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Let Us Celebrate The 25th Anniversary Of The PLGA!: CPI
Dear Comrades and People!
The People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), which is carrying forward the people’s war for the victory of the New Democratic Revolution in the country, completes twenty-five years on December 2. On this occasion, the Central Military Commission (CMC) calls upon all Party committees, all Party ranks, all PLGA commands, all units, all mass organizations and the revolutionary people to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the PLGA from December 2 to December 8 across the country. It must be done in the forests, in the plains and in the urban areas. It must be done with revolutionary fervor. It must be done with firm resolve.
The CMC gives the following call to the entire revolutionary camp.
Let us protect the Party. Let us protect the PLGA. Let us protect the mass organizations. Let us protect the revolutionary movement. All this is necessary in the face of Kagaar’s revolutionary and defensive war. Let us intensify the class struggle against the alliance of imperialist, comprador, autocratic capitalist and landlord classes. Let us intensify the struggle against the Brahminical Hindutva fascist RSS BJP governments at the Centre and in the states.
On the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the PLGA, the CMC placed these tasks before the entire Party, the PLGA, the people’s organizations, and the revolutionary people. During the past year, all Party committees have worked with enthusiasm. They have worked with determination, courage and discipline. The CMC conveys revolutionary greetings to all Party ranks, to all the PLGA commands and commanders, to all fighters, to all leaders of the mass organizations, to all activists, to all members of the people’s militia and to all revolutionary people.
The CMC conveys revolutionary greetings to all comrades who have participated in political, military, organizational, cultural, and tactical efforts over the past year. They have done this while facing the revolutionary and defensive war against the Operation Kagaar on their own strength. The CMC also expresses confidence that the comrades who were injured in guerrilla warfare in the various revolutionary regions of the country have recovered quickly with courage. It believes that they have again taken their place and have fulfilled their responsibilities in the guerrilla war.
Over the past year, our comrades confronted the Kagaar war single-handedly and resisted it with unwavering determination. Many brave guerrillas became martyrs in these battles. Many lost their lives in encirclement and annihilation operations. Numerous comrades sacrificed their lives in encounters with the enemy. Many were killed in fake encounters. Others attained martyrdom during offensive actions against the enemy. Some lost their lives due to betrayals. A few comrades died in accidents, while others passed away due to ill health. The Central Military Commission (CMC) bows its head and offers humble revolutionary homage to all these martyrs.
From January 2024 onward, the Kagaar war became increasingly severe each day. Our comrades did not fear it. They stood against the enemy. They did not retreat. They fought to the last breath. The martyrs showed unparalleled courage. They showed defiance that never surrendered to the enemy. They exhibited a style of struggle that did not fear death. They showed perseverance that never tired. They proved their commitment and dedication to the people. They demonstrated unshakable faith in revolutionary victory. They are a great role model for us. They are an eternal example. We shall uphold their ideals. We shall take their heroic resistance and their deeds to the world. We shall praise their principles. We shall follow their footsteps. We shall pledge to fight steadfastly to our last breath for the fulfillment of their ideals.
In the past eleven months, from December 2024 to November 2025, 320 comrades became martyrs across the country in the course of resisting the Kagaar war. Of them, 183 were male comrades. One hundred seventeen were female comrades. The identity of 20 persons is yet to be known.
Twenty-two comrades became martyrs in Bihar and Jharkhand. One in Assam. Two hundred and forty-three in Dandakaranya. Thirty-three in Odisha. Seven in MMC. Eight in Telangana. Six in AOB. Among them was our Party’s General Secretary, Comrade Basavaraj (BR).
The martyrs included eight members of the Central Committee and fifteen from various State Committees. Twenty-five were District Committee members, and seventy-three were from Area Committees. One hundred and sixteen were Party members. Thirteen belonged to the PLGA. Thirty-three were cadres and activists of various mass organizations. Several revolutionary masses also laid down their lives. In addition, thirty-seven persons whose organizational status could not be conclusively established were killed.
Many revolutionary, progressive and democratic leaders and activists of mass organizations became martyrs across the country during people’s struggles. Some intellectuals, revolutionaries, sympathizers and friends also passed away. In the Philippines, some members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of that country, some commanders and members of the New People’s Army and some leaders and activists of the National Democratic Front became martyrs. In America, seventy-five thousand Palestinians and fighters were killed in the genocidal war carried out by Israel with the support of the United States government during the past two years in Gaza. The CMC offers revolutionary homage to all these martyrs.
During the Kagaar war, we lost Comrade Basavaraj, our Party’s General Secretary. We lost eight Central Committee members,and fifteen State Committee members. We lost 320 comrades in total. The movement has suffered severe losses. In this situation, some, like Sonu and Satish, surrendered. They handed over weapons to the enemy and fled. They caused immense damage to the movement. We are celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the PLGA in this background.
At such a time, it is the task of our Party and our PLGA to answer the questions that arise in the revolutionary camp regarding the future of the movement. It is our task to remove fear and anxiety. It is our task to instill courage and build self-confidence. It is our task to lead the entire revolutionary camp forward with firm resolve and with unparalleled courage. As part of this overall task, we celebrate the PLGA’s anniversary.
To fulfill this task, we must identify the causes of the severe losses now occurring in the movement. We must correct them. We must identify the objective conditions. We must examine the subjective conditions. We must identify the factors that favor the movement’s advancement. Based on these factors, we must revitalize the Party. We must consolidate the PLGA and the mass organizations.
From the beginning of the Kagaar war, our Party, our PLGA forces and the local secret people’s organizations suffered heavy losses. They are still suffering. The basic reason is this. Our organizations and forces did not follow the necessary methods of secret work. They did not implement the rules of guerrilla warfare. They did not correctly implement the political tactics instructed by the Central Committee.
According to the tactics formed by the Central Committee and the Politburo, our forces must not confine themselves to smaller areas. They must work in wider areas. They must not remain centralized. They must change to decentralized formations. They must move in small formations. They must coordinate legal and illegal, open and secret forms of struggle and organization. They should lead the class struggle in this coordinated manner. They have to mobilize workers, peasants, the middle classes, the petty bourgeoisie, the national bourgeoisie, oppressed social sections and oppressed nationalities in the towns, plains and forest regions. They must integrate these sections into the revolutionary movement.
We did not follow these tactics properly. As a result, the Party, the PLGA forces, and the leadership suffered heavy losses. They are still suffering. The Party and the PLGA forces suffered severe losses because we did not withdraw some troops from Dandakaranya, the main centre of the Kagaar war, to other regions.
Let us identify the mistakes that occurred in our practice over the past 22 months. Let us correct them. Let us correctly implement the strategies formulated by the Central Committee and the Politburo. In this way, let us protect the Party, the PLGA and the mass organizations. Let us protect the revolutionary movement.
