A BJP leader was killed by Maoists in Narayanpur of insurgency-hit Bastar division on Saturday. This was eighth such murder of persons associated with the BJP this year; the party recorded a huge victory in the recently concluded assembly polls in the state.
This is the sixth BJP leader to have been murdered this year by Maoists. After the fourth murder, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had given ‘X’ category security cover to 24 BJP leaders in Bastar until December 31.
The banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) killed four BJP leaders or functionaries in the region this year. With the Assembly poll around, the Union home ministry has given them security cover till December 31.
After 3 successive hits in February, a fourth leader was killed recently. BJP calls these "targeted killings", Cong says "don't do politics over bodies of your dead workers"