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NEW DELHI: Just arsenic Rome was not built successful a day, the CPI (Maoist), erstwhile the root of Red panic crossed 10 states, wasn't rendered headless successful a day, with its heavy depleted spot of astir 300 equipped cadres present scattered crossed the Dandakarenya portion and a fewer different pockets, leaving the outfit successful "tatters".It has taken respective blows to spot distant astatine the CPI (Maoist) apical leadership, defined by 2 apex bodies, the politburo (PB) and the cardinal committee (CC), earlier the Chhattisgarh Police eliminated the outfit's No. 1-Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju-with his full extortion team.Since 2005, 14 PB members person been arrested oregon killed oregon person died owed to illnesses. This has shrunk the PB to conscionable 4 progressive members-Muppalla Laxman Rao alias Ganpathy, Mallojula Venugopal alias Abhay, Thippiri Tirupathi alias Deoji, and Misir Besra.Sources indicated that either Abhay oregon Deoji, some from Telangana, whitethorn person instrumentality up Basavaraju's mantle, though determination is nary connection yet from CPI (Maoist) connected the succession. Every PB subordinate is portion of the CC but not vice versa.The CC numbers excessively person dwindled, with 26 non-PB members mislaid since 2007 to arrests, surrenders and decease by illness. It present has 14 progressive members, including the 4 PB leaders. A twelve CC members are presently successful jailhouse and 3 dormant by disease.
Four CC members person surrendered successful Telangana and Maharashtra and 7 neutralised since 2007, including 4 this year.Active CC members present see Kadari Satyanaryana Reddy, Chandranna, Modem Balakrishna, Ganesh Uike, Gajarla Ravi, Anal da, Madvi Hidma, K Ramachandra Reddy, Sujata and Malla Raja Reddy."The bid operation of the Maoists is present successful tatters. Consistent intelligence-led operations and surrenders person near the organisation fragmented and disoriented," Bastar IGP Sundarraj P told TOI.
"In all, 300 equipped cadres are hiding successful scattered hideouts of Dandakarenya and fewer different pockets...The lone options they person is to surrender oregon get eliminated," said the IGP.Though the CPI (Maoist) has lately issued respective appeals for ceasefire and talks, nary PB oregon CC person has taken up forces' renewed connection to surrender, "possibly owed to ego," said different officer.Erosion of the PB started successful 2005 with the apprehension of Sushil Roy successful West Bengal.
Between 2008 and 2011, much PB members landed down bars-Pramod Mishra successful Ranchi successful 2008 and again successful 2022; Kobad Gandhy successful Delhi successful 2009, though helium is present a escaped man; Amitabh Bagchi successful Ranchi successful 2009; and Jagdish Yadav successful Gaya, Bihar, successful 2011. Baccha Prasad Singh and Bansi Dhar Singh were apprehended successful Kanpur successful 2010. Jhantu Mukherjee and Narayan Sanyal were arrested successful 2006 and 2011, respectively, but are present dead.
Kattam Sudarshan died successful Dandakarenya successful 2023.
PB members Cherkuri Rajkumar alias 'Azad' and Kishenji were killed successful 2010-2011, portion Arvindji succumbed to unwellness successful Jharkhand successful 2018. Prashant Bose alias Kishan da was arrested with his woman Sheela Marandi, a CC member, from Jharkhand successful 2021.The biggest stroke came with the elimination of CPI (Maoist) wide caput Basavaraju, a PB and CC member. The CC is present down to conscionable 14 members, including 4 PB leaders. Among the CC members arrested are Mithilesh Mehta successful 2007 and again successful 2022; Vishnu successful Mumbai successful 2007; Moti Lal Soren successful 2009 successful Odisha; Pradeep Singla successful 2009; Vijay Kumar Arya successful 2011 and 2022 and Varanasi Subrahmanyam successful Bihar successful 2011. More recently, Sheela Marandi was picked up successful 2021; B V Krishna Murthy successful Kerala successful 2022; Kanchan da successful Assam successful 2022; Sabyasachi Goswami successful West Bengal successful 2024; and Sanjay Deepak Rao successful 2023 successful Hyderabad.
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