The central and state governments have inflicted serious losses on the revolutionary movement in the Kagaar war. Even then, the PLGA forces and the revolutionary people under the leadership of our Party are fighting defensive battles. They are resisting. In this resistance, the enemy’s armed forces are also suffering significant losses. The enemy is not declaring these losses because it would increase the morale of the revolutionary camp. It is part of psychological warfare. The revolutionary camp must not come under the influence of this psychological war.
During the past year, in Dandakaranya, in Bihar and Jharkhand, in East Bihar and North East Jharkhand, in Odisha, and in MMC, the central and state armed forces and various commando forces suffered losses. One hundred and sixteen police personnel were killed. Two hundred and eight were injured. Some secret agents, some police informers and some political enemies belonging to the BJP were eliminated by PLGA forces. PLGA forces burned down some government offices and some mobile towers in road communication areas.
Across the country, the PLGA forces resisted the police, the paramilitary forces, the central armed police forces, commando units and Indian military units in seventy-two encirclement and annihilation operations and encounters.
In the past year, to defeat the Kagaar war, our PLGA forces mainly used improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and hit the enemy’s targets. Valiantly resisted the encirclement and encounters. Conducted ambushes and eliminated police informers. Some leaders of the BJP who were enemies of the people were eliminated, and spike holes were set up as traps. These were some of the methods used to carry out the guerrilla war.
The extent and intensity of the guerrilla actions have decreased. As a result, actions aimed at eliminating or injuring police officers have decreased. PLGA could seize only five weapons from the enemy. On the other hand, due to the Kagaar war, our PLGA forces and the mass organizations suffered severe losses. The revolutionary movement across the country was hit hard as a consequence.
Although the revolutionary movement in the country has suffered severe losses, the Party, which still exists countrywide, continues political work among the people in various forms. It continues to disseminate revolutionary political propaganda to the masses, mobilizing the people and advancing struggles against imperialism, comprador-bureaucratic capitalism (CBB), landlordism, corporatisation, and militarization. It is organizing the people into various forms of mass movements and, relying on the people and the people’s militia, the Party and the PLGA continue the protracted, decentralized, self-defensive guerrilla war.
Even though, in the name of Kagaar (the final war), the central and state governments have mobilized 8,50,000 police, central armed police forces, commando forces, the Indian Army, and the Air Force into the revolutionary areas- conducting widespread operations- these operations have been bravely resisted and repelled. Ambushes have been countered with courage and firmness. In Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, and Jharkhand, more than 50,000 personnel from all types of armed forces- central armed forces, commando units, the Indian Army, and the Air Force- have been mobilized. Along with this, American and Israeli military officers and technicians have been involved in joint exercises to defeat the revolutionary movement.
Even though, for the last three years, the central and state governments have been carrying out concentrated operations in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, these attacks have been resisted, and significant losses have been inflicted on the enemy armed forces. These are our positive aspects. Consolidating these positive aspects, let us overcome temporary setbacks and advance the revolutionary movement.
To defend the Party, the PLGA, the mass organizations, and the revolutionary movement in the course of the revolutionary counter-offensive “Kagaar” war, we must make every effort to carry out the following political, organizational, and military tasks:
In this one year, eight members of the Central Committee and fifteen members of various State Committees have been martyred. Our central and state committees have suffered severe losses. These losses will affect the revolutionary movement for a long period.
Along with these leadership losses, a large number of leaders and cadres of the Party, the PLGA forces, mass-organization leaders and activists, and revolutionary people have been martyred. Consequently, the Party, the PLGA, the mass organizations, and the revolutionary movement have suffered severe damage.
In this situation, by correctly implementing and adhering to the political and military directives formulated by the Central Committee and the Politburo, we must prevent further losses. Through preventing such losses, we shall safeguard the Party, the PLGA, the mass organizations, and the revolutionary movement and rebuild and strengthen them.
Even after 31 March 2026, the revolutionary counter-offensive war under the name Kagaar (and under other related operational names)- will continue. Since the objective of Kagaar is to crush the oppressed masses and to establish the “corporate Hindu country,” the RSS-BJP, their affiliate organizations, and the central and state governments functioning under their leadership continue to brand all those who oppose corporatization, militarization, and Hindutva as extremists and urban extremists and are carrying out fascist attacks against them.
Keeping this in view, we must protect the leadership forces. Only by waging a struggle against Brahminical Hindutva fascism in every sphere of social life – alongside all individuals, forces, organizations, institutions, and parties that oppose corporatization, militarization, and Hindutva- can we safeguard our leadership forces.
By becoming renegades, party-splitters, and agents of counter-revolution, Sonu and Satish’s clique surrendered to the enemy on October 14 and 16 and handed over 203 weapons belonging to the Party. As an extension of the impact of this clique, towards the end of October, 21 people in North Bastar of Dandakaranya, along with 18 weapons, surrendered to the enemy; in the first week of November, seven persons in the Odisha State Committee area- Dhanthari, Gariband, and Nawapada Division- surrendered along with six weapons. In this manner, during October and November, 299 individuals surrendered to the enemy and handed over 227 weapons.
The clique of Sonu and Satish attacked our political–military line and created a crisis within the Party by handing over a large quantity of weapons to the enemy. Across the country, honest revolutionary forces and all those forces participating in the Kagaar war immediately recognized the hollowness and deceit in the arguments advanced by Sonu and Satish’s clique and identified them as renegades. However, even now, within our Party and the PLGA in some places across the country, and within a section of the revolutionary camp, confusion and ideological disturbance persist due to the arguments of Sonu and Satish. Therefore, we must expose all the fraud, deception, and duplicity in the arguments of Sonu and Satish, remove the confusion among such sections, and firmly establish our political–military line in their consciousness.
Sonu presents three principal reasons to claim that our Party’s political–military line is wrong:
(1) “We do not have a revolutionary party.”
(2) “The Central programme formulated by the 2007 Congress is an extremist deviation.”
(3) “We have rejected legal struggles.”
By putting forward the peculiar argument that “the Party consists only of full-time revolutionaries and the Party committees composed solely of such full-timers,” he denies the legitimacy of the entire structure of part-time Party members and committees existing across the country. He further distorts this by claiming that committees of full-time revolutionaries working clandestinely and in an armed capacity alone constitute the Party, and labels all of them as a form of army. He also denies that the Party structures clandestine area committees, ACM/DVC/DC members, and Party members who, without arms, remain in civil areas to conduct mass work. All these are entirely incorrect and baseless interpretations. In his view, Party committees that exist without carrying weapons, embedded among the people in villages and towns, are the only Party. According to his logic, the revolutionary Party is a part-time structure embedded among the people in villages and towns; by the same reasoning, area committees up to the Central Committee that work in an armed and clandestine manner are not the Party. These are fundamentally incorrect, right-opportunist, revisionist arguments regarding the organization and functioning of the revolutionary Party.
