Ekta Nagar/Gujarat, Nov. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that Naxalism had been broken in India but warned that so-called "dimagi Naxals" still pose a threat and that the country must stay vigilant.

He also named securing the borders, halting infiltration and moving toward a Secular Civil Code as the country's next priorities, and set the goal of a developed India by 2047.

Naxalism and the 'dimagi' threat

He recalled a vow made a year earlier, at the 150th anniversary of Patel's birth, not to rest until Naxalism and Maoist violence were eradicated.

He said areas scarred by decades of violence are now joining the development mainstream, with roads, mobile networks, schools and healthcare reaching them.

Modi also acc...