New Delhi, March 30 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that days of those who indulge in Naxalite violence are now over and Naxal-free India is one of the biggest successes of the Modi government.

Replying to debate in Lok Sabha on efforts to free the country of Left Wing Extremism, he said Naxalism did not spread because of poverty but poverty spread because of Naxalism

"Root cause of Naxalism is not lack of development but Left-wing ideology, which was accepted by the leader of then ruling party to win the Presidential election in 1969. How can a Communist Party whose foundation is inspired by the ideology of another country ever do good for India. Maoists did not choose the Red Corridor to oppose discrimination, but beca...