Police Claim 6 Guerrilla Cadres Killed In Skirmish With Security Personnel In Narayanpur District

Narayanpur District, July 18, 2025: At least six persons police claim to be cadres of the CPI (Maoist) were killed in a firefight with security personnel in the hilly forested terrain of Abujhmad region in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, about 400 km south of Raipur, State Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) P. Sundarraj announced to the press today.

A combing operation was launched by a joint team of security forces in the Abujhmad region based on intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres in the area. An exchange of fire ensued on Friday afternoon and continued intermittently in the forest. Six bodies have been recovered so far from the encounter scene, the IGP stated in his report to the press, adding that the security forces have recovered one AK-47, a Self Loading rifle and other weapons, as well as explosives materials and items of daily use from the site of the gun battle.

The IGP concluded his remarks to the press by saying that as the search operation remains underway, further operational details could not to be shared, adding that there was however no report of any injury sustained by the security forces.

According to police officials, Abujhmad region in Narayanpur district, is among the seven Maoist-affected districts in Bastar Region, and is cited by police authorities as an epicenter of Maoist activity in south Chhattisgarh.

Source : https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Jul/18/six-maoists-killed-in-encounter-with-forces-in-chhattisgarhs-narayanpur

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ICSPWI Call For Mobilization On The Occasion Of Martyrs’ Week 2025 In India

The ICSPWI (International Committee to Support the People’s War in India) calls on MLM organizations and parties, all communist organizations and parties, revolutionaries, progressives, and sincere democrats, to mobilize in support of the People’s War in India and its leading party, the Communist Party of India (Maoist), on the occasion of Martyrs’ Week 2025 (July 28th – August 3rd).

The blood shed by the Indian revolutionary martyrs who fell for the New Democratic Revolution in India, the first step towards Socialism and Communism, must be honored: it is the blood shed by our comrades who are ready for the ultimate sacrifice to free India from the semi-feudal and semi-colonial yoke and from bureaucratic capitalism in the service of imperialism.

India is not only the largest country in the world, with approximately 1.5 billion people, but it is also the country ruled by Modi’s Hindutva (fascism with Hindu characteristics) regime and the main bastion of Yankee imperialism as well as the main supporter of the Zionist regime in South Asia and the world.

The Indian revolution (Protracted People’s War) has been active since 1969. Over the decades, it has succeeded in liberating millions of proletarians, peasants, and tribal people from feudal and caste oppression in the areas where it spread, covering an area inhabited by over 50 million people from the far north of the Indian subcontinent to the southern states of Kerala and Karnataka.

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is virtually the largest armed revolutionary party in absolute terms by number of comrades, mobilizing sectors of the masses through trade unions, women’s organizations, environmental organizations, and adivasis (tribals) and casteless groups. The PLGA numbers approximately 20,000 armed men, not counting local popular militias.

This great revolution is now entering a crucial phase: Modi’s Hindutva regime, through a brutal and genocidal military operation supported by imperialism and Zionism (using know-how and drones supplied directly by the Zionist Israeli state), Operation Kagaar, which involves tens of thousands of police, paramilitary forces, and the army, declares it will “defeat Maoism” in the country by April 2026.

As this deadline approaches, Operation Kagaar is intensifying: last May, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) himself, along with 27 other comrades and guerrillas, fell in combat after resisting a two-day encirclement by over 2,000 paramilitaries.

In recent months, hundreds of people, not only revolutionaries but also villagers and tribals, have been massacred during this military operation.

Indian civil society has called on the government to immediately stop this “war against the people” and accept the CPI (Maoist)’s proposal to initiate negotiations, but Modi’s Hindutva regime not only continues its course but also labels these activists “urban Maoists,” repressing them as well.

Fourteen years ago, on July 1st, Comrade Azad, a member of the party’s central committee and political bureau, was killed in a fake encounter. He was arrested and subsequently killed in cold blood.

A few months later, on November 24, 2011, Comrade Kishenji, a member of the party’s political bureau, was martyred in another fake encounter.

The martyrs of the Indian revolution are the best sons of the Indian people who sacrificed their lives not only for the liberation of India, but of the entire world, from exploitation, contributing to the World Proletarian Revolution.

Since October 7, 2023, the Communist Party of India (Maoist) has actively supported the Palestinian resistance, despite the difficulties it is experiencing, organizing support and propaganda actions in India.

It is therefore an internationalist duty to support this advanced revolutionary experience and remember its martyrs, who are also ours.

