Interview With Congress Candidate From Bijapur, Vikram Mandavi, By Rakhi Bose

With the first phase of assembly elections underway in Chhattisgarh, Congress' sitting MLA and candidate from Bijapur, Vikram Mandavi, spoke to Outlook's Rakhi Bose about the issues of tribal communities, protests, and the difficulty of bringing "development" to remote and violence-prone regions of Bastar, including the Naxalism-affected belts.