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| Abbreviation | CPI (Maoist) |
| General Secretary | Thippiri Tirupathi |
| Founded | 21 September 2004 |
| Banned | 22 June 2009 |
| Merger of | • CPI(ML) People's War • MCC • CPI(ML) Naxalbari |
| Student wing | • AIRSF • Radical Students Union |
| Youth wing | Radical Youth League |
| Women's wing | Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan |
| Paramilitary wings | • PLGA • People's Militia |
| Trade union wing | Sikasa (alleged) |
| Cultural organisation | Chetna Natya Manch |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red |
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| Active region(s) | India (mainly inRed corridor) |
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| Annual revenue and means of revenue | Rs. 140 – 250 crores (2013)[3] • Abductions, extortions of landowners and companies[4][5][6] |
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TheCommunist Party of India (Maoist) is a bannedMarxist–Leninist-Maoist[7][8]communist political party and militant organization[9] in India which aims to overthrow theRepublic of India throughprotracted people's war. It was founded on 21 September 2004, through the merger of theCPIML People's War and theMCCI. The party has been designated as a terrorist organisation in India under theUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act since 2009.[10][11][12]
In 2006, Prime MinisterManmohan Singh referred to the Maoists as "the single biggest internal security challenge" for India,[4][13] and said that the "deprived and alienated sections of the population" form the backbone of the Maoist movement in India.[14] The government officials have declared that, in 2013, 76 districts in the country were affected by "left wing extremism", with another 106 districts in ideological influence.[15] In 2020, the activities of the party began to increase again inTelangana and other areas.[16]Chhattisgarh is often affected by the party's militant activities.
In 2024, the party faced a major setback when the government increased their counterinsurgency operations in states affected by the insurgency.[17] Another setback occurred in 2025 when the leader of the groupNambala Keshava Rao was killed in an encounter with Security forces in Chhattisgarh.[18]
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) was founded on 21 September 2004, through the merger of theCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War (People's War Group), and theMaoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI). The high-level bi-lateral meetings between the two erstwhile parties started in February 2003[8] and continued for several months, entailing discussions on major questions concerning their future political orientation. In the course of these, unity could be found and 5 Key Papers for the new, unified organisation were finalized and adopted:
• "Hold High the Bright Red Banner of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism", a primarily ideological document explaining the unified party's understanding of the development and content ofMarxism–Leninism-Maoism. It forms the cornerstone of the party's ideological-political principles and views.
• "Party Programme", a concise 35-point outline of the party's general political line, synthesized out of more than 30 years of experience of the MCCI and the PWG. It includes the Indian Revolution's minimum and maximum programmes for establishingSocialism-Communism as to the Maoists.
• "Party Constitution", the foremost political-organisational document laying down the Maoists' general programme, the rights and duties of their members,party discipline,organisational structure and how they acquire their funds for operations.
• "Strategy and Tactics of the Indian Revolution", an elaborateclass analysis of Indian society, followed up by "the determination of the main blow" of the CPI (Maoist)'s forces at its given stage, as well as the forms of struggle and organisation the Maoists see as appropriate for achieving their aim of "New Democratic andSocialist Revolution".
• "Political Resolution", a detailed analysis of India's Domestic Situation, as well as the International Situation, alongside its call for build the "subjective forces", i.e. the communists'vanguard-capability, to utilize what they evaluated as an "excellent revolutionary situation".