The claim that the Central Programme formulated by the 2007 Congress is an extremist deviation is also a right-opportunist, revisionist argument. By 2007, after 27 years of work in Dandakaranya, that region had become a guerrilla zone; after 37 years of work in Bihar–Jharkhand, it had also become a guerrilla zone. Both regions possessed extensive and consolidated revolutionary mass bases. While these two regions and several others in the country were in the red resistance phase, some regions were in a temporary phase of retreat. In this context, following the merger of the two revolutionary Parties and the formation of a unified Party, there was tremendous enthusiasm and confidence across the country’s revolutionary camp.
Taking all of this into account, and keeping in mind the international and domestic political situation at the time, the 2007 Congress formulated the Central Programme to develop the Dandakaranya and Bihar–Jharkhand regions into liberated areas. The Congress resolved that, to develop these regions into liberated areas, the red resistance areas must be further consolidated as guerrilla zones; regions in temporary retreat must be pushed forward again; and urban work must be expanded. To fulfill these tasks, the Congress called on the entire Party to correct internal deviations and to work according to a unified method. However, despite intense efforts to rectify internal deviations, due to severe repression by central and state governments, the revolutionary movement across the country reached a defensive position by 2012. In this situation, the Central Committee decided that the plan to develop the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army into a regular army and to transform guerrilla warfare into mobile warfare could not be implemented immediately and accordingly changed the Central Programme.
Setting aside this reality and calling the central task determined by the Congress “left adventurism” amounts to insisting that, instead of waging the struggle for the seizure of state power based on the strengths and weaknesses of the movement, the revolutionary movement should be confined only to partial struggles and economic struggles. In other words, it means sacrificing the revolutionary movement to economism and reformism. It becomes a legalist position that seeks to keep the movement strictly within the bounds of legality.
The claim that “we rejected legal struggles” is also false and distortive. In 2007, at a time when North Telangana, Andhra, and AOB were in temporary retreat and the organizational strength had declined, numerous legal and open struggles were conducted. As part of this, the Telangana political movement was undertaken. In Telangana and AOB, struggles were waged to implement the Fifth Schedule and PESA in Adivasi regions. Between 2006 and 2011, in West Bengal, the Party coordinated legal and illegal struggles and led the Singur and Nandigram movements. In the same period, in AOB, the movement on land issues was conducted.
In 2008, when the central government formulated the new Forest Act, the Central Committee decided that in the regions of intense revolutionary movement, as well as newly emerging regions, the revolutionary organizations (Janatana Sarkars where they existed) should fight for the pro-people provisions of the Act and that these revolutionary people’s governments should issue land titles to Adivasi people. In 2013, the CRB released a document on the, exploitative class reforms, and the Party’s position. It decided that struggles must be waged using all forms- legal, illegal, open, and underground- depending on objective conditions, while maintaining the primacy of armed struggle. Subsequently, in Gadchiroli district, the movement for PESA and Gram Sabhas was conducted. Since 2021, across Dandakaranya, the movement for PESA and Gram Sabhas has continued.
From the time of the Party’s formation, throughout the country, the Party has consistently led legal, open people’s movements against displacement. Ignoring all these facts and selectively distorting them to argue that “we abandoned legal struggles” is a revisionist position that seeks to confine the movement to legal struggles alone.
Meanwhile, Sonu put forward two major statements: a “Temporary Cessation of Armed Struggle” and two “Appeals”- one to the people and another to the cadres. These demonstrate not merely a rejection of the Party’s revolutionary line but a rejection of armed struggle itself. He offers no alternative strategy. His perspective is essentially the line of surrender. At its core, his argument amounts to carrying out legal struggles, dissolving the underground Party, and turning the Party into an open entity.
These are, in essence, revisionist positions. Rejecting all that the Party has taught, handing over Party weapons to the enemy, and becoming an agent of counter-revolution- that is what Sonu has become. By rallying his followers, he attempted to split the Party. Satish has concurred with all of these positions. He therefore has also become a renegade, a splitter of the Party, and an agent of counter-revolution.
Therefore, the entire revolutionary camp must clearly understand the fraud and deception underlying Sonu and Satish’s arguments. The confusion within the revolutionary camp must be eliminated, clarity established, and confidence restored. There is absolutely no integrity in the arguments of Sonu and Satish; they are motivated purely by fear and the desire to justify their path of surrender. By propagating lies- claiming that the Party’s General Secretary intended to suspend armed struggle temporarily- they misled ideologically and politically weak cadres. They caused them to surrender to the enemy. Hence, their deceit must be exposed within the revolutionary camp.
Under the guidance of the documents formulated by our Central Committee- “Changes in the Relations of Production in India and Our Political Programme” (MOP document), “The Caste Question in India and Our Path”, and “The Nationality Question in India and Party’s Position”- we must mobilize the oppressed classes (the working class, peasantry, middle strata [petty bourgeoisie], national bourgeoisie), the oppressed social sections (women, Dalits, Adivasis, religious minorities), and the oppressed nationalities, and conduct class struggle on class issues, social struggle on social problems, and nationality struggle on nationality issues. In accordance with the uneven development prevailing in the country, the MOP document has identified the country into seven categories and formulated region-specific political programmes. Based on this political programme, we must intensify class struggle.
Since 2014, after the Brahmanical Hindutva-fascist RSS–BJP came to power at the Centre, it has further transformed into political fascism. Since then, it has been unleashing continuous attacks on all oppressed classes, oppressed social sections, and oppressed nationalities in economic, political, cultural, and all spheres of social life. As part of this, it is attempting to convert the country into a “majoritarian state” through the liquidation of minorities. By intimidating and manipulating institutions such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the CBI, the Election Commission, and even the judiciary, it is weaponizing them for its own interests. It is carrying out relentless attacks on the people and on the opposition parties. As part of this, it is trying to create an “opposition-less India” (Vipaksh-mukt Bharat). Therefore, today, it has emerged as the country’s principal enemy and its people’s enemy.
In this situation, our party units across the country must unite all forces resisting these assaults- workers, peasants, organizations, associations, institutions, parties, including even bourgeois parties that can be taken as tactical allies- by establishing united front platforms and programmes, thereby intensifying the class struggle. Further, we must expose with solid evidence the falsehood and deception behind the propaganda blitz of the Brahmanical Hindutva-fascist RSS–BJP central and state governments, claiming that they will transform India into a “developed country (Viksit Bharat)” by 2047.
This year, in April, the Indian state conducted military operations under the name “Operation Sindhur”, projecting the terrorist attack that took place in Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir, as an act of Pakistan. Any dispute with Pakistan- or with any other country in South Asia- must be resolved based on peaceful principles, through dialogue, diplomacy, and negotiations. Instead of adhering to these principles, it resorted to military operations. It attempted to resolve the issue through war, which is incorrect.
