CPI (ML) Mass Line condemns Bijapur encounter, tells Maoists to fight democratically

Secretary Potu Ranga Rao said that Centre has declared war on Bastar people and Maoist movement like a war against foreign enemies by means of ‘Operation Kagar’

Khammam: CPI (ML) Mass Line (Praja Pandha) secretary Potu Ranga Rao condemned the killing of 31 Maoists by security forces in an encounter in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.

In a statement here on Monday he said that the Modi government at the Centre has declared war on Bastar people and the Maoist movement like a war against foreign enemies by means of ‘Operation Kagar’.

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As many as 70,000 Central and State police have been combing the forests and adivasi villages were being burnt. The security forces have been occupying Abujhmarh as if they were occupying foreign territory using coverts and modern technology, besides encouraging surrender of Maoists on a large-scale, he said.

Ranga Rao noted that the Naxalite movement was being portrayed as an internal security threat rather than a socio-economic and political issue. The movement was not seen as a people’s struggle over tribal issues, oppression, land, wages, equal opportunities, rights and fight against the attempts of corporate powers to exploit the minerals hidden in the territory.

The BJP fascist government sees the communists as its main enemies and works for the interests of domestic and foreign corporate powers like Adani, Ambani and others. In turn the corporate forces were supporting the government.

“The massacre in Chhattisgarh must be stopped. It must be seen as a social issue. It must be dealt with constitutionally. Civil society must protest against bloodthirstiness of the Central government,” Ranga Rao stated.

The CPI (Maoist) party leadership should also get rid of their extremist idea that they were waging a war and that they have liberated the area in which they were operating. The party should engage in democratic and public movements for the rights of tribals, he suggested.