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The Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh (MMC) peculiar zonal committee of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) [CPI (Maoist)] person purportedly written a missive to the Chief Ministers of the 3 States offering to renounce weapons and judge the government’s rehabilitation programme by February 15, 2026. They have, however, urged the government(s) to halt the information forces’ anti-Maoist operations till the day acceptable by them.
“We, the MMC Special Zonal Committee, besides privation to renounce the limb and judge the government’s rehabilitation and Poonamargam scheme. However, we petition the governments of each 3 states to springiness america time. Since our enactment adheres to the principles of antiauthoritarian centralism, it volition instrumentality immoderate clip for america to collectively scope this decision,” says the missive addressed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai and Home Minister Vijay Sharma and Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav.
In the missive issued successful the sanction of MMC portion spokesperson Anant and dated November 22, the Maoists person offered to intermission their activities arsenic well.
“We recognize this clip is simply a spot long, but it is wrong the government’s deadline for eliminating Maoism (March 31, 2026). Until then, we impulse the governments of the 3 states to workout immoderate restraint and halt their information forces’ operations,” it adds.
It states that they [the government] should not adjacent behaviour immoderate operations during the upcoming PLGA week [associated with the enactment time of the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) oregon the subject helping of the CPI (Maoist)].
“Also, halt the activities of informants and bash not prosecute forces based connected inputs oregon information. We besides guarantee you that we volition not observe PLGA Week this clip and volition intermission each our activities,” the missive reads.
The missive mentions the surrenders of Maoist Central Committee Member Pulluri Prasad Rao alias Shankaranna alias Chandranna successful Hyderabad connected October 28 and that of apical Maoist person Bhupati alias Sonu successful Maharashtra’s Gadhchiroli connected October 15, noting that their determination (s) to “temporarily cease the equipped conflict “ was taken aft “assessing the changing circumstances successful the state and the world”.
The MMC has purportedly requested the authorities to play its contents connected the vigor for the adjacent fewer days truthful that this connection tin scope their colleagues arsenic soon arsenic possible. Besides asking surrendered ex Maoist leaders to convey their concerns to the government, the MMC Maoists person besides written that that they petition nationalist representatives, journalists, and YouTube journalists to mediate betwixt the authorities and past and to speech to the authorities to see their appeal.
“We anticipation that the governments of the 3 states springiness america an accidental to conscionable with immoderate nationalist representatives and journalists successful the meantime, truthful that we tin rapidly denote a circumstantial day for collectively renouncing weapons and accepting the government’s rehabilitation plan,” the missive states.
Need for factual proposal
Reacting to the letter, Chhattisgarh Deputy CM Vijay Sharma said that the Maoist request to marque a factual connection and besides questioned the deadline mentioned successful the letter. “I person seen the missive and besides listened to the audio [that has purportedly surfaced alongside the letter]. On this taxable I privation to accidental that they accidental astir February 15. It does not instrumentality this long, and cipher has truthful overmuch time. They should taxable a factual proposal.” helium said.
He added that the authorities was consenting to co-operate if a factual connection was received. “If they privation their comrades to instrumentality a circumstantial path, we volition wide that area. If they privation to stitchery successful a circumstantial country we volition wide that but they should springiness a factual connection and for anything, a timeline of 10 to 15 days is sufficient,” helium said.