However, under instructions from the United States, it halted these operations within four days, thereby displaying its subservience. On the one hand, while showing this servility toward the U.S., it has simultaneously been instigating nationalist frenzy, war hysteria, and jingoism among the Indian people for the past seven months.
During the last eleven years of BJP rule at the Centre, it has failed to resolve any of the major problems confronting the country- poverty, unemployment, rising prices, and peasant suicides. Instead of addressing these problems, it has been continuously inflaming Hindu majoritarianism, communal frenzy, and war hysteria to misdirect and suppress the struggling masses. The BJP, Modi, and their protégé, Adani, have been arbitrarily handing over national wealth to corporate capital. To protect Adani, who has been involved in illegal business practices in the United States, they have mortgaged national interests to the U.S. The regime has signed numerous agreements with Israel, the U.S., Afghanistan, and many others for the benefit of domestic and foreign corporate capital.
In the last eleven years of fascist BJP rule, attacks on Dalits and Adivasis have drastically increased. The harassment and humiliation of Dalit and Bahujan officers (IAS, IPS, etc.) by brahmanical administrative authorities have also intensified. Corporate exploitation and oppression in agriculture, industry, and the service sector- by both domestic and foreign corporate capital- have expanded enormously. As a consequence, the broad masses across the country have been continuously waging defensive struggles.
In this situation, we must expand propaganda, agitations, and struggle programmes against all economic, political, and cultural policies of the brahmanical Hindutva-fascist RSS–BJP central and state governments that stand against the people; and against corporate exploitation and oppression, thereby strengthening mass support. By intensifying class struggle nationwide and expanding mass support on this basis, let us advance the guerrilla war.
Dear Comrades and the Masses!
Since 1973, to overcome the fundamental crisis, imperialism has pushed forward imperialist globalization. However, the global economic crisis of 2008 proved that imperialist globalization has failed. This crisis has still not been resolved. All the economic, political, military, and cultural policies that the imperialist countries and the backward countries following them, or being made to follow them, implemented to overcome that crisis have failed miserably or are in the process of failing. To implement the policies associated with imperialist globalization, in many countries across the world, right-wing, racist, and fascist parties have come to power. These right-wing, racist, and fascist parties have trampled even the minimal bourgeois-democratic rights in their respective countries and are enforcing repression and fascism. As part of implementing imperialist globalization, although imperialist exploitation has intensified severely in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, its burden continues to be borne by the working class and the middle class even in the imperialist countries that export imperialist capital. In the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the comprador bourgeoisie and the landlord class, acting as agents of imperialist exploitation, have intensified oppression and plunder of the people. Against this, people’s struggles in these countries continue at varying levels.
The “Arab Spring” uprisings that erupted in African countries around 2012–13 could not overthrow the system of exploitation. During the last 3–4 years, although the immediate triggers behind the popular uprisings in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir appear varied, the fundamental cause behind them is imperialist globalization and the intensity of exploitation and oppression by the comprador corporate (foreign and domestic) capital and landlord classes in those countries. During this same period, even in Western European countries, the working class and the middle class have been rising against exploitation by finance capital.
The victory of the Democratic Party candidate Zohran Kwame Mamdani, as mayor of New York, in the United States was due to the opposition of workers, employees of the middle class, and immigrant populations in that city to the right-wing, racist, fascist Trump administration. Likewise, in the last 2–3 years, in Europe and other countries, the electoral victories of Social Democratic and Democratic Party candidates over right-wing, racist, and fascist parties have been driven by widespread opposition to the policies of imperialist globalization and the growth of right-wing and fascist forces. In the coming days, this contradiction will intensify further.
Seizing this moment, communists and revolutionaries across the world must organize themselves as revolutionary parties in their countries, transform small parties into large ones, and strengthen the weak ones.
For the past year, the tariff war arising from the intensified conflict between the U.S. and China resulted in a temporary truce when U.S. President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, in the first week of November. Both countries announced a one-year suspension of the trade war. The U.S. decided to reduce the 10 per cent tariff on Chinese imports. In contrast, China agreed to lift its ban on the export of rare earth minerals. Due to the economic downturn and recession, the U.S. and China were compelled to take these decisions. This temporary agreement does not mean that the U.S.–China conflict has ended. Both countries are competing for world hegemony. According to this trend, the U.S.-China confrontation will sharpen in the coming days across all spheres.
Since the onset of the capitalist system, especially after capitalism transformed into imperialism, imperialism has increasingly become a destroyer of the environment. Today, not only humanity but the entire planet faces grave danger. In this context, the United Nations’ climate conferences have produced no meaningful results. Only by destroying the capitalist–imperialist system can environmental protection measures genuinely succeed, thereby saving the environment, the earth, and humanity. In this regard, only communists and revolutionaries worldwide can lead the environmental protection movement.
As part of the sanctions the U.S. imposes worldwide, it imposed a 25 per cent tariff on India in August. Citing India’s purchase of oil from Russia, the U.S. raised tariffs from 25 per cent to 50 per cent. It severely affected India’s economy. In this situation, India drastically reduced its oil imports from Russia. The U.S. extended the exemption from the 11 per cent tariff it imposes on Indian shrimp imports only until December 31. In the coming days, the U.S. may lift this exemption. This is nothing but capitulation of India before the U.S. Under these conditions, the India–U.S. trade agreement under discussion will be entirely against the interests of the Indian people. Therefore, the Indian people- especially peasants, dairy producers, and fisher folk- must wage struggles against the subservience of the Indian government. They must expose the deceit behind Prime Minister Modi’s “self-reliance” rhetoric. Genuine self-reliance emerges only when unequal economic, trade, and commercial agreements imposed by imperialist countries are annulled. Self-reliance becomes a reality only when the New Democratic Revolution is completed. Country’s sovereignty and independence must be to achieve self-reliance.Parties belonging to the exploiting classes cannot achieve this. Therefore, only through the victory of the revolutionary movement led by the proletarian party can this goal be accomplished.
The BJP, having converted the Election Commission into its pocket institution, has been indulging in voter fraud and numerous illegalities and winning assembly and parliamentary elections. Even in the Bihar Assembly elections, it won through widespread irregularities and electoral fraud. This situation has once again exposed the utter falsity of the present parliamentary system. In this situation, to establish genuine democracy, a new democratic system must be put in place. For this, the broad masses of the country must unite, arm themselves, and overthrow this exploitative order.
Dear Comrades and the Masses!
