country had successfully weakened armed Naxalism but needed to remain alert against what he called "dimagi Naxals".
"We need to identify these dimagi naxal, isolate them, and bring the youth together for a developed country," PM Modi said.
PM Modi said Naxalism and Maoism had destroyed the aspirations of young people and kept large parts of the country under the grip of violence for decades. He also paid tribute to security personnel who lost their lives fighting the insurgency.