Chaitram Atami

Chaitram Atami (born 1976)[1] is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh.

He won the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.

[1] Atami won from Dantewada Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election.

[4][5][6] He was part of the Salwa Judum, an armed anti insurgency militia created by the local leaders as a resistance force against the Naxalites in the affected Bastar region.

After the Supreme Court of India declared Salwa Judum (Peace March) as unconstitutional, many of these leaders joined political parties.