Odisha and AP have cooperated closely in conducting joint operations by special units of the Odisha Police and the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh Police to tackle the Maoists. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has always taken a tough stand against the Maoists. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, who became the chief minister in 2004, also took a tough stand against the Maoists. The last vestiges of Maoists of in Telangana, Andhra –Odisha border and Nallamalla in Rayalaseema were wiped out. Security forces were on their toes expecting a major attack on them before the 2017 panchayat polls in Odisha.

Source: Indian Express October 24, 2016 08:03 UTC