Red Corridor: 3 southern states want LWE status

The red corridor is expanding with three southern states — Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala — trying to get the Left Wing Extremist (LWE) status from the Centre. The move, which comes ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls, is based on "intelligence reports" suggesting that the CPI (Maoist) is trying to strengthen its South West regional bureau in the tri-junction of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karanataka.

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