Amit Shah in Raipur: Congress Backed Maoists Janatana Sarkar and Mocked Parliament, Says Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp attack on the Congress at the concluding ceremony of the three-day Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav celebrations in Nava Raipur on 3 November 2026, accusing the party of supporting Maoism and of mocking Parliament. Addressing the gathering as chief guest, Shah said the Narendra Modi government was ready to discuss every issue in Parliament, including the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and challenged the opposition to come for a proper debate instead of staging symbolic exercises outside the House. He said the government was even prepared to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss SIR, and asked the opposition to let Parliament function.
At the centre of Shah’s speech was the Maoists’ parallel administration in Chhattisgarh, known as the Janatana Sarkar. Shah said the Maoists had set up their own government in areas under their influence, complete with its own chief minister, home minister, finance minister and other officials, and he questioned what authority permitted such a structure. “Which Constitution permits a Janatana Sarkar? Who gave them the right to administer justice?” he asked, alleging that the Congress had historically supported such unconstitutional arrangements. He added that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had supported the fake Janatana Sarkar and had now made a mockery of Parliament by staging a mock Parliament.
Shah also defended the Centre’s campaign against Maoist insurgency, pointing to what he described as its results on the ground. He said his appeal from Parliament, asking cadres to lay down their weapons and join the mainstream, had worked, with 90 per cent of those who left the movement surrendering and only 10 per cent killed in security operations. The government’s policy, he said, was clear: those who abide by the law would be treated as citizens, while security forces would deal firmly with those who continued armed violence, whether in Bastar, the Northeast or Kashmir. He also questioned the approach of previous governments, referring to former home minister P. Chidambaram’s 2010 suggestion that Maoists need not surrender weapons if they stopped violence.
The immediate trigger for Shah’s remarks was the opposition’s recent mock Parliament exercise over alleged irregularities in the SIR process. The mock session was held at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s New Delhi residence on 31 October for what was described as a public impeachment of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Shah described the exercise as a drama staged outside the country’s actual parliamentary framework, and said a party that had supported unconstitutional governments was now attempting to ridicule the parliamentary system itself. “Carrying a copy of the Constitution in your hands does not mean you respect the Constitution. Your conduct must be constitutional,” he said, challenging Rahul Gandhi and the Congress to debate SIR in Parliament before the people of the country.
The Rajyotsav event marked the concluding session and the State Investiture Ceremony of Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava 2026, held to commemorate the formation of the state in November 2000. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma and several other dignitaries were present, and Shah had earlier inaugurated the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Park in Nava Raipur. The Home Minister also spoke of developing Nava Raipur as a green urban centre, underlining that the celebrations were as much about the state’s development journey as about its political message.
