Understanding India’s Maoists

About the Book

The proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, also known in India as Naxalites, is the most lethal and largest of all such groups. Its ultimate aim is to capture/seize political/state power through protracted people’s war (PPW), on the lines propounded by Mao Tse Tung.

This volume is a modest attempt to understand the thought process of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). In this wake, some of the more important documents of the Maoists have been edited and compiled in this volume. These have been classified under various heads viz. Organisational Aspects; Interviews; Unity Congress; Central Committee/Polit Bureau Circulars/Statements; Synchronised/Large Scale Attacks; and Statements on other Organisations.

About the Author

P.V. Ramana is a Research Fellow at IDSA. He is the editor of a book entitled The Naxal Challenge (2008). His IDSA Occasional Paper No. 20 entitled Measures to Deal with Left-Wing Extremism/Naxalism was published in 2011.

He has written extensively on the Naxalite-Maoist movement in India. His writings have been published in Defense and Security Analysis, Routledge, London (December 2006) and in the authoritative Jane's Intelligence Review, London (June 2008).

He was a visiting Fellow at International Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo, Norway, and Department of History, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.

He was consulted by the All India Congress Committee (AICC)-appointed Task Force on Naxalite Violence, in 2005, in the preparation of its report.

He has lectured at SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad, Army War College, Mhow, Internal Security Academy, Mount Abu, ITBP Academy, Mussoorie, and Border Security Force Academy, Tekanpur.

He has contributed articles in English and vernacular newspapers in India and appears frequently on various television channels

Contents

INTRODUCTION

India’s Maoists: Profile and Thought Process

DOCUMENTS

Section I: Organisational Aspects

Constitution of the CPI (Maoist)
Strategy and Tactics
Urban Movement
People’s Government

Section II: Interviews with Top-Leadership

Interview with Ganapathy, General Secretary, CPI (Maoist) - I
Interview with Ganapathy, General Secretary, CPI (Maoist) - II
Interview with Azad, Spokesperson, Central Committee, CPI (Maoist) - I
Interview with Azad, Spokesperson, Central Committee, CPI (Maoist) - II
Interview with Kishenji, Politburo Member, CPI (Maoist)

Section III: Unity Congress/9th Congress

Press Release
Call of the Unity Congress
Resolution on Conflicts across the Globe
Resolution on Death Sentence
Resolution on Farmers’ Suicides
Resolution on Khairlanji Dalit Massacre
Resolution on Hindu Fascism
Resolution on Political Prisoners
Resolution on Secessionist/Insurgent Movements

Section IV: Central Committee/Politburo Circulars/Statements

Basaguda Exchange of Fire
Agenda, Post-2009 Elections
Assessment of Political Conditions
Statement on the Expulsion of Lanka Papi Reddy

Section V: Synchronised/Large-Scale Attacks

Koraput Armoury Raid
Giridih Home Guards Armoury Raid
Jehanabad Jail Break
Nayagarh Armoury Raid
Balimela Attack

Section VI: Statements on other Organisations

Annexures
Index

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