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92 Bastar villages to hoist tricolour for first time on I-Day
Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said on Friday that 92 remote villages in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, once Maoist strongholds, will hoist the national flag for the first time on August 15. The…
The Story in Brief
Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said on Friday that 92 remote villages in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, once Maoist strongholds, will hoist the national flag for the first time on August 15. The villages include 33 in Bijapur district, 50 in Sukma, and nine in Narayanpur.
Sharma, who holds the Home portfolio, said this will be the first national festival after armed Maoist cadres were eliminated in the state on March 31. Over 500 locations across Bastar will be renamed after martyrs and local icons. On Republic Day this year, the tricolour was unfurled for the first time in 41 villages of the region.
The Indian Opinion
The claim that not a single village in Bastar will lack the tricolour on August 15 is a bold test of the government's security gains. Critics will rightly ask whether this is a lasting shift or a one-day event. The real measure will come after Independence Day: can the state maintain a permanent presence in these 92 villages, or do they slip back? Watch for sustained infrastructure and police outposts in the months ahead.
Source: timesnownews.com
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