Communism in India

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Communism Portal

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is an underground Maoist political party in India. It was founded on September 21, 2004, through the merger of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India. The merger was announced to the public on October 14 the same year. In the merger a provisional central committee was constituted, with PW leader Ganapati as General Secretary. The CPI (Maoist) are often referred to as Naxalites in reference to the Naxalbari insurrection by radical Maoists in West Bengal in 1967. Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought (Chinese: 毛澤東思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng Sīxiǎng), also called Marxism-Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism (MLM), is a variant of communism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893&#8211... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Peoples War, usually called Peoples War Group (PWG). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to violent communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the Indian communist movement. ... ... West Bengal   (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ...

Ideology

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is conducting 'people's war', a strategical line developed by Mao Zedong during the phase of guerrilla warfare of the Communist Party of China. Currently it has effective control over some regions of Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh as well as presence in Bihar and the tribal-dominated areas in the borderlands of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Orissa. The CPI(Maoist) aims to consolidate its power in this area and establish a Compact Revolutionary Zone from which to advance the people's war in other parts of India. Peoples war (also called protracted peoples war) is a military-political strategy invented by Mao Zedong. ... “Mao” redirects here. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys constitution. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... , Andhra Pradesh  : (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్, Urdu: آندھرا پردیش, IPA: ), is a state in southern India. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarhi/Hindi: छत्तीसगढ़, IPA: )  , a state in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ... Maharashtra   (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र , English: , IPA: ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... West Bengal   (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ... The Compact Revolutionary Zone is a region that the Communist Party of India (Maoist) aims to establish as a continuous revolutionary base area from which to advance the peoples war in India. ...

Organization

The military wings of the respective organisations, People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (military wing of MCCI) and People's Guerrilla Army (military wing of PW), were also merged. The name of the unified military organisation is People's Liberation Guerrilla Army. P.V. Ramana, of the Observer Research Foundation in Delhi estimates the Naxilites' current strength at 9,000 -10,000 armed fighters, with access to about 6,500 firearms.^[1] The Asian Center for Human Rights alleges that the Maoists recruit child soldiers.[5] Delhi   (Hindi: , Urdu: , Punjabi: ), sometimes refered to as Dilli, is the second-largest metropolis in India after Mumbai with a population of 13 million. ... The Asian Centre for Human Rights is a non-governmental organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Asian region. ...

Status

The party is regarded by some as a "left-wing extremist entity" and a terrorist outfit and several of their members have been arrested by the Indian Government under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) ^[2][3]. The group is officially banned by the State Governments of Orissa^[4], Chattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, among others. The party has protested these bans.^[5] They are regarded as a serious security threat and the Indian government is taking countermeasures, pulling the affected states together to coordinate their response. It says it will combine improved policing with socio-economic measures to defuse grievances that fuel the Maoist cause.[6] In many states, private armies and vigilante groups, often government-sponsored, have sprung up to counter the Maoists. These have also forcibly recruited villagers against the Maoists.[7] Special insurance provisions have been made by the Indian government for paramilitary forces stationed in regions affected by the militant Maoists.[8] This article is becoming very long. ... Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ...

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Recent activities

• On March 15, 2007 an attack happened in the rebel stronghold area of Dantewada, in Chhattisgarh state. Fifty-four persons, including 15 personnel of the Chhattishgarh Armed Force, were killed in an offensive by 300 to 350 CPI (Maoist) cadres on a police base camp in the Bastar region in the early hours of Thursday. The remaining victims were tribal youths of Salwa Judum, designated as Special Police Officers (SPOs) and roped in to combat the Maoists. Eleven person were injured. The attack, which lasted nearly two-and-a-half hours, was spearheaded by the "State Military Commission (Maoist)", consisting of about 100 armed naxalites.^[6]

• On March 6, 2007 the CPI (Maoist) reportedly claimed responsibility for the Mahato assassination, but JMM members of the Jharkhand state cabinet, including the Chief Minister, subsequently announced that a state police investigation is under way into the authenticity of this claim. Police reportedly believe that political rivals of Mahato, including organized criminal groups, may have been behind the assassination.[9]

• On March 5, 2007, Maoist shot dead a local Congress leader (Prakash, a member of the local Mandal Praja Parishad (MPP)) in Andhra Pradesh while he was inspecting a road construction project in Mahabubnagar district. ^[7]

• On March 4, 2007, Maoist shot dead a member of the parliament Sunil Mahato of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party from Jharkhand state.^[8]

• On December 2, 2006, the BBC reported that at least 14 Indian policemen have been killed by Maoists in a landmine ambush near the town of Bokaro, 80 miles from Ranchi, the capital of the State of Jharkhand.^[9]

• On October 18, 2006, women belonging to the Maoist guerrilla force blasted four government buildings in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. On the day before, over a dozen armed cadres of the group, with support from male colleagues, blocked traffic on the Antagarh-Koylibera Road in the Kanker district, near the city of Raipur. They also detonated explosives inside four buildings, including two schools, in Kanker[10]. This incident occurred two days after a major leader of the party's operations in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, Kone Kedandam, surrendered to authorities in the town of Srikakulam.[11]

• On July 16, 2006, the Maoists attacked a relief camp in the Dantewada district where several villagers were kidnapped. The death toll was 29.^[10]

• On February 28, 2006, the Maoists attacked several anti-Maoist protesters in Erraboru village in Chhattisgarh using landmines, killing 25 people.^[11]

• On 13 November 2005, CPI (Maoist) fighters stunned authorities by attacking Jehanabad in Bihar, freeing 250 captured comrades and taking twenty imprisoned right wing paramilitaries captive, executing their leader. They also detonated several bombs in the town ^[12]. A prison guard was also reported killed.

• In August 2005, Maoists kidnapped from the Dantewada district of the state of Chhattisgarh.This fiollows violent incidents in 2004 in the same region when 50 policemen and about 300 villagers were killed in the Dantewada district and over 50,000 villagers were staying in relief camps out of fear from Maoists.^[13]

• In February 2005 the CPI (Maoist) killed 7 policemen, a civilian and injured many more during a mass attack on a school building in Venkatammanahalli village, Pavgada, Tumkur, Karnataka.^[14][15] On August 17, 2005, the government of Andhra Pradesh outlawed the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and various mass organizations close to it, and began to arrest suspected members and sympathizers days afterwards. The arrested included former emissaries at the peace talks of 2004.

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International connections

The CPI (Maoist) maintains dialogue with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) who control most of Nepal in the Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organizations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA). [source needed] The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (Nepali: ) is a Maoist political party in Nepal, founded in 1994 and led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal (otherwise known as Prachanda). ... The Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organizations of South Asia usually goes by its abbreviation, CCOMPOSA. As the name implies, it is an umbrella organization of various South Asian Maoist parties and movements and its purpose is to coordinate their activities throughout South Asia (as well as...

References

External links

• Lal Jhanda - Pro-Maoist Blog
• Indian Maoist
• India's war with itself Suhas Chakma of the Asian Centre of Human Rights reports on the human rights implications of the insurgency on Madrid11.net
• People's March - Voice of Indian Revolution, Independent Publication sympathetic to CPI (Maoist)
• Naxal Revolution (Pro-Maoist Blog)
• Resistance India (Pro-Maoist Blog)
• Bastar Pro Maoist blog
• Revolutionary Path Pro Maoist blog
• Parisar pro Maoist Students blog
• Naxalwatch - Anti-Naxal blog
• South Asia Terrorism Portal on the CPI(Maoist)
• The Naxalite Challenge - FrontLine
• South Asia Terrorism Portal - Map of naxalite influence in West Bengal
• Naxal Conflict Monitor - An Initiative of the Asian Center for Human Rights