In the current situation, with the revolutionary movement having suffered severe losses, we cannot celebrate the PLGA anniversary as we did in the past. Therefore, in the current phase, the party and the PLGA forces must commemorate the anniversary with primary emphasis on security. Across the forests, plains, and urban areas of the country, group meetings and small meetings must be held and the anniversary observed in appropriate forms. Posters and pamphlets must be distributed throughout the region to inform the people about the need to strengthen the PLGA. Eligible persons must be recruited into the PLGA.
With revolutionary greetings,
Central Military Commission,
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
11/14/2025
CASR Condemns The Extrajudicial Killing Of CPI Leader Madvi Hidma: India
*Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) Condemns the Extrajudicial Killing of CPI (Maoist) Leader Madvi Hidma; Rule of Law Cannot Be Suspended in Bastar*
On 18 November 2025, Madvi Hidma, the youngest member of the Central Committee of the CPI (Maoist) and an Adivasi from Bastar, was murdered in a fake encounter along with his wife Rajakka and five other members of the party. Hidma and the others were illegally abducted when they were unarmed, from a shelter where they had been staying since the 28th of last month. They were then tortured and murdered in a fake encounter. This is a brazen violation of the rule of law, constitutional safeguards, and past Supreme Court directives.
Since the beginning of Operation Kagaar on 1 January 2024, the Brahmanical Hindutva Fascist Indian state has stepped up its killing spree in Bastar and other Adivasi areas. In its bid to crush the armed and unarmed mass movements going on against corporate plunder of natural resources and displacement in Central India, it has killed over 500 people, which includes armed and unarmed Maoists and civilians. It has made a mockery of the rule of law and civil and democratic rights.
In all these encounters and extrajudicial killings, the Indian state has repeatedly violated Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, which guarantees the right to life with dignity to every citizen. In the judgment of Om Prakash & Ors. vs. State of Jharkhand (2012), the Supreme Court said that “fake encounters are nothing but state-sponsored terrorism.” And in Prakash Kadam vs. Ramprasad Vishwanath Gupta (2011), it stated, “fake encounters are nothing but cold-blooded brutal murders by persons who are supposed to uphold the law.” In PUCL vs. State of Maharashtra (2014), the Supreme Court held that every encounter death must be treated as a case of culpable homicide and investigated through an independent FIR, a magisterial inquiry, full forensic preservation of evidence, and immediate NHRC intimation. The Court made clear that police cannot act as judge, jury, and executioner, and that the right to life under Article 21 applies even to insurgents and accused persons.
The Indian state has also repeatedly violated the guidelines of the United Nations Human Rights Declaration (UNHRD), of which it is a signatory. Operation Kagaar stands in clear violation of these standards, which require that lethal force be used only as a last resort, that all encounter deaths be independently investigated, and that even armed insurgents be guaranteed due process. Instead, Kagaar has normalized extrajudicial killings, replaced arrest with execution, and subjected Adivasi communities to indiscriminate militarization and collective punishment. By abandoning the UN principles of necessity, proportionality, distinction, and accountability, the operation undermines the rule of law and effectively suspends fundamental rights in Bastar.
We condemn this fake encounter of Madvi Hidma and the ruthless crushing of people’s movements being conducted by Adivasi and non-Adivasi people against corporate loot.
We demand:
1. An independent committee consisting of retired judges and human rights advocates must be formed to investigate these extrajudicial killings.
2. Proper postmortem must be conducted with full videography, and the dead bodies must be handed over to their families, unlike in the case of former Maoist Party General Secretary Namballa Kesava Rao.
3. FIRs must be registered for those security personnel responsible for the encounter killing, as per Supreme Court guidelines.
4. Operation Kagaar and the Surajkund Scheme must be immediately halted.
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About 208 Naxalites In Ch’garh To Surrender Along With 153 Weapons & Undergo Rehabilitation
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India: Police Chief Killed, Two Others Seriously Injured in Maoist Attack
A head constable of the Indian Central Reserve Force (CRPF) was killed and two other personnel were injured in an explosive device detonated by Maoists in India’s Jharkhand state. This comes as part of a “Week of Resistance” organized by the PCI (Maoist) from October 8 to 14, which will be followed by a day of general strike on October 15, in order to denounce the Kagaar counter-insurgency operation.
India: Maoists Kill Police Informant
A BJP worker (the ruling far-right party) was killed by Maoists in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Monday (October 13) evening. He was accused of being a police informant. In particular, he was accused of having provided information leading to arrests by security forces in their sector as part of the Kagaar counter-insurgency operation. Since January 2024, security force operations have led to the killing of 472 Maoists in Chhattisgarh.
Source: https://secoursrouge.org/inde-des-maoistes-tuent-un-informateur-de-la-police/
Police Report 3 STF Jawans Injured In IED Blast Triggered By Naxalites In Bijapur District
Three personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) were injured when a pressure Improvised Explosive Device (IED), allegedly planted by Naxalites, went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday, a police official announced to the press today.
The incident took place at a forest in Kandlaparti village under Bhopalpatnam police station area when a team of STF jawans, a unit of the state police, was out on an area domination operation, the police official stated in his report to the press.
The security personnel inadvertently came in contact with a pressure IED, triggering the blast, causing them injuries, the police official declared in his statement.
After preliminary treatment, the injured jawans were being shifted to Bijapur district hospital, the police official said in conclusion, adding that a search operation is underway in the area.
CPI Statement On The Murders Of Comrades Katta Ramachandra Reddy And Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy
The story of an encounter being told by the police is false. Our two Central Committee members, Comrades Katta Ramachandra Reddy and Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy, were arrested and later murdered!
Condemn these murders.
Our DKSZC pays tribute to our two CC members, Comrade Katta Ramachandra Reddy alias Raju Dada and Comrade Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy alias Kosa Dada, who sacrificed their lives in a fake encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on September 22. Our SZC also pays tribute to our CC members, Modem Balakrishna alias Manoj Dada, Sahadev Soren, SZC member Comrade Patu, Comrade Vijay, DVC level comrades Lokesh, Sumitra, Vimala and other comrades who were martyred.
This encounter is a lie. The story being told by the police officers is fabricated. The truth is different. The CC had given these two comrades some different responsibilities; 10 months ago, they left to fulfill their new responsibilities. Comrades Raju Dada and Kosa Dada were arrested unarmed from Raipur city or from some other place between September 11 and 20. We have news that they were safe till the 10th. Our CC comrades received a letter from them. After their arrest, they must have been tortured for secret party information. Finally, they were brought to the Maad area on the 22nd and killed. A massive operation was launched for these killings from the 21st of this month is still going on.
Everyone should protest against the fake encounter of these comrades.
Our SZC expresses its deepest condolences and sorrow to the family members and friends of Comrade Raju Dada and Comrade Kosa Dada. The loss of these comrades, who are experienced in various fields, is certainly an irreparable loss to the revolutionary movement of India. The entire revolutionary camp is deeply worried by these continuous losses. We will fight till the end to achieve the goals for which these comrades sacrificed their lives.
