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In a missive sent to the Chhattisgarh government, the Bolangir-Bargarh-Mahasamund (BBM) part of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) has offered to laic down its arms and surrender earlier the authorities.
In the letter, the BBM part that was progressive on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha borderline said 15 of its members were consenting to articulation the mainstream and asked Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma to broadcast a connection connected vigor guaranteeing their safety.
Speaking to reporters connected Monday (February 23, 2026), Mr. Sharma, who holds the Home portfolio, acknowledged the receipt of the missive and said that helium would contented a connection connected radio.
The purported missive attributed to Vikas, the westbound sub-zonal caput of the Maoists, stated that the cadres would travel retired of their hideous connected March 2 oregon 3 aft the vigor connection would beryllium broadcast.
It adds that the cadres had been readying to surrender earlier but had held backmost connected the program due to the fact that they wanted to travel the full enactment into surrendering to the government. Notably, Tippiri Tirupati, besides known arsenic Devji, the wide caput of the Maoists, on with elder person Malla Raji Reddy and a fewer others surrendered successful Telangana’s Asifabad territory connected Sunday (February 22, 2026).
The missive besides expressed doubts implicit the surrender and rehabilitation workout connected 2 much counts.
“Why aren’t those who surrendered being sent home? Why are they being held successful barracks? Will the instrumentality instrumentality its people aft their clip is up, trapping them successful cases again and entangle them successful jailhouse and court?” Vikas asked successful the letter.
On MMC peculiar zone
Another question was wherefore the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh (MMC) peculiar zone, whose cadre surrendered en masse successful caller months, continues to beryllium combed and targeted adjacent aft the media reported their surrender decision.
In the letter, Vikas besides wrote that much cadres would surrender if by renouncing equipped conflict and expressing religion successful the Constitution, the Maoist enactment would beryllium recognised arsenic a governmental enactment and constabulary cases against them are cancelled.
‘Willing to rehabilitate’
In effect to the letter, the Chhattisgarh Deputy CM said that the BBM part had expressed its willingness to rehabilitate to the mainstream portion assuring them that their information would beryllium ensured.
“They person asked astir [relaying a] vigor message. So, the vigor connection would beryllium broadcast contiguous and by communicating them done immoderate means, we volition implicit the process of bringing them backmost [into the mainstream]. We volition dispersed the reddish carpet to bring them back. We volition instrumentality implicit attraction of their health, information and comfort,” helium said.
Speaking connected the opening time of the Budget Session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly connected Monday, Governor Ramen Deka said the State had been rapidly heading towards getting escaped of left-wing extremism. He said 532 Maoists were neutralised, 2,704 of them surrendered and 2,004 were arrested successful the past 2 years.
“When the shadiness of panic recedes, the airy of improvement spreads automatically and people’s lives are illuminated,” helium said.
