Cadres deserting, admit Maoists

"To get benefits of rewards and promotion, security forces are attacking villages and arresting Tribals, non-Tribal activists and youths and declaring them as Maoists," a Maoist leader claimed.

November 29, 2014 03:59 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 12:05 am IST - RAIPUR:

The outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) has admitted that its cadres are deserting the party and are getting attracted towards the “bankrupt” surrender policy employed by the government.

“It is true that some of our ‘weak’ cadres are getting attracted towards the bankrupt and corrupt surrender policy of the government and laying down their arms,” Gudsa Usendi, the spokesperson of the Danda Karanya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) of the CPI (Maoist), said in a press statement.

The Maoist statement has come in the wake of a spate of alleged Maoist surrenders in Bastar region of Chhhattisgarh.

Surrendered maoists face villagers' ire

The outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) has said some of their cadres are getting attracted towards “corrupt surrender policy” of the government

“The revolutionary public terms those who surrender before police enemies of people. The revolutionary public hates such people. When such people are coming back to their villages, they have to face people’s ire,” claimed Gudsa Usendi, spokesperson of the Danda Karanya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) of the CPI (Maoist), citing the example of surrendered former Mad Divisional Committee member of CPI (Maoist) Navin.

“When Navin went back to his Dhanora village in Narayanpur district along with the police, hundreds of villagers surrounded the police station and protested against him," said Gudsa Usendi and termed the current surrender policy of Chhattisgarh as “an earning opportunity” for senior police and paramilitary officers posted in the State.

“Under this surrender policy, hundreds of crores of rupees of un-auditable funds are being given to the police and paramilitary officials, which is leading to criminalisation of security forces in conflict areas. The government has also declared internal rewards and promotions for security forces. To get the benefits of rewards and promotion, security forces are increasingly attacking villages and arresting Tribals, non-Tribal activists and youths and declaring them as Maoists,” contended the Maoist leader.

Accusing the Chhattisgarh police of “threatening and forcing” people to surrender, Gudsa Usendi said that the police propaganda through print and electronic media on surrenders and arrests was an attempt to “defame” the Maoist party and to put “psychological pressure” on Maoist ranks, which might lead to confusion.

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