Maoist terror is shrinking from Bastar, the identity of Bastar is changing – Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai

Raipur 2 January 2025: This year when I was reading newspapers in the new year, Bastar was in the headlines on the front page of the newspapers. These headlines were not about any Maoist violence, these headlines were about the light of development that reached Bastar. Maoist terror has now shrunk from Bastar. The identity of Bastar has now changed. Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai said this while addressing the oath taking ceremony of the newly elected office bearers of Bastar District Journalists Association. He said that Bastar has its own challenges and doing journalism in this challenging environment is also a challenging task. I salute the efforts of all of you to present the expectations, thoughts and problems of the common people in Bastar before the government and administration by becoming a mirror.

Deputy Chief Minister Arun Saw said that as the fourth pillar of democracy, by following the high ideals of journalism, the public should be informed about the good work of the government and also the shortcomings. Forest Minister Kedar Kashyap said that the journalists of Bastar have played an important role in establishing new dimensions of journalism.

In the program, Chief Minister Say administered oath to the newly elected office bearers of Bastar District Journalists Association and congratulated and wished the office bearers for the new responsibility as well as for the New Year. President of Bastar District Journalists Association Manish Gupta gave the welcome address in the program. On this occasion, a large number of journalists including Sports Minister Tankaram Verma were present.