Reddening the Green: Costs, Contexts and Consequences of the War in Bastar (2024-2026) – PUDR Report

PUDR Press Release This report presents an account of 27 months of Operation Kagaar – security operations conducted jointly by the central and state governments between January 2024-March 2026 with the professed object of complete elimination of ‘Naxalism’ or ‘Left-Wing Extremism’. While Kagaar was conducted across several states of central-eastern India, including Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh…