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Last chapter in Maoist story
Hindustan Times Thane
|October 18, 2025
The large number of surrenders indicates that the violent political movement is in disarray
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The Centre has set March 31, 2026, as the deadline to eliminate the Maoist movement.
But the armed political insurgency that dates back to the late 1960s and presently, centred mainly in the forested areas of central India, may fizzle out even before that. Since CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju, was killed in police action in Chhattisgarh in May, the political group has been in disarray. Many more have been killed in encounters with security forces, and a large number of cadres have surrendered. Close to 300 persons have laid down arms in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra in the past three days. The movement itself is divided, with a section advocating surrender.
This story is from the October 18, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Thane.
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