NEW DELHI: While underlining that the March 31, 2026 deadline to end armed Naxalism would be met, home minister Amit Shah has rejected the recent "misleading" statement by CPI(Maoist) offering to lay down arms and seeking a ceasefire, saying there shall be no ceasefire at the security forces' end. "For those who wish to surrender, no ceasefire is required. "Why are your thoughts selectively with the Maoists and not with their victims?" The governance vacuum in LWE-hit areas is not the cause of armed Naxalism but the result of Maoists blocking development and welfare activities from reaching the poor tribals for several decades. "The home minister shared that in the past two years of BJP rule in Chhattisgarh, 2,106 Maoists had surrendered, 1,770 Naxalites were arrested and 560 were neutralised .