Kartik Lokhande's blog

* 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 ...

* With the advancing age of General Secretary of the banned ultra-Left outfit Ganapathy, discussions on line of succession are intense and allegations of ‘Telugu domination’ are growing By Kartik Lokhande UNDATED, Jan 20: Power is poison. It vitiates organisation, it is said. The banned ultra-Left outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist) is experiencing this nowadays. With the advancing age of its supreme commander Muppalla Laxmana Rao alias Ganapathy, a struggle for his position has intensified within the Maoist organisation. The power struggle that began some time ago has intensified and serious rifts are emerging in the top leadership of the Maoist organisation. CPI (Maoist) came into being in September 2004 after merger of two biggest ultra-Left groups namely People’s War (PW) active in southern and Central India, and Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) active in northern parts of the country. Though the merger had taken place on ‘theoretical’ lines, some differences remained...