
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday said that incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) violence has been reduced by 77 per cent from an all-time high of 2258 in 2009 to 509 in 2021.
"The steadfast implementation of the National Policy & Action Plan to address Left Wing Extremism (LWE) -2015' has resulted in a consistent decline in violence. The incidents of LWE violence have been reduced by 77 per cent from an all-time high of 2258 in 2009 to 509 in 2021," Rai informed Rajya Sabha in a written reply.