Operation Demolishment targets over 200 Naxal memorials in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

Exam-focused facts from the 24 February 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Security forces demolished 203 Naxal memorials and monuments in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh under Operation Demolishment.
Chhattisgarh recorded 149 demolitions from 2023 to 2026, with 130 razed in 2026 alone.
Maharashtra reported 55 demolitions from 2023 to 2026, including 45 removed in 2026.
Officials state the memorials were used by Naxal outfits for ideological outreach and recruitment in remote forested regions.
Operation Demolishment is part of a broader counterinsurgency strategy to dismantle the military and ideological backbone of Naxalism.