CPI (Maoist) suffers a major jolt coinciding with 21st anniversary of its formation

The outlawed CPI (Maoist) suffered yet different superior setback, coinciding with the 21st day of its formation, with the sidesplitting of 2 apical Maoist leaders from Telangana successful an “encounter” successful Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur territory connected Monday.

Both the slain Central Committee Members of the CPI (Maoist), identified arsenic Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy alias Kosa, 65, and Katta Ramchandra Reddy alias Vikalp, 61, hailed from the erstwhile composite Karimnagar district, erstwhile the hotbed of naxal activity, sources said.

Satyanarayana Reddy from Gopalraopally village, present successful Rajanna Sircilla district, and Ramchandra Reddy from Tigalaguntapally colony present successful Siddipet district, carried a bounty of ₹40 lakh each successful Chhattisgarh.  Ramchandra Reddy, who was a instrumentality graduate, held the cardinal presumption of spokesperson of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) until his death. He was besides known arsenic Vikalp, Gudsa Usendi and Raju Dada among the enactment circles.

After suffering stroke aft a stroke successful caller months, the banned outfit had mislaid its 2 CC members successful a azygous time successful Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, the epicentre of Maoist insurgency.

Meanwhile, successful a connection the CPI (ML) Mass Line (Prajapandha) caput Potu Ranga Rao condemned Monday’s “encounter” successful Chhattisgarh successful which 2 apical Maoist leaders from Telangana were killed. He said, “These are cold-blooded murders. The BJP governments astatine the Centre and successful Chhattisgarh should instantly halt Operation Kagar and clasp bid talks.”