ICSPWI therefore calls for mobilization in all countries of the world on the occasion of the CPI (Maoist) Martyrs’ Week from July 28 to August 3, and in accordance with the specific objective and subjective conditions in each country, organizing:

• Actions and protests at Indian embassies and consulates
• Support meetings
• Propaganda actions in factories, workplaces, among struggling workers and peasants, in working-class neighborhoods, and in universities

The martyrs of the revolution are immortal!

The revolutionaries of the CPI (Maoist) are our comrades!

Comrades Basavaraj, Azad, and Kishenji, leaders of the new democratic revolution in India, will never be forgotten; their example will inspire future generations of revolutionaries!

Stop operation Kagaar! Immediate freedom for all political prisoners in India!

Long live the Communist Party of India (Maoist)!

Long Live the People’s War in India!

For more information and materials, contact: csgpindia@gmail.com

ICSPWI

Source : http://icspwindia.site/2025/07/14/call-for-mobilization-on-the-occasion-of-martyrs-week-july-28th-august-3rd-in-india/

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Indian State Presses on With Repressive Operation Kagaar

A roundtable meeting organized by the Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded an immediate halt to Operation Kagaar and urged the Union government to hold peace negotiations with the CPI (Maoist). The meeting also passed a resolution calling for the bodies of Maoist leader Namballa Kesava Rao and others killed to be handed over to their families.

The meeting was held on Sunday in protest against the “Central government’s repressive actions” under Operation Kagaar. The meeting also called for a judicial inquiry by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the Narayanpur massacre and the ongoing violence in the forests. The resolution expressed solidarity with the democratic movements opposing the corporate exploitation of forest lands rich in minerals and natural resources. It demanded constitutional protection of tribal rights and the removal of paramilitary and police camps from forest areas.

CPI leader Ramakrishna said the so-called Operation Kagaar is nothing but State repression and demanded that the Central government stop it. He reiterated that the recent encounter, which claimed 27 lives, including that of Namballa Kesava Rao, was not a real encounter but a cold-blooded government killing. He criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for congratulating those responsible for the killings and condemned the delay in handing over of the bodies.

CPI (M) State leader V. Umamaheswara Rao alleged that Operation Kagaar is a conspiracy to hand over forest resources to corporate entities and it involves killing Maoists and tribals. He stressed that no political party would accept the violation of tribal rights and, despite ideological differences, united struggle is needed for civil rights. He accused Mr. Modi of halting Operation Sindoor on Trump’s orders.

Dalit Bahujan Front leader Korivi Vinay Kumar said the photos of the deceased clearly indicate this was a massacre, not an encounter, and called for resistance against these brutal actions.

Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah announced to the press on Wednesday (May 21) that CPI (Maoist) General Secretary Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraj, was among 27 Maoists killed by security personnel in a firefight in the Abujhmad area of Chhattisgarh state that day. One District Reserve Guard (DRG) team member was killed and several other security personnel sustained injuries in the encounter.

According to HAM Shah, the DRG, a specialized unit of the Chhattisgarh State Police, received intelligence inputs about a large number of Central Committee and Politburo members of the Maoist party, as well as senior Maad Division cadres and cadres of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), in Abujhmad area.

HAM Shah said that, following the inputs, teams from Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur, and Kondagaon districts were dispatched to Abujhmad for the combing operation that went on for 72 hours inside the thick jungles of the region. During the combing operation a skirmish broke out between cadres of the Maoist party and the security forces.

HAM Shah concluded his remarks by declaring that following the encounter the bodies of 27 Maoists, including Nambala Keshav Rao, were recovered from the site of the gun battle, adding that the combing operation was ongoing.

Meanwhile, Rao’s family members at Jiyannapet were not sure whether his body would be brought to his native village.

Last month, the CPI (Maoist) said it was ready for dialogue if the government withdrew security forces and halted the ongoing offensive.

Early Life of Nambala Keshav Rao

Basavraj was born on July 10, 1955, in Jiyannapet in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.

He was drawn towards the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideology since his engineering days. He joined the CPI (ML) People’s War, led by Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, in 1980.

He was also an active member of the RSU.

His active participation with the Maoist movement started in Visakhapatnam. Basavaraj, along with Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, who was killed in July 2010, established the Rythu Coolie Sangham. He had focused on the tribal areas of what is now ASR district.

From 1980 to 1987, he worked in various capacities in Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts under the East Division.

After the expulsion of Kondapalli from the party, he was drafted into the Central Committee of the CPI (ML) PWG, which later became CPI (Maoist) with the merger of PWG and MCCI (Maoist Communist Centre of India), in 2004. He had played a key role in the merger and was the main strategist behind the idea of making the ‘Red Corridor’ and ‘Janatana Sarkar’ (People’s Government) in Chhattisgarh state.

