Naveen Patnaik seeks waiver of ₹4,561 crore charged for deployment of Central forces in Odisha
The Hindu
‘LWE is a national issue and a grave internal security threat to the integrity of the nation and it has to be addressed by both Centre and States jointly’, says Chief Minister
The Odisha government on Thursday urged the Centre to waive charges of ₹4,561 crore towards the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for combating Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointing out that LWE was a national issue and a grave internal security threat to the integrity of the nation and it had to be addressed by both Centre and States jointly. In 2015, Mr. Patniak had urged the Centre to reconsider the decision of charging the State government for deployment of Central forces.
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