The merger was first declared in a "Unity Commune" formed with extensive cultural programmes and security precautions which went on from early September to early October.[19] Following that, the founding of the unified party was finally announced to the public on 14 October of the same year.[20][21] In the course of the merger, a provisional central committee was constituted, with the erstwhile People's War Group leaderMuppala Lakshmana Rao, alias "Ganapathi", as general secretary.[22] Further, onMay Day 2014, theCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Naxalbari merged into the CPI (Maoist).[23]
The CPI (Maoist) observes that the Indianstate is being "run by a collaboration ofimperialists, thecompradorbourgeoisie andfeudal lords."[24] According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, the two factions of the Party adhered to differing strands of communism prior to their 2004 merger, although "both organizations shared their belief in the 'annihilation ofclass enemies' and in extreme violence as a means to secure organizational goals." The People's War Group (PWG) maintained aMarxist–Leninist stance, while the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) took aMaoist stance. After the merger, the PWG secretary ofAndhra Pradesh announced that the newly formed CPI-Maoist would followMarxism–Leninism–Maoism as its "ideological basis guiding its thinking in all spheres of its activities." Included in this ideology is a commitment to "protractedarmed struggle" to undermine and to seize power from the state.[22] On May Day 2014, Ganapathy and Ajith (Secretary of the CPI (ML) Naxalbari) also issued a joint statement stating that "the unified party would [continue to] take Marxism-Leninism-Maoism as its guiding ideology."[23]
The ideology of the party is contained in a "Party Programme." In the document, the Maoists denounceglobalisation as a war on the people bymarket fundamentalists and thecaste system as a form of social oppression.[25] The CPI (Maoist) claim that they are conducting a "people's war", a strategic approach developed byMao Zedong during the guerrilla warfare phase of theChinese Communist Party. Their eventual objective is to install a "people's government" via aNew Democratic Revolution.[25]
CPI(Maoist) currently operates in the forest belt around central India in the states ofChhattisgarh,Bihar,Jharkhand,Maharashtra,Odisha. It is present even in remote regions of Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh, as well as in Bihar and the tribal-dominated areas in the borderlands of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Odisha. The CPI (Maoist) aims to consolidate its power in this area and establish aCompact Revolutionary Zone from which to advance the people's war in other parts of India.[22] A 2005Frontline cover story called theBhamragadTaluka, where theMadia GondAdivasis live, the heart of the Maoist-affected region in Maharashtra.[26] Recently, the Indian government has claimed that in 2013, Andhra Pradesh,Arunachal Pradesh,Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,Delhi,Gujarat,Haryana, Jharkhand,Karnataka,Kerala,Madhya Pradesh, Odisha,Punjab,Tamil Nadu,Tripura,Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh andWest Bengal experienced [ideological] "influence" of "Left Wing Extremism"; while claiming that armed activity by the "Left Wing" extremists was noticed in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal.[15]
The current General Secretary isThippiri Tirupathi, who was appointed in September 2025.[27][28][29] His predecessor,Nambala Keshava Rao (alias "Basavaraj") along with 27 other Naxals were killed during a gunfight with Indian security forces inAbujhmarh,Chhattisgarh on 21 May 2025.[30] Rao, in turn, took the post afterMuppala Lakshmana Rao, who uses the alias "Ganapathy".[31][32] The party hierarchy consists of the Regional Bureaus, which look after two or three states each, the State Committees, the Zonal Committees, the District Committees, and the "dalams" (armed squads).[33] Communist writerJan Myrdal noted that the CPI (Maoist) also organises events like "The Leadership Training Programme" to endure the forces of thestate.[34]