In 2001, he became a member of the Politburo of the Maoist party and the chief of the party’s Central Military Commission (CMC).

In a press statement dated November 10, 2018, the CPI (Maoist) announced that Muppalla Lakshman Rao alias Ganapathy had “withdrawn from his responsibilities”, and the new general secretary of the party was Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraj.

In another exchance an individual believed to be a Naxalite was killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, a police official announced to the press on Friday.

According to the police official, the firefight broke out on Thursday evening in a forest near Kistaram during an anti-Naxal operation carried out by a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force, and the CRPF’s elite CoBRA unit.

The police official claimed that authorities received intelligence inputs concerning the presence of a large number of Naxalites in the dense forests of Kistaram.

Acting upon this information, a joint task force comprising jawans of the District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force, and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action was deployed for an anti-Naxal combing operation. As the security personnel arrived at the site of the gun battle, a squad of Naxalites opened fire, prompting an immediate retaliation, the police official alleged.

In conclusion, the police official stated that this incident followed a separate encounter on Thursday along the Sukma-Bijapur inter-district border, where both a CoBRA commando and a Naxalite were said to have been killed.

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India: Peace Coalition Presses For Ceasefire In Government’s Internal War On Its Own Citizens

As India returned from the brink of war with its neighbor, concerned citizens from across states gathered at New Delhi, last week, to form ‘Coordination Committee for Peace’ — a civil society coalition raising the call for immediate ceasefire in the security forces’ unabated internal war in Schedule V areas of the mainland. Amidst reports of the suspension of a major military engagement launched on April 21, in the Karregutta range of hills near Chhattisgarh’s border with Telangana, Adivasi bodies continue to pile up from Bastar to Jharkhand, accompanied with horrifying tales of government brutality. Media reports suggest that at least 25 people (Maoists/civilians) were recently killed by paramilitary forces in the Karregutta hills area. This takes the toll of the government’s war in Bastar closer to 500, since Operation Kagaar, the most aggressive offensive after Salwa Judum, was launched last January. While CPI (Maoist) unilaterally declared ceasefire a month ago, and has repeatedly been calling for peace talks, ever since, the Government continues the military offensive with a blind eye towards the political questions of Adivasi rights.

More than 300 civil society organizations, people’s movements, and concerned individuals from across India had appealed to both the Government and the CPI (Maoist) in early April for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and peace talks. They also wrote to the President, Prime Minister and Home Minister. On 8-9 May, 19 organizations and several notable individuals, who are part of this collective civil society effort, came together and formed the Coordinating Committee for Peace to continue their advocacy for the ceasefire and peace talks. It is expected that more democratic organizations will join the committee in the days to come.

Prominent members of the Coordination Committee for Peace addressed a press conference on Friday, May 9, at Press Club of India, New Delhi, throwing light on various aspects of the ceasefire demand. CPI (ML) Liberation General Secretary, Dipankar Bhattacharya also addressed the conference. Speakers at the presser included former Andhra Pradesh High Court judge, Justice B Chandra Kumar; retired Hyderabad Central University Professor G Haragopal; writer Meena Kandasamy; Delhi University Sociology Professor Nandini Sundar; Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasbha representative Dinesh Murmu; People’s Union for Civil Liberties National President Kavita Srivastava; Coordination of Democratic Rights Organization Co-Convenor Kranthi Chaitanya; and Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization Convenor Ehtmam.

The committee members articulated their firm collective opinion that the public offer of restraint by the CPI (Maoist) leadership called for a matching government response rooted in constitutional responsibility and political foresight. While the Chhattisgarh Home Minister Vijay Sharma has often held out the fig leaf of “unconditional” talks with the Maoist combatants, albeit with the presumption of a willingness on their part to lay down arms, the simultaneous escalation of extensive military operations has sent a deeply contradictory message. The continuing ban in Chhattisgarh, since November, on Moolvasi Bachao Manch, a democratic association comprising unarmed Adivasi youth; the arrest and denial of bail to scores of its young activists, with UAPA invoked against Raghu Midiyami, Sunita Pottam, and others, have further eroded the confidence of people.

A month into the public advocacy for immediate ceasefire and peace talks, the demand now echoes across the country. Protests and public events have been organised in parts of Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka, and Delhi, since March, to raise the banner of internal ceasefire and peace talks. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) President and MP Dr Thirumavalavan wrote about the matter to Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah. The CPI, CPI (M) and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) have also pledged support. Former Telanagana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao addressed a public meeting at Warangal where he called upon the ruling regime to declare the ceasefire, while current CM A Revanth Reddy also expressed support. CPI (ML) Liberation and CPI (ML) New Democracy have hit the streets with the demand across states.

Coordination Committee for Peace delegations also met Rahul Gandhi (Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha) and Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge (LoP, Rajya Sabha) on 9-10 May, urging them to lend political support to the demand for ceasefire and peace talks between the Maoist party leadership, on the one hand, and the central and state government representatives, on the other. The delegations further asked them to mobilize other INDIA parties on this issue. They also met CPI National Secretary D Raja, and CPI (M) General Secretary MA Baby.

At this juncture, according to the peace coalition, an unconditional ceasefire by the Government is a constitutional imperative deriving from Article 21. It is the only viable way to halt the violence, rebuild trust among Adivasi communities, and reaffirm the state’s commitment to justice, peace, and democratic values. The Coordination Committee for Peace reiterates its demands here below, and appeals to all citizens and democratic and political forces to support this process and make the state deliver its constitutional obligations:

1. The government should stop the offensive in Adivasi areas, initiating and implementing a credible ceasefire in all fairness.

2. The CPI (Maoist), having unilaterally declared a ceasefire, should stick to their assurance.

3. Dialogue must begin between the Government and CPI (Maoist), at the earliest. All Adivasi groups and leaders working for the democratic rights of people should be a part of the dialogue.

4. Free access to all the conflict areas should be provided to the independent civil organizations and the media.

5. People’s livelihood needs and constitutional rights must be addressed urgently.

6. The state should immediately release Adivasis and other activists jailed for asserting their democratic rights and make them an equal stakeholder in this dialogue. (For example, the activists of Moolvasi Bachao Manch).

Press statement, 12 May 2025

Peace Coalition Presses for Ceasefire in Government’s Internal War on Its Own Citizens

source: Red Spark

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CPI TSC Declares Six-Month Ceasefire While Renewing Call For Peace Talks With Indian State

The CPI Telangana State Committee has declared a six-month ceasefire, effective immediately, while renewing its appeal for peace talks with the government.

In a press release dated May 5, 2025, signed by Comrade Jagan, spokesperson for the CPI Telangana State Committee, the Maoist party announced the ceasefire, citing public demand to halt Operation Kagaar.

In the statement, Comrade Jagan noted that the recent casualties prompted the party to seek de-escalation to avoid further losses. The statement also referred to the growing calls from democratic groups, people’s organizations, and political parties for dialogue over violence.

Comrade Jagan referred to statements by Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who expressed openness to dialogue, and BRS leaders K Chandrasekhar Rao and K Kavitha, who also echoed similar sentiments.

Comrade Jagan emphasized that dialogue is a democratic tool to resolve conflicts and foster peace. He noted that intellectuals and hundreds of organizations have joined the chorus for negotiations. To create a conducive atmosphere, the guerrillas have committed themselves to the ceasefire, urging the government to reciprocate by initiating talks through a peace committee, formed to facilitate dialogue.

Source : https://thesouthfirst.com/telangana/maoists-announce-six-months-ceasefire-renew-appeal-for-peace-talks/

Source : https://telanganatoday.com/maoist-telangana-state-committee-announces-six-month-ceasefire

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2 STF Jawans Injured In IED Blast Allegedly Triggered By Naxalites In Bijapur District

Two STF jawans (special task force soldiers) sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) authorities believe was triggered by Naxalites in order to blow up a vehicle they were traveling in went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday, a police official announced to the press today.

According to the police official, the blast occurred around 5.45pm near the Gorla rivulet under the Madded police station limits when a team of STF personnel was returning in a pick-up vehicle after an anti-Naxalite operation.

As per the police officials report, the alleged Naxalites triggered the blast in a bid to target the vehicle, but the explosion took place some distance away.

In his prepared remarks, the police official stated that two personnel of the Special Task Force (STF), a unit of the state police, sustained minor injuries due to shock waves in the impact of the explosion, adding that there was no serious damage to any vehicle or personnel due to the IED blast.

The police official concluded his statement by saying that the injured STF jawans were administered first aid at the primary health center in Madded and later shifted to the Bijapur District Hospital for further treatment, adding that they were believed to be out of danger and that a combing operation was underway in the area of the IED blast.

source: Red Spark

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INDIA: Hacia una campaña de un año de duración para apoyar la Guerra Popular en la India y al Partido Comunista de la India (Maoísta).

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