New Delhi, March 30 -- Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah, calling his statements in the Lok Sabha on Naxalism "an outright lie" and accusing the Centre of politicising the issue.

In a post on X, Baghel said, "What Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Lok Sabha while speaking on the Naxalite issue is an outright lie. During the five years our government was in power, meetings were held with the Chief Ministers of Naxal-affected states... But in none of these meetings did the central government ever raise the objection that any state was shielding Naxalites." He further challenged Shah, saying, "I challenge Amit Shah ji to publicly produce any evidence... If no ...