As per the communist party policies the highest decision-making body of the CPI (Maoist) is thePolitburo, with thirteen or fourteen members, six of whom were killed or arrested between 2007 and 2010.[35]Shamsher Singh Sherialias Karam Singh, who died of Cerebral Malaria-Jaundice on 30 October 2005, was a Politburo member.[36] Between 2005 and 2011, the State captured several Politburo members of the party, which includes –Sushil Royalias "Som",Narayan Sanyalalias "N. Prasad",Pramod Mishra,Amitabh Bagchi,Baccha Prasad Singh,Anukul Chandra Naskar[37] and Akhilesh Yadav.Arvind Ji alias "Deo Kumar Singh", died in heart attack on 21, March 2018.[38]B. Sudhakaralias "Kiran" was another Politburo member of CPI (Maoist), but he surrendered in 2019.[39]Akkiraju Haragopal alias "Ramakrishna" died in October 2021 due to illness.[40]Katakam Sudarshan,alias Anand,[41] was a prominent Politburo member until his death in 2023.[42]Ashutosh Tudu[35] and Anuj Thakur[43] are another two of the arrested Politburo members of the party. Among those killed, Cherukuri Rajkumaralias "Azad"[44][45][46] and Mallojula Koteswara Raoalias "Kishenji",[46][47] were two past members of the CPI (Maoist)'s Politburo.Prashant Bosealias "Kishan-da" was a member of the Politburo until his arrest. In October 2025, Top politburo memberMallujola Venugopal surrendered to Maharashtra police.[48]
| Name | Alias(es) | Notes |
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| Thippiri Tirupati | Devuji | Current general secretary.[29] |
| Mupalla Laxman Rao | Ganapathy | Former General Secretary.[50] |
| Misir Besra | Sagar |
TheCentral Committee of the CPI (Maoist) takes command from the Politburo and passes on the information to its members, and has 32 members. During an interview in 2010, Anand told media personnels that out of the 45 members of the Central Committee of CPI (Maoist), 8 has been arrested and 22 has been killed by the agencies of the Indian government.[51]Anuradha Ghandy, who died on 12 April 2008, was an eminent member of CPI (Maoist)'s Central Committee.[52] Kadari Satyanarayan Reddyalias "Kosa",Thippiri Tirupathialias "Devuji", Malla Raji Reddy[53] andMallujola Venugopalalias "Bhupati" are another three cadres and Central Committee members of the party.[54]Madvi Hidma is the youngest Central Committee member of the party. As of 22 September 2011, nine of the Central Committee members were jailed, which includes – Moti Lal Soren, Vishnu,Varanasi Subramanyam, Shobha, Misir Besra,Purnendu Sekhar Mukherjee,Vijay Kumar Arya.[42][55] One more Central Committee member,Ravi Sharma, was also captured later.[56]Ginugu Narsimha Reddy alias Jampanna surrendered to police in December 2017.[57]Varkapur Chandramouli,[46]Patel Sudhakar Reddy,[46]Narmada Akka,[39] andMilind Teltumbde who were killed by armed forces. Another Central Committee memberHaribhushan died due to Covid. Another CC member B.G. Krishnamoorthy alias BGK, Vijay was arrested in 2021 November along with another PLGA Savithri by Kerala ATS.[58] Another member Uday was killed in 2025 byGreyhounds in Andhra Pradesh.[59] In September 2025,Kosa was killed in an encounter in Chattisgarh.[60] and in October 2025,Mallujola Venugopal who is also a politburo member surrendered to Police in Maharashtra and another Central Committee member Pullari Prasad Rao alias Chandranna surrendered in Telegana.[60][61]. Another member and leader of Dandakaranya Special Zonal CommitteeMadvi Hidma was killed in Andhra Pradesh in Noveember 2025.[62]
| Name | Alias(es) | Notes |
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| Mupalla Laxman Rao | Ganapathy | Former General Secretary, also member of Politburo.Source |
| Thippiri Tirupathi | Devji, Deoji, Devuji | Current General Secretary, also Politburo member.Source |
| Misir Besra | Sagar | Also Politburo member.Source |
| Paka Hanumanthu | Ganesh Uike | Active member; limited media presence. |
| Pathiram Manjhi | Anil Da | |
| Mall Raja Reddy | Sangram | |
| Ramdev | Majidev |
The CPI (Maoist) has a "publication division".B. Sudhakaralias "Kiran" who was a Politburo member before his surrender used to work for this division.[39]
The Central Military Commission (CMC) is the main armed body of the CPI (Maoist), and it is constructed by its Central Committee. In addition to the CMC, the party has also raised state military commissions.[63]: 105, 106 The CMC has been headed by Nambala Keshava Raoalias Basavaraj, Anand andArvind Ji.[64][65][66] Anuj Thakur is an arrested member of the CMC of the party.[43] Kishenji[67] and Chandramouli[46] were also the members of the CPI (Maoist)'s CMC.
