In this interview, taken from the October 17, 2009 issue of Open,
Ganapathi, General Secretary of the CPI (Maoist), talks about the
party�s work in Lalgarh, its response to the government�s upcoming
military offensive, the political situation in Nepal, the defeat of
the LTTE, the contradictory nature of Islamist movements in the world
today, and the role of the new chieftain of US imperialism.
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��We Shall Certainly Defeat the Government�
Somewhere in the impregnable jungles of Dandakaranya, the supreme
commander of CPI (Maoist) spoke to Open on issues ranging from the
Government�s proposed anti-Naxal offensive to Islamist Jihadist
movements
The supreme commander of CPI (Maoist) talks to Open in his first-ever interview.
At first sight, Mupalla Laxman Rao, who is about to turn 60, looks
like a school teacher. In fact, he was one in the early 1970s in
Andhra Pradesh�s Karimnagar district. In 2009, however, the
bespectacled, soft-spoken figure is India�s Most Wanted Man. He runs
one of the world�s largest Left insurgencies�a man known in Home
Ministry dossiers as Ganapathi; a man whose writ runs large through 15
states. The supreme commander of CPI (Maoist) is a science graduate
and holds a B Ed degree as well. He still conducts classes, but now
they are on guerilla warfare for other senior Maoists. He replaced the
founder of the People�s War Group, Kondapalli Seetharaamiah, as the
party�s general-secretary in 1991. Ganapathi is known to change his
location frequently, and intelligence reports say he has been spotted
in cities like Hyderabad, Kolkata and Kochi. After months of attempts,
Ganapathi agreed to give his first-ever interview. Somewhere in the
impregnable jungles of Dandakaranya, he spoke to RAHUL PANDITA on
issues ranging from the Government�s proposed anti-Naxal offensive to
Islamist Jihadist movements.
Q Lalgarh has been described as the New Naxalbari by the CPI (Maoist).
How has it become so significant for you?
A The Lalgarh mass uprising has, no doubt, raised new hopes among the
oppressed people and the entire revolutionary camp in West Bengal. It
has great positive impact not only on the people of West Bengal but
also on the people all over the country. It has emerged as a new model
of mass movement in the country. We had seen similar types of
movements earlier in Manipur, directed against Army atrocities and
Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), in Kashmir, in Dandakaranya
and to some extent in Orissa, after the Kalinganagar massacre
perpetrated by the Naveen Patnaik government.
Then there have been mass movements in Singur and Nandigram but there
the role of a section of the ruling classes is also significant. These
movements were utilised by the ruling class parties for their own
electoral interests. But Lalgarh is a more widespread and more
sustained mass political movement that has spurned the leadership of
all the parliamentary political parties, thereby rendering them
completely irrelevant. The people of Lalgarh had even boycotted the
recent Lok Sabha polls, thereby unequivocally demonstrating their
anger and frustration with all the reactionary ruling class parties.
Lalgarh also has some distinctive features such as a high degree of
participation of women, a genuinely democratic character and a wider
mobilisation of Adivasis. No wonder, it has become a rallying point
for the revolutionary-democratic forces in West Bengal.
Q If it is a people�s movement, how did Maoists get involved in Lalgarh?
A As far as our party�s role is concerned, we have been working in
Paschim Midnapur, Bankura and Purulia, in what is popularly known as
Jangalmahal since the 1980s. We fought against the local feudal
forces, against the exploitation and oppression by the forest
officials, contractors, unscrupulous usurers and the goondaism of both
the CPM and Trinamool Congress. The ruling CPM, in particular, has
become the chief exploiter and oppressor of the Adivasis of the
region, and it has unleashed its notorious vigilant� gangs called
Harmad Vahini on whoever questions its authority. With the State
authority in its hands, and with the aid of the police, it is playing
a role worse than that of the cruel landlords in other regions of the
country.
