U Sudhakar Reddy Naxals, who once thrived in Andhra Pradesh, are today fighting for their survival in the state. Although Maoists from AP play a major role in the central committee of Maoists, as well as in the committees that rule the red bastions, including Dandakaranya, they have become insignificant within the state. While 2008 saw 96 incidents of violence by Naxals in Andhra , the following year this number fell to 56. Their downfall began in 2004 after the Maoist Communist Centre and People’s War merged to form the CPI Maoists and held talks with the government, giving the police a peek at the latest faces of the extremist forces. Later encounter killings, heavily paid informants, covert operations, rewards to those of them who opted to surrender, neu- tralising of frontal organisations and sym- pathisers, development acitivities in their territories and better intelligence gathering by the AP special intelligence branch that deals exclusively with Naxals, began taking a toll on their numbers.
The elite commando force, the Grey- hounds have had a lot to do with the suc- cesses of the police, such as in the elimina- tion of top Maoists leaders like Patel Sud- hakar Reddy. But the scene is very different on the national level as a majority of the members of the Maoist central committee, including its general secretary, Mupalla Lakshman Rao (alias Ganapathy), are from AP. Also, of the 30 or so central committee members, around a dozen are from AP.
They include Ramakrishna, Cherukuri Raj Kumar, Mallaojula Venugopal, Pulluri Prasada Rao, Modem Balakrishna, J. Narasimha Reddy (alias Jampanna), Mallo- jula Koteswara Rao alias Kishenji, Varanasi Subrahmanyam, Satyanrayana Reddy (alias Kosa), and Chalapati.
The central committee that looks after political affairs, and the central military commission that takes care of military affairs, are both dominated by Telugu- speaking Maoists. The Maoist central mili- tary commission functions under the direc- tions of the central chief, Ganapati. Central military commission in-charge, Nambala Keshava Rao (alias Basavaraj) and others.
The elite commando force, the Grey- hounds have had a lot to do with the suc- cesses of the police, such as in the elimina- tion of top Maoists leaders like Patel Sud- hakar Reddy. But the scene is very different on the national level as a majority of the members of the Maoist central committee, including its general secretary, Mupalla Lakshman Rao (alias Ganapathy), are from AP. Also, of the 30 or so central committee members, around a dozen are from AP.
They include Ramakrishna, Cherukuri Raj Kumar, Mallaojula Venugopal, Pulluri Prasada Rao, Modem Balakrishna, J. Narasimha Reddy (alias Jampanna), Mallo- jula Koteswara Rao alias Kishenji, Varanasi Subrahmanyam, Satyanrayana Reddy (alias Kosa), and Chalapati.
The central committee that looks after political affairs, and the central military commission that takes care of military affairs, are both dominated by Telugu- speaking Maoists. The Maoist central mili- tary commission functions under the direc- tions of the central chief, Ganapati. Central military commission in-charge, Nambala Keshava Rao (alias Basavaraj) and others.
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