Central Technical Committee (CTC) is given the responsibility of fabricating weapons and explosives. The Technical Committee consists of few selected members having special knowledge on science and research and works under the direct supervision of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Party.Sadanala Ramakrishna, a senior Maoist leader was the Secretary of the Committee who was arrested in February 2012 inKolkata.[68][69]
The military wings of the founding organisations, the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (the military wing of the MCCI) and the People's Guerrilla Army (the military wing of the PWG), also underwent a merger. The name of the unified military organisation is thePeople's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), and it is grouped into three sections — the Basic, the Secondary and the Main squad.[22] All the PLGA members are volunteers and they do not receive any wages.[70] During his stay in the guerrilla zones, Jan Myrdal noted that the female cadres of CPI (Maoist) constituted about 40% of its PLGA, and held numerous "command positions";[71] but currently, the female members comprises 60% of the Maoist cadres,[72] and women commanders heads 20 of the 27 divisions of the guerrilla zones.[73]
P.V. Ramana, of the Observer Research Foundation in Delhi, estimates the Naxilities' current strength at 9,000–10,000 armed fighters, with access to about 6,500 firearms.[74] The analyses, as of September 2013, suggested that the estimated number of PLGA members has decreased from 10,000 − 12,000[72] to 8,000 − 9,000.[75] But,Gautam Navlakha has suggested that the PLGA has strengthened over the past few years, and has mustered 12companies and over 25platoons and a supply platoon in 2013 as compared to 8 companies and 13 platoons of 2008.[73] The People's Militia which is armed with bows, arrows, and machetes is and is believed to logistically assist the PLGA is estimated to be around 38,000.[76]
The Maoists had structured "medical units" in the villages of Bastar,[77] and the CPI (Maoist) operates "mobile medical units."[63]: 101 Rahul Pandita writes:
"In the field of health as well, the Maoists often fill in large gaps left by the state. Their mobile medical units cover large distances to offer primary health care to tribals.... Various training camps are held regularly on preventive measures against diseases such as diarrhoea or malaria. The grass-root doctors in the medical squads can administer vaccines, identify a number of diseases through symptoms, and treat injuries that are not severe. Some can even conduct simple blood tests to arrive at a diagnosis. This is a significant advantage in such areas."[63]: 101–102
Furthermore, the CPI (Maoist)'s medical services squads also move from village to village and provides "basic medical training" to selected young tribal people which enables them to identify frequently occurring diseases through their presages so that they can also distribute vaccines to the patients.[63]: 102
The frontal organisations of the party include theRadical Youth League, Rythu Coolie Sangham,Radical Students Union,Singareni Karmika Samakya, Viplava Karmika Samakhya, Porattam Kerala, Ayyankali pada Kerala, Njattuvela Kerala andAll India Revolutionary Students Federation,[78]Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan,[70] andChetna Natya Manch.[79]
The "organising principles" of the Maoists are sketched out from theChinese Communist Revolution and theVietnam War. The CPI (Maoist) has organisedDandakaranya into ten divisions, each comprising three area committees; and every Area Committee is composed of several Janatana Sarkars (people's governments). The party says that a Janatana Sarkar is established by the election procedure involving a group of villages, and has nine departments — agriculture, trade and industry, economic, justice, defence, health,public relations,education and culture, and jungle.[80] The Janatana Sarkar provides education up toprimary level in the subjects of mathematics, social science, politics, and Hindi, in the "camp schools" using the textbooks published by the party inGondi. They also useDVDs to educate the children in the streams of science and history.[81]
In their efforts to intimidate their political adversaries and consolidate control, the Maoists tax local villagers, extort businesses, abduct and kill "class enemies" such as government officials and police officers, and regulate the flow of aid and goods.[4] To help fill their ranks, the Maoists force each family under their domain to supply one family member, and threaten those who resist with violence.[82]
The organisation has been holding "Public Courts", which have been described askangaroo courts,[83][84] against their opponents. These "courts" function in the areas under de facto Maoist control.[85] The Maoists have also taken care to demolishgovernment institutions under theirde facto jurisdiction.[86] They have also demolished railroad tracks and school buildings that are often used as temporary camps by security forces.[87]
The CPI (Maoist) rejects "engagement" with what it terms as the "prevailingbourgeois democracy" and focuses on capturing political power through protracted armed struggle based onguerrilla warfare.[88] This strategy entails building up bases in rural and remote areas and transforming them first into guerrilla zones, and then into "liberated zones", in addition to encircling cities.[22]
