Union Home Minister Amit Shah has stated that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government aims to eradicate Naxalism from India by March 2026. He made these remarks while attacking the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) coalition, accusing it of "fuelling Naxalism" for its own political gain.

Speaking at a rally in Simaria, located in Chatra district, Shah expressed his confidence that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would form the next government in Jharkhand, predicting that they would secure at least 52 of the 81 assembly seats. He based this assertion on recent electoral trends from the Lok Sabha elections, during which he noted that the NDA received 47 per cent of the votes in Jharkhand.