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11-05-14 NEWS ANALYSIS By Kartik Lokhande  Seven cops killed, two injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Chamorshi tehsil of Gadchiroli district. The news came on Sunday morning. More details like names of the deceased jawans, shifting of two injured cops to Nagpur, intensification of combing operation by Gadchiroli Police etc emerged by the evening. However, one thing was missing sorely -- condemnation of the killing of these seven individuals. The so-called civil society and intellectuals and scholars who talk of ‘human rights’ of hardcore Maoist/Naxal cadres, whenever the cops arrest or kill or injure them in encounters, went mute when ‘human beings’ serving in the capacity of policemen were killed in landmine blast by the outlaws. These intellectuals, who take pride in devising the deceptive expressions like ‘Gandhians with guns’, went mute when the news of these killings was all over. It is not that the English-speaking elitist scholars and writer...

* Frustrated by these and other ‘unlike party’ trends, some senior leaders and cadres in CPI (Maoist) have been breaking away from the organisation By Kartik Lokhande UNDATED, Feb 2: Power struggle and differences have intensified within CPI (Maoist) organisation over several issues. Frustrated with the differences and ‘suppression’ by Telugu leaders and cadres, many Maoists are breaking away or leaving or surrendering before police in the recent past. Though not many are coming out openly on issues that led to their decision, a senior cadre Sabyasachi Panda had spelled out those in his detailed letter to Maoist top brass in late 2012. Initially, the Maoist leadership reacted to the letter and specific observations made in it as an attempt to malign the party. However, in its latest meeting, Central Committee of CPI (Maoist) has admitted to ‘damage’ caused by ‘renegade’ Panda’s letter. What did ‘that’ letter contain? There were a lot many shocking observations made by ...