The military hardware used by Maoists, as indicated through a number of seizures, includeRDX cable wires,gelignite sticks, detonators, country-made weapons,INSAS rifles,AK-47s,SLRs, and improvised explosive devices.[89] The Maoists condemn the accusations that they manage arms through China, Myanmar and Bangladesh.[90] On the subject, Ganapathy says, "Our weapons are mainly country-made. All the modern weapons we have are mainly seized from the government armed forces when we attack them."[90]
The CPI (Maoist)'s General Secretary says that they keep on appealing to the "lower-level personnel" in the paramilitary and police forces not to attack them, but rather "join hands with the masses" and "consciously" point their guns towards whom the Maoists view as "real enemies." They further claims that "only when the government forces come to attack us [Maoists] carrying guns do we attack them in self-defence."[63]: 48–49 In Jharkhand, the police have also seized posters from various places which read, "Policemen keep away from the green hunt and try to be friends of poor. Police jawan, do not obey orders of the senior officials, instead join the people's army."[91]
Some sources claim that the funding for the Maoists comes from abductions, extortion and by setting up unofficial administrations to collect taxes in rural areas where official government appears absent.[4][5][6] Poppy cultivation is another suspected source of funding for Maoists in the Ghagra area ofGumla district in Jharkhand and in parts of Gumla,Kishanganj andPurnia districts in Bihar where security forces claim that opium fields are hidden among maize crops.[6] Reports fromDebagarh district in Odisha indicate that the Maoists also support hemp cultivation to help fund their activities.[6]
The party is regarded as a "left-wing extremist entity" and a terrorist outfit by the Indian government. Several of their members have been arrested under the now-defunctPrevention of Terrorist Activities Act.[22][92] The group is officially banned by the state governments of Odisha,[93] Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh, among others. The party has protested these bans.[94] The Indian government, led by theUnited Progressive Alliance, banned the CPI (Maoist) under theUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) as a terrorist organisation[95] on 22 June 2009. On 22 June 2009, the centralhome ministry, keeping in mind the growing unlawful activities by the group, banned it under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).[96] Earlier, the union home minister,P. Chidambaram had asked the West BengalChief Minister,Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, to ban the Maoists following theLalgarhViolence.[97] Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) and all its formations and front organisations have been banned by the Government of India.[98]
The Party is regarded as a serious security threat by the Indian government.[99] It says it will combine improved policing with socio-economic measures to defuse grievances that fuel the Maoist cause.[82]In 2005, Chhattisgarh State sponsored an anti-Maoist movement called theSalwa Judum. The group, which theBBC alleges is "government backed",[100] an allegation rejected by the Indian government[101][102] has come under criticism for "perpetrating atrocities and abuse against women",[103] using child soldiers,[85] burning people alive,[104] and the looting of property and destruction of homes.[105] These allegations were rejected by a fact-finding commission of theNational Human Rights Commission of India, appointed by theSupreme Court of India, who determined that the Salwa Judum was a spontaneous reaction by tribes against Maoist atrocities perpetrated against them.[106][107] The camps are guarded by police officers, paramilitary forces andchild soldiers[82][85] empowered with the official title "special police officer" (SPO).[85][108]However, on 5 July 2011, the Supreme Court of India declared the Salwa Judum as illegal and unconstitutional. The court directed the Chhattisgarh government to recover all the firearms given to the militia along with the ammunition and accessories. It also ordered the government to investigate all instances of alleged criminal activities of Salwa Judum.[109] But, the state government did not abide by the Supreme Court's decision. In August 2013, the Supreme Court of India asked the state government to explain that "why its failure to execute the July 2011 order of disbanding the SPOs not considered as contempt of court.".[110] In March 2019, a municipal school teacher, Yogendra Meshram was killed by the Maoists in Korchi, which was vehemently protested by locals. The Maoist leadership later apologized for the killing stating it to be a mistake and that Meshram was wrongly suspected to be a police informer.[111]
The CPI (Maoist) maintains dialogue with theCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) who control most ofNepal in theCoordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organisations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA), according to several intelligence sources and think tanks.[22] These links are, however, denied by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre)[112]
While under detention in June 2009, a suspectedLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative indicated that the LeT and the CPI (Maoist) had attempted to co-ordinate activities in Jharkhand state.[113] But, Ganapathy has denied any links between CPI (Maoist) and LeT, stating that the allegations are "only mischievous, calculated propaganda by the police officials, bureaucrats and leaders of the reactionary political parties" to malign the Maoists' image with the aim of labeling them as terrorists in order to justify "their brutal terror campaign against Maoists and the people in the areas of armed agrarian struggle."[32] Kishenji also criticised LeT for having "wrong" and "anti-people" policies; though he said that the Maoists may consider backing up a few of their demands, if LeT will halt its "terrorist acts".[114]
Reports in 2010 indicate that theCommunist Party of the Philippines, Southeast Asia's longest-lived communist insurgent group, has been reported to have engaged in training activities for guerrilla warfare with Indian Maoists.[115]
The Indian Maoists deny operational links with foreign groups, such as the Nepalese Maoists, but do claim comradeship.[116] Some members of the Indian government accept this,[117] while others argue that operational links do exist, with training coming from Sri-Lankan Maoists and small arms from China.[118] China denies any suggestion that it supports foreign Maoist rebels, citing improvements in relations between India and China, including movement towards resolving their border disputes. Maoists in Nepal, India, and the Philippines are less reticent about their shared goals.[119]
In September 2009, an all-out offensive was launched by the Government of India'sparamilitary forces and the state's police forces against the CPI (Maoist) is termed by theIndian media as the "Operation Green Hunt".[120]
On 3 January 2013, government issued a statement that it is deploying 10,000 more central paramilitary personnel inBastar, Odisha and some parts of Jharkhand.[121] On 8 June 2014, theMinister of Home Affairs officially approved the deployment of another 10,000 troops from the paramilitary forces to fight against the Maoists in Chhattisgarh.[122] The count of personnel fromState Armed Police Forces involved in counter-Maoism operations in theRed corridor is estimated to number around 200,000.[75] Along withfirearms, the armed forces' personnel usesatellite phones,unmanned aerial vehicles andAir Force helicopters.[75]
In 2011, the Indian Army while denying its direct role in the offensive operations accepted that it has been training the paramilitary personnel to fight against the Maoists, however, the Maoists have objected to the Army's stationing in the Red corridor.[123] On 30 May 2013, the Indian Air Force'sAir Chief Marshal declared that apart from the currently operatingMI-17 helicopters, the Indian Force has decided to induce a unit of MI-17V5 helicopters to "provide full support to anti-Naxal operations."[124] In August 2014, the Ministry of Home Affairs had stated that 2,000 personnel from theNagaland's Indian Reserve Battalions (IRB) were deployed in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations against the Maoists in Bastar.[125]
Since the start of the operation: 2,266 Maoist militants have been killed, 10,181 have been arrested and 9,714 have surrendered.[126]
The Dandakaranya Janathana Circars of today are the basis for the Indian People's Democratic Federal Republic of tomorrow.... In any social revolution, including the Indian New Democratic Revolution, the most crucial, central and main question is that of (state) power. Our party is striving to establish area wise power by mobilising people politically into the protracted people's war, building the people's army (in the form of guerrilla army) and destroying the state machinery of the enemy–ruling classes. It is a part of this revolutionary process that it is establishing Janathana Sarkars in Dandakaranya.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)Yes, thatThe Iron Heel will use its murderous might in India to trample down any threat to its power as it has in so many other countries these last centuries is clear. Of-course, I hope that the Communist Party of India (Maoist) will be able to survive this onslaught. The statements of the General Secretary and what I read in texts such as,The Leadership Training Programme gave me some hope.
Comrade Shamsher Singh Sheri, alias comrade Sher Shing Sheri, alias com. K.S., a Central Committee and Polit Bureau member of Communist Party of India (Maoist), has passed away from us by dangerous diseases Cerebral Malaria-Jaundice. He attained martyrdom on Oct.30, 2005. It is not only a great loss of CPI (Maoist) but also a great loss of the whole proletarian's revolution. The untimely demise of comrade Karam Singh has caused a serious loss to the ongoing revolutionary struggles in India and the world as well.
Young women represent about 40 percent of the Guerrilla Army of the People's Liberation. Many of them have command positions. Photo: Jan Myrdal
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