How did the intelligence department manage to reach those two comrades? We will discuss the possibilities based on the information we have. Considering the various reports circulating in the media, we are forced to make this statement.
Firstly, Comrade Raju Dada and Kosa Dada have not been in the forests with the guerrilla forces for some time. Many people who came to know about this have surrendered to the police and informed the police authorities. The people who surrendered ranged from the SZC level to ordinary members. Secondly, the police department has also come to know who was responsible for the internal coordination with these people. Thirdly, when these people left, two or three people who were part of the security team also surrendered; they are currently actively working in the DRG. This surrendered DRG officer also told the authorities about the courier who went with Comrade Kosa Dada. Not only this, they came with police personnel and took the courier away from his house on August 13 (he did the job he was told for two to three months, after which he decided to stay at home). There are reports that he was tortured. He must have told them where they took him and who met him there. This may have revealed the name of the main courier. By intercepting that link, the intelligence officers must have reached the courier.
Reaching Raju Dada is easy. Fourth, another possibility is that the courier where these people are based may have been weakened; they may have gone to visit their family members and friends. In his last letter in September, Comrade Raju Dada wrote about some of the weaknesses of this courier. He also informed the local CC comrades about the possibility of problems arising. He advised his comrades to be vigilant, saying that danger was approaching from these surrenders and traitors. This was explained more clearly in the last letter, but I cannot say whether they had a chance to read it.
Continuous surrenders are becoming the main reason for every loss.
Comrade Vikalp
Representative
Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
September 23, 2025
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Police Kill 2 Alleged CPI CC Members During Exchange Of Fire In Narayanpur District
Two persons believed to be CPI (Maoist) Central Committee members (CCM) from Telangana state were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Monday, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Robinson Gudiya announced to the media today.
In his report, the SP told the press that the slain persons had been identified as Katta Ramachandra Reddy and Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy, and that both of them were purported to be Central Committee (CC) members of the CPI (Maoist).
Along with the bodies of the two alleged Maoists, several automatic weapons were recovered at the encounter site in the Abujhmad forest falling under Narayanpur district in south Bastar of Chhattisgarh, the SP stated in his remarks.
The encounter, which took place along the inter-district border of Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh) and Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) districts, was still underway, according to the SP, adding that the exchange of fire began during a search operation launched by security personnel based on intelligence inputs regarding the presence of Maoists in the Abhujmad region on the Chhattisgarh–Maharashtra inter-state border.
As per the SP’s statement to the press, Katta Ramachandra Reddy (63) used many aliases such as Gudsa Usendi, Vijay, Vikalp and is a native of Karimnagar in Telangana. Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy (67), who used the aliases Gopanna and Buchanna, is also a native of Karimnagar in Telangana.
The SP alleged in his report that both the slain persons were Maoist CC members who were active in the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of the Maoist party for over three decades.
The SP concluded his remarks by saying that so far security personnel have recovered one AK-47 rifle, one INSAS rifle, one Barrel Grenade Launcher (BGL), and a large cache of explosives from the site of the encounter.
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Police Claim 6 Guerrilla Cadres Killed In Skirmish With Security Personnel In Narayanpur District
Narayanpur District, July 18, 2025: At least six persons police claim to be cadres of the CPI (Maoist) were killed in a firefight with security personnel in the hilly forested terrain of Abujhmad region in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, about 400 km south of Raipur, State Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) P. Sundarraj announced to the press today.
A combing operation was launched by a joint team of security forces in the Abujhmad region based on intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres in the area. An exchange of fire ensued on Friday afternoon and continued intermittently in the forest. Six bodies have been recovered so far from the encounter scene, the IGP stated in his report to the press, adding that the security forces have recovered one AK-47, a Self Loading rifle and other weapons, as well as explosives materials and items of daily use from the site of the gun battle.
The IGP concluded his remarks to the press by saying that as the search operation remains underway, further operational details could not to be shared, adding that there was however no report of any injury sustained by the security forces.
According to police officials, Abujhmad region in Narayanpur district, is among the seven Maoist-affected districts in Bastar Region, and is cited by police authorities as an epicenter of Maoist activity in south Chhattisgarh.
ICSPWI Call For Mobilization On The Occasion Of Martyrs’ Week 2025 In India
The ICSPWI (International Committee to Support the People’s War in India) calls on MLM organizations and parties, all communist organizations and parties, revolutionaries, progressives, and sincere democrats, to mobilize in support of the People’s War in India and its leading party, the Communist Party of India (Maoist), on the occasion of Martyrs’ Week 2025 (July 28th – August 3rd).
The blood shed by the Indian revolutionary martyrs who fell for the New Democratic Revolution in India, the first step towards Socialism and Communism, must be honored: it is the blood shed by our comrades who are ready for the ultimate sacrifice to free India from the semi-feudal and semi-colonial yoke and from bureaucratic capitalism in the service of imperialism.
India is not only the largest country in the world, with approximately 1.5 billion people, but it is also the country ruled by Modi’s Hindutva (fascism with Hindu characteristics) regime and the main bastion of Yankee imperialism as well as the main supporter of the Zionist regime in South Asia and the world.
The Indian revolution (Protracted People’s War) has been active since 1969. Over the decades, it has succeeded in liberating millions of proletarians, peasants, and tribal people from feudal and caste oppression in the areas where it spread, covering an area inhabited by over 50 million people from the far north of the Indian subcontinent to the southern states of Kerala and Karnataka.
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is virtually the largest armed revolutionary party in absolute terms by number of comrades, mobilizing sectors of the masses through trade unions, women’s organizations, environmental organizations, and adivasis (tribals) and casteless groups. The PLGA numbers approximately 20,000 armed men, not counting local popular militias.
This great revolution is now entering a crucial phase: Modi’s Hindutva regime, through a brutal and genocidal military operation supported by imperialism and Zionism (using know-how and drones supplied directly by the Zionist Israeli state), Operation Kagaar, which involves tens of thousands of police, paramilitary forces, and the army, declares it will “defeat Maoism” in the country by April 2026.
As this deadline approaches, Operation Kagaar is intensifying: last May, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) himself, along with 27 other comrades and guerrillas, fell in combat after resisting a two-day encirclement by over 2,000 paramilitaries.
In recent months, hundreds of people, not only revolutionaries but also villagers and tribals, have been massacred during this military operation.
Indian civil society has called on the government to immediately stop this “war against the people” and accept the CPI (Maoist)’s proposal to initiate negotiations, but Modi’s Hindutva regime not only continues its course but also labels these activists “urban Maoists,” repressing them as well.
Fourteen years ago, on July 1st, Comrade Azad, a member of the party’s central committee and political bureau, was killed in a fake encounter. He was arrested and subsequently killed in cold blood.
