Telangana Maoist Tippiri Tirupathi, alias Debuji, has been named the new General Secretary of CPI (Maoist), succeeding Nambala Keshav Rao. Tirupathi, a Dalit leader from Korutla, previously served as politburo member and led the Central Military Commission.
The problem with the CPI(M) has been its dogmatic refusal to shed its ideological rigidity, embrace change in tune with the changing times and find new regional heroes to champion contemporary causes
Speculation arises in the party about the selection of his successor who can emerge as an accepted face as a mediator in the national-level non-BJP alliance partners in the coming days
