Of late , it has mostly been confined Hindering to Chhattisgarh , Andhra Pradesh , Telangana and Maharashtra .

In February 2009 , the Indian central government announced Expressing_publicly a new nationwide initiative to be called Name_conferral the Integrated Action Plan ( IAP ) for broad co-ordinated operations aimed Aiming at combatting Hostile_encounter and underming support Supporting for the Naxalites in Karnataka , Chhattisgarh , Odisha , Andhra Pradesh , Maharashtra , Jharkhand , Bihar , Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal .

The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency again gained Getting international media attention after the 2013 Naxal attack Attack in Darbha valley resulted in Causation the deaths Death of around 24 Indian National Congress leaders , including the former state minister Mahendra Karma and the Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel .