Maoist surrenders continue: 37 lay down arms as Telangana asks five central committee members to do the same

Currently, five Central Committee members of the banned outfit, including Thippiri Tirupathi alias Devuji, are still active underground cadres. There are eight CC members currently for the outfit. The party also has 10 state committee members from Telangana who are still underground. A total of 59 cadres who hail from Telangana are still active underground.

Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy said, “Telangana police and the state government hope that central committee members, state committee members and others who hail from Telangana surrender and join the mainstream”. As per Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines, the bounty on each of the Maoists are handed over to them to facilitate rehabilitation. “The Telangana police reaffirms its commitment to ensuring that all benefits under the rehabilitation policy are extended to them promptly, enabling them to rebuild their lives with dignity and security,” the DGP said.

Internal rifts with the leadership and various formations of CPI (Maoist) have also resulted in disillusionment of active cadres, Reddy said. The DGP cited “ideological differences” within the organisation, operation Kagar, and an open invitation from the Telangana government as reasons for the surrenders.

The state government led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has been asking Maoists to come back to their village. “Lay down arms and leave the underground. Join the mainstream and adopt public life,” the CM said earlier.

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