Given this background, anyone who dares to fight against oppression
and exploitation by the CPM can win the respect and confidence of the
people. Since our party has been fighting uncompromisingly against the
atrocities of the CPM goons, it naturally gained the confidence and
respect of the people of the region.
The police atrocities in the wake of the landmine blast on 2 November
[in 2008, from which West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb
Bhattacharjee had a narrow escape] acted as the trigger that brought
the pent-up anger of the masses into the open. This assumed the form
of a long-drawn mass movement, and our party played the role of a
catalyst.
Q But not so long ago, the CPM was your friend. You even took arms and
ammunition from it to fight the Trinamool Congress. This has been
confirmed by a Politburo member of CPI (Maoist) in certain interviews.
And now you are fighting the CPM with the help of the Trinamool. How
did a friend turn into a foe and vice-versa?
A This is only partially true. We came to know earlier that some
ammunition was taken by our local cadre from the CPM unit in the area.
There was, however, no understanding with the leadership of the CPM in
this regard. Our approach was to unite all sections of the oppressed
masses at the lower levels against the goondaism and oppression of
Trinamool goons in the area at that time. And since a section of the
oppressed masses were in the fold of the CPM at that time, we fought
together with them against Trinamool. Still, taking into consideration
the overall situation in West Bengal, it was not a wise step to take
arms and ammunition from the CPM even at the local level when the
contradiction was basically between two sections of the reactionary
ruling classes.
Our central committee discussed this, criticised the comrade
responsible for taking such a decision, and directed the concerned
comrades to stop this immediately. As regards taking ammunition from
the Trinamool Congress, I remember that we had actually purchased it
not directly from the Trinamool but from someone who had links with
the Trinamool. There will never be any conditions or agreements with
those selling us arms. That has been our understanding all along. As
regards the said interview by our Politburo member, we will verify
what he had actually said.
Q What are your tactics now in Lalgarh after the massive offensive by
the Central and state forces?
A First of all, I wish to make it crystal clear that our party will
spearhead and stand firmly by the side of the people of Lalgarh and
entire Jangalmahal, and draw up tactics in accordance with the
people�s interests and mandate. We shall spread the struggle against
the State everywhere and strive to win over the broad masses to the
side of the people�s cause. We shall fight the State offensive by
mobilising the masses more militantly against the police, Harmad
Vahini and CPM goons. The course of the development of the movement,
of course, will depend on the level of consciousness and preparedness
of the people of the region. The party will take this into
consideration while formulating its tactics. The initiative of the
masses will be released fully.
Q The Government has termed Lalgarh a �laboratory� for anti-Naxal
operations. Has your party also learnt any lessons from Lalgarh?
A Yes, our party too has a lot to learn from the masses of Lalgarh.
Their upsurge was beyond our expectations. In fact, it was the common
people, with the assistance of advanced elements influenced by
revolutionary politics, who played a crucial role in the formulation
of tactics. They formed their own organisation, put forth their
charter of demands, worked out various novel forms of struggle, and
stood steadfast in the struggle despite the brutal attacks by the
police and the social-fascist Harmad gangs. The Lalgarh movement has
the support of revolutionary and democratic forces not only in West
Bengal but in the entire country. We are appealing to all
revolutionary and democratic forces in the country to unite to fight
back the fascist offensive by the Buddhadeb government in West Bengal
and the UPA Government at the Centre. By building the broadest
fighting front, and by adopting appropriate tactics of combining the
militant mass political movement with armed resistance of the people
and our PLGA (People�s Liberation Guerilla Army), we will defeat the
massive offensive by the Central-state forces. I cannot say more than
this at the present juncture.
Q The Centre has declared an all-out war against Maoists by branding
the CPI (Maoist) a terrorist organisation and imposing an all-India
ban on the party. How has it affected your party?