A few months later, on November 24, 2011, Comrade Kishenji, a member of the party’s political bureau, was martyred in another fake encounter.
The martyrs of the Indian revolution are the best sons of the Indian people who sacrificed their lives not only for the liberation of India, but of the entire world, from exploitation, contributing to the World Proletarian Revolution.
Since October 7, 2023, the Communist Party of India (Maoist) has actively supported the Palestinian resistance, despite the difficulties it is experiencing, organizing support and propaganda actions in India.
It is therefore an internationalist duty to support this advanced revolutionary experience and remember its martyrs, who are also ours.
ICSPWI therefore calls for mobilization in all countries of the world on the occasion of the CPI (Maoist) Martyrs’ Week from July 28 to August 3, and in accordance with the specific objective and subjective conditions in each country, organizing:
The martyrs of the revolution are immortal!
The revolutionaries of the CPI (Maoist) are our comrades!
Comrades Basavaraj, Azad, and Kishenji, leaders of the new democratic revolution in India, will never be forgotten; their example will inspire future generations of revolutionaries!
Stop operation Kagaar! Immediate freedom for all political prisoners in India!
Long live the Communist Party of India (Maoist)!
Long Live the People’s War in India!
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Indian State Presses on With Repressive Operation Kagaar
A roundtable meeting organized by the Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded an immediate halt to Operation Kagaar and urged the Union government to hold peace negotiations with the CPI (Maoist). The meeting also passed a resolution calling for the bodies of Maoist leader Namballa Kesava Rao and others killed to be handed over to their families.
The meeting was held on Sunday in protest against the “Central government’s repressive actions” under Operation Kagaar. The meeting also called for a judicial inquiry by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the Narayanpur massacre and the ongoing violence in the forests. The resolution expressed solidarity with the democratic movements opposing the corporate exploitation of forest lands rich in minerals and natural resources. It demanded constitutional protection of tribal rights and the removal of paramilitary and police camps from forest areas.
CPI leader Ramakrishna said the so-called Operation Kagaar is nothing but State repression and demanded that the Central government stop it. He reiterated that the recent encounter, which claimed 27 lives, including that of Namballa Kesava Rao, was not a real encounter but a cold-blooded government killing. He criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for congratulating those responsible for the killings and condemned the delay in handing over of the bodies.
CPI (M) State leader V. Umamaheswara Rao alleged that Operation Kagaar is a conspiracy to hand over forest resources to corporate entities and it involves killing Maoists and tribals. He stressed that no political party would accept the violation of tribal rights and, despite ideological differences, united struggle is needed for civil rights. He accused Mr. Modi of halting Operation Sindoor on Trump’s orders.
Dalit Bahujan Front leader Korivi Vinay Kumar said the photos of the deceased clearly indicate this was a massacre, not an encounter, and called for resistance against these brutal actions.
Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah announced to the press on Wednesday (May 21) that CPI (Maoist) General Secretary Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraj, was among 27 Maoists killed by security personnel in a firefight in the Abujhmad area of Chhattisgarh state that day. One District Reserve Guard (DRG) team member was killed and several other security personnel sustained injuries in the encounter.
According to HAM Shah, the DRG, a specialized unit of the Chhattisgarh State Police, received intelligence inputs about a large number of Central Committee and Politburo members of the Maoist party, as well as senior Maad Division cadres and cadres of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), in Abujhmad area.
HAM Shah said that, following the inputs, teams from Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur, and Kondagaon districts were dispatched to Abujhmad for the combing operation that went on for 72 hours inside the thick jungles of the region. During the combing operation a skirmish broke out between cadres of the Maoist party and the security forces.
HAM Shah concluded his remarks by declaring that following the encounter the bodies of 27 Maoists, including Nambala Keshav Rao, were recovered from the site of the gun battle, adding that the combing operation was ongoing.
Meanwhile, Rao’s family members at Jiyannapet were not sure whether his body would be brought to his native village.
Last month, the CPI (Maoist) said it was ready for dialogue if the government withdrew security forces and halted the ongoing offensive.
Early Life of Nambala Keshav Rao
Basavraj was born on July 10, 1955, in Jiyannapet in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
He was drawn towards the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideology since his engineering days. He joined the CPI (ML) People’s War, led by Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, in 1980.
He was also an active member of the RSU.
His active participation with the Maoist movement started in Visakhapatnam. Basavaraj, along with Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, who was killed in July 2010, established the Rythu Coolie Sangham. He had focused on the tribal areas of what is now ASR district.
From 1980 to 1987, he worked in various capacities in Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts under the East Division.
After the expulsion of Kondapalli from the party, he was drafted into the Central Committee of the CPI (ML) PWG, which later became CPI (Maoist) with the merger of PWG and MCCI (Maoist Communist Centre of India), in 2004. He had played a key role in the merger and was the main strategist behind the idea of making the ‘Red Corridor’ and ‘Janatana Sarkar’ (People’s Government) in Chhattisgarh state.
In 2001, he became a member of the Politburo of the Maoist party and the chief of the party’s Central Military Commission (CMC).
In a press statement dated November 10, 2018, the CPI (Maoist) announced that Muppalla Lakshman Rao alias Ganapathy had “withdrawn from his responsibilities”, and the new general secretary of the party was Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraj.
In another exchance an individual believed to be a Naxalite was killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, a police official announced to the press on Friday.
According to the police official, the firefight broke out on Thursday evening in a forest near Kistaram during an anti-Naxal operation carried out by a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force, and the CRPF’s elite CoBRA unit.
The police official claimed that authorities received intelligence inputs concerning the presence of a large number of Naxalites in the dense forests of Kistaram.
Acting upon this information, a joint task force comprising jawans of the District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force, and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action was deployed for an anti-Naxal combing operation. As the security personnel arrived at the site of the gun battle, a squad of Naxalites opened fire, prompting an immediate retaliation, the police official alleged.
In conclusion, the police official stated that this incident followed a separate encounter on Thursday along the Sukma-Bijapur inter-district border, where both a CoBRA commando and a Naxalite were said to have been killed.
India: Peace Coalition Presses For Ceasefire In Government’s Internal War On Its Own Citizens
As India returned from the brink of war with its neighbor, concerned citizens from across states gathered at New Delhi, last week, to form ‘Coordination Committee for Peace’ — a civil society coalition raising the call for immediate ceasefire in the security forces’ unabated internal war in Schedule V areas of the mainland. Amidst reports of the suspension of a major military engagement launched on April 21, in the Karregutta range of hills near Chhattisgarh’s border with Telangana, Adivasi bodies continue to pile up from Bastar to Jharkhand, accompanied with horrifying tales of government brutality. Media reports suggest that at least 25 people (Maoists/civilians) were recently killed by paramilitary forces in the Karregutta hills area. This takes the toll of the government’s war in Bastar closer to 500, since Operation Kagaar, the most aggressive offensive after Salwa Judum, was launched last January. While CPI (Maoist) unilaterally declared ceasefire a month ago, and has repeatedly been calling for peace talks, ever since, the Government continues the military offensive with a blind eye towards the political questions of Adivasi rights.
More than 300 civil society organizations, people’s movements, and concerned individuals from across India had appealed to both the Government and the CPI (Maoist) in early April for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and peace talks. They also wrote to the President, Prime Minister and Home Minister. On 8-9 May, 19 organizations and several notable individuals, who are part of this collective civil society effort, came together and formed the Coordinating Committee for Peace to continue their advocacy for the ceasefire and peace talks. It is expected that more democratic organizations will join the committee in the days to come.
Prominent members of the Coordination Committee for Peace addressed a press conference on Friday, May 9, at Press Club of India, New Delhi, throwing light on various aspects of the ceasefire demand. CPI (ML) Liberation General Secretary, Dipankar Bhattacharya also addressed the conference. Speakers at the presser included former Andhra Pradesh High Court judge, Justice B Chandra Kumar; retired Hyderabad Central University Professor G Haragopal; writer Meena Kandasamy; Delhi University Sociology Professor Nandini Sundar; Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasbha representative Dinesh Murmu; People’s Union for Civil Liberties National President Kavita Srivastava; Coordination of Democratic Rights Organization Co-Convenor Kranthi Chaitanya; and Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization Convenor Ehtmam.
The committee members articulated their firm collective opinion that the public offer of restraint by the CPI (Maoist) leadership called for a matching government response rooted in constitutional responsibility and political foresight. While the Chhattisgarh Home Minister Vijay Sharma has often held out the fig leaf of “unconditional” talks with the Maoist combatants, albeit with the presumption of a willingness on their part to lay down arms, the simultaneous escalation of extensive military operations has sent a deeply contradictory message. The continuing ban in Chhattisgarh, since November, on Moolvasi Bachao Manch, a democratic association comprising unarmed Adivasi youth; the arrest and denial of bail to scores of its young activists, with UAPA invoked against Raghu Midiyami, Sunita Pottam, and others, have further eroded the confidence of people.
A month into the public advocacy for immediate ceasefire and peace talks, the demand now echoes across the country. Protests and public events have been organised in parts of Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka, and Delhi, since March, to raise the banner of internal ceasefire and peace talks. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) President and MP Dr Thirumavalavan wrote about the matter to Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah. The CPI, CPI (M) and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) have also pledged support. Former Telanagana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao addressed a public meeting at Warangal where he called upon the ruling regime to declare the ceasefire, while current CM A Revanth Reddy also expressed support. CPI (ML) Liberation and CPI (ML) New Democracy have hit the streets with the demand across states.
Coordination Committee for Peace delegations also met Rahul Gandhi (Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha) and Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge (LoP, Rajya Sabha) on 9-10 May, urging them to lend political support to the demand for ceasefire and peace talks between the Maoist party leadership, on the one hand, and the central and state government representatives, on the other. The delegations further asked them to mobilize other INDIA parties on this issue. They also met CPI National Secretary D Raja, and CPI (M) General Secretary MA Baby.
At this juncture, according to the peace coalition, an unconditional ceasefire by the Government is a constitutional imperative deriving from Article 21. It is the only viable way to halt the violence, rebuild trust among Adivasi communities, and reaffirm the state’s commitment to justice, peace, and democratic values. The Coordination Committee for Peace reiterates its demands here below, and appeals to all citizens and democratic and political forces to support this process and make the state deliver its constitutional obligations:
1. The government should stop the offensive in Adivasi areas, initiating and implementing a credible ceasefire in all fairness.
2. The CPI (Maoist), having unilaterally declared a ceasefire, should stick to their assurance.
3. Dialogue must begin between the Government and CPI (Maoist), at the earliest. All Adivasi groups and leaders working for the democratic rights of people should be a part of the dialogue.
4. Free access to all the conflict areas should be provided to the independent civil organizations and the media.
5. People’s livelihood needs and constitutional rights must be addressed urgently.
6. The state should immediately release Adivasis and other activists jailed for asserting their democratic rights and make them an equal stakeholder in this dialogue. (For example, the activists of Moolvasi Bachao Manch).
Press statement, 12 May 2025
Peace Coalition Presses for Ceasefire in Government’s Internal War on Its Own Citizens
source: Red Spark
CPI TSC Declares Six-Month Ceasefire While Renewing Call For Peace Talks With Indian State
The CPI Telangana State Committee has declared a six-month ceasefire, effective immediately, while renewing its appeal for peace talks with the government.
In a press release dated May 5, 2025, signed by Comrade Jagan, spokesperson for the CPI Telangana State Committee, the Maoist party announced the ceasefire, citing public demand to halt Operation Kagaar.
In the statement, Comrade Jagan noted that the recent casualties prompted the party to seek de-escalation to avoid further losses. The statement also referred to the growing calls from democratic groups, people’s organizations, and political parties for dialogue over violence.
Comrade Jagan referred to statements by Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who expressed openness to dialogue, and BRS leaders K Chandrasekhar Rao and K Kavitha, who also echoed similar sentiments.
Comrade Jagan emphasized that dialogue is a democratic tool to resolve conflicts and foster peace. He noted that intellectuals and hundreds of organizations have joined the chorus for negotiations. To create a conducive atmosphere, the guerrillas have committed themselves to the ceasefire, urging the government to reciprocate by initiating talks through a peace committee, formed to facilitate dialogue.
Source : https://telanganatoday.com/maoist-telangana-state-committee-announces-six-month-ceasefire
2 STF Jawans Injured In IED Blast Allegedly Triggered By Naxalites In Bijapur District
Two STF jawans (special task force soldiers) sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) authorities believe was triggered by Naxalites in order to blow up a vehicle they were traveling in went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday, a police official announced to the press today.
According to the police official, the blast occurred around 5.45pm near the Gorla rivulet under the Madded police station limits when a team of STF personnel was returning in a pick-up vehicle after an anti-Naxalite operation.
As per the police officials report, the alleged Naxalites triggered the blast in a bid to target the vehicle, but the explosion took place some distance away.
In his prepared remarks, the police official stated that two personnel of the Special Task Force (STF), a unit of the state police, sustained minor injuries due to shock waves in the impact of the explosion, adding that there was no serious damage to any vehicle or personnel due to the IED blast.
The police official concluded his statement by saying that the injured STF jawans were administered first aid at the primary health center in Madded and later shifted to the Bijapur District Hospital for further treatment, adding that they were believed to be out of danger and that a combing operation was underway in the area of the IED blast.
source: Red Spark
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