A Our party has already been banned in several states of India. By
imposing the ban throughout the country, the Government now wants to
curb all our open activities in West Bengal and a few other states
where legal opportunities exist to some extent. The Government wants
to use this draconian UAPA [Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act] to
harass whoever dares to raise a voice against fake encounters, rapes
and other police atrocities on the people residing in Maoist-dominated
regions. Anyone questioning the State�s brutalities will now be
branded a terrorist.
The real terrorists and biggest threats to the country�s security are
none other than Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram, Buddhadeb, other ruling
class leaders and feudal forces who terrorise the people on a daily
basis.
The UPA Government had declared, as soon as it assumed power for the
second time, that it would crush the Maoist �menace� and began pouring
in huge funds to the states for this purpose. The immediate reason
behind this move is the pressure exerted by the comprador bureaucratic
bourgeoisie and the imperialists, particularly US imperialists, who
want to plunder the resources of our country without any hindrance.
These sharks aspire to swallow the rich abundant mineral and forest
wealth in the vast contiguous region stretching from Jangalmahal to
north Andhra. This region is the wealthiest as well as the most
underdeveloped part of our country. These sharks want to loot the
wealth and drive the Adivasi people of the region to further
impoverishment.
Another major reason for the current offensive by the ruling classes
is the fear of the rapid growth of the Maoist movement and its
increasing influence over a significant proportion of the Indian
population. The Janatana Sarkars in Dandakaranya and the revolutionary
people�s committees in Jharkhand, Orissa and parts of some other
states have become new models of genuine people�s democracy and
development. The rulers want to crush these new models of development
and genuine democracy, as these are emerging as the real alternative
before the people of the country at large.
Q The Home Ministry has made preparations for launching a long-term
battle against Maoists. A huge force will be soon trying to wrest away
areas from your control. How do you plan to confront this offensive?
A Successive governments in various states and the Centre have been
hatching schemes over the years. But they could not achieve any
significant success through their cruel offensive in spite of
murdering hundreds of our leaders and cadres. Our party and our
movement continued to consolidate and expand to new regions. From two
or three states, the movement has now spread to over 15 states, giving
jitters to the ruling classes. Particularly after the merger of the
erstwhile MCCI and People�s War in September 2004 [the merger between
these groups led to the formation of the CPI (Maoist)], the UPA
Government has unleashed the most cruel all-round offensive against
the Maoist movement. Yet our party continued to grow despite suffering
some severe losses. In the past three years, in particular, our PLGA
has achieved several significant victories.
We have been confronting the continuous offensive of the enemy with
the support and active involvement of the masses. We shall confront
the new offensive of the enemy by stepping up such heroic resistance
and preparing the entire party, PLGA, the various revolutionary
parties and organisations and the entire people. Although the enemy
may achieve a few successes in the initial phase, we shall certainly
overcome and defeat the Government offensive with the active
mobilisation of the vast masses and the support of all the
revolutionary and democratic forces in the country. No fascist regime
or military dictator in history could succeed in suppressing forever
the just and democratic struggles of the people through brute force,
but were, on the contrary, swept away by the high tide of people�s
resistance. People, who are the makers of history, will rise up like a
tornado under our party�s leadership to wipe out the reactionary
blood-sucking vampires ruling our country.
Q Why do you think the CPI (Maoist) suffered a serious setback in
Andhra Pradesh?
A It was due to several mistakes on our part that we suffered a
serious setback in most of Andhra Pradesh by 2006. At the same time,
we should also look at the setback from another angle. In any
protracted people�s war, there will be advances and retreats. If we
look at the situation in Andhra Pradesh from this perspective, you
will understand that what we did there is a kind of retreat.
Confronted with a superior force, we chose to temporarily retreat our
forces from some regions of Andhra Pradesh, extend and develop our
bases in the surrounding regions and then hit back at the enemy.
Now even though we received a setback, it should be borne in mind that
this setback is a temporary one. The objective conditions in which our
revolution began in Andhra Pradesh have not undergone any basic
change. This very fact continues to serve as the basis for the growth
and intensification of our movement. Moreover, we now have a more
consolidated mass base, a relatively better-trained people�s guerilla
army and an all-India party with deep roots among the basic classes
who comprise the backbone of our revolution. This is the reason why
the reactionary rulers are unable to suppress our revolutionary war,
which is now raging in several states in the country.
We had taken appropriate lessons from the setback suffered by our
party in Andhra Pradesh and, based on these lessons, drew up tactics
in other states. Hence we are able to fight back the cruel all-round
offensive of the enemy effectively, inflict significant losses on the
enemy, preserve our subjective forces, consolidate our party, develop
a people�s liberation guerilla army, establish embryonic forms of new
democratic people�s governments in some pockets, and take the people�s
war to a higher stage. Hence we have an advantageous situation,
overall, for reviving the movement in Andhra Pradesh. Our revolution
advances wave-like and periods of ebb yield place to periods of high
tide.
Q What are the reasons for the setback suffered by the LTTE in Sri Lanka?
A There is no doubt that the movement for a separate sovereign Tamil
Eelam has suffered a severe setback with the defeat and considerable
decimation of the LTTE. The Tamil people and the national liberation
forces are now leaderless. However, the Tamil people at large continue
to cherish nationalist aspirations for a separate Tamil homeland. The
conditions that gave rise to the movement for Tamil Eelam, in the
first place, prevail to this day. The Sinhala-chauvinist Sri Lankan
ruling classes can never change their policy of discrimination against
the Tamil nation, its culture, language, etcetera. The jingoistic
rallies and celebrations organised by the government and Sinhala
chauvinist parties all over Sri Lanka in the wake of Prabhakaran�s
death and the defeat of the LTTE show the national hatred for Tamils
nurtured by Sinhala organisations and the extent to which the minds of
ordinary Sinhalese are poisoned with such chauvinist frenzy.
The conspiracy of the Sinhala ruling classes in occupying Tamil
territories is similar to that of the Zionist rulers of Israel. The
land-starved Sinhala people will now be settled in Tamil areas. The
entire demography of the region is going to change. The ground remains
fertile for the resurgence of the Tamil liberation struggle.
Even if it takes time, the war for a separate Tamil Eelam is certain
to revive, taking lessons from the defeat of the LTTE. By adopting a
proletarian outlook and ideology, adopting new tactics and building
the broadest united front of all nationalist and democratic forces, it
is possible to achieve the liberation of the oppressed Tamil nation
[in Sri Lanka]. Maoist forces have to grow strong enough to provide
leadership and give a correct direction and anti-imperialist
orientation to this struggle to achieve a sovereign People�s
Democratic Republic of Tamil Eelam. This alone can achieve the genuine
liberation of the Tamil nation in Sri Lanka.
Q Is it true that you received military training from the LTTE initially?
A No. It is not a fact. We had clarified this several times in the past.
Q But, one of your senior commanders has told me that some senior
cadre of the erstwhile PWG did receive arms training and other support
from the LTTE.
A Let me reiterate, there is no relation at all between our party and
the LTTE. We tried several times to establish relations with the LTTE
but its leadership was reluctant to have a relationship with Maoists
in India. Hence, there is no question of the LTTE giving training to
us. In spite of it, we continued our support to the struggle for Tamil
Eelam. However, a few persons who had separated from the LTTE came
into our contact and we took their help in receiving initial training
in the last quarter of the 1980s.
Q Does your party have links with Lashkar-e-Toiba or other Islamic
militant groups having links with Pakistan?
A No. Not at all. This is only mischievous, calculated propaganda by
the police officials, bureaucrats and leaders of the reactionary
political parties to defame us and thereby justify their cruel
offensive against the Maoist movement. By propagating the lie that our
party has links with groups linked to Pakistan�s ISI, the reactionary
rulers of our country want to prove that we too are terrorists and
gain legitimacy for their brutal terror campaign against Maoists and
the people in the areas of armed agrarian struggle. Trying to prove
the involvement of a foreign hand in every just and democratic
struggle, branding those fighting for the liberation of the oppressed
as traitors to the country, is part of the psychological-war of the
reactionary rulers.
Q What is your party�s stand regarding Islamist jihadist movements?
A Islamic jihadist movements of today are a product of
imperialist�particularly US imperialist�aggression, intervention,
bullying, exploitation and suppression of the oil-rich Islamic and
Arab countries of West Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, etcetera,
and the persecution of the entire Muslim religious community. As part
of their designs for global hegemony, the imperialists, particularly
US imperialists, have encouraged and endorsed every war of brazen
aggression and brutal attacks by their surrogate state of Israel.
Our party unequivocally opposes every attack on Arab and Muslim
countries and the Muslim community at large in the name of �war on
global terror�. In fact, Muslim religious fundamentalism is encouraged
and fostered by imperialists as long as it serves their interests�such
as in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, and Kuwait, Afghanistan,
Iraq, Pakistan.
Q But what about attacks perpetrated by the so-called �Jihadis� on
innocent people like it happened on 26/11?
A See, Islamic jihadist movements have two aspects: one is their
anti-imperialist aspect, and the other their reactionary aspect in
social and cultural matters. Our party supports the struggle of Muslim
countries and people against imperialism, while criticising and
struggling against the reactionary ideology and social outlook of
Muslim fundamentalism. It is only Maoist leadership that can provide
correct anti-imperialist orientation and achieve class unity among
Muslims as well as people of other religious persuasions. The
influence of Muslim fundamentalist ideology and leadership will
diminish as communist revolutionaries and other democratic-secular
forces increase their ideological influence over the Muslim masses. As
communist revolutionaries, we always strive to reduce the influence of
the obscurantist reactionary ideology and outlook of the mullahs and
maulvis on the Muslim masses, while uniting with all those fighting
against the common enemy of the world people�that is, imperialism,
particularly American imperialism.
Q How do you look at the changes in US policy after Barack Obama took
over from George Bush?
A Firstly, one would be living in a fool�s paradise if one imagines
that there is going to be any qualitative change in American
policy�whether internal or external�after Barack Obama took over from
George Bush. In fact, the policies on national security and foreign
affairs pursued by Obama over the past eight months have shown the
essential continuity with those of his predecessor. The ideological
and political justification for these regressive policies at home and
aggressive policies abroad is the same trash put forth by the Bush
administration�the so-called �global war on terror�, based on outright
lies and slander. Worse still, the policies have become even more
aggressive under Obama with his planned expansion of the US-led war of
aggression in Afghanistan into the territory of Pakistan. The hands of
this new killer-in-chief of the pack of imperialist wolves are already
stained with the blood of hundreds of women and children who are
cruelly murdered in relentless missile attacks from Predator drones in
Afghanistan and Pakistan. And, within the US itself, bail-outs for the
tiny corporate elite and attacks on democratic and human rights of US
citizens continue without any change.
The oppressed people and nations of the world are now confronting an
even more formidable and dangerous enemy in the form of an
African-American president of the most powerful military machine and
world gendarme. The world people should unite to wage a more
relentless, more militant and more consistent struggle against the
American marauders led by Barack Obama and pledge to defeat them to
usher in a world of peace, stability and genuine democracy.
Q How do you look at the current developments in Nepal?
A As soon as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) [CPN(M)] came to
power in alliance with the comprador-feudal parties through the
parliamentary route in Nepal, we had pointed out the grave danger of
imperialist and Indian expansionist intervention in Nepal and how they
would leave no stone unturned to overthrow the government led by
CPN(M). As long as Prachanda did not defy the directives of the Indian
Government, it was allowed to continue, but when it began to go
against Indian hegemony, it was immediately pulled down. CPN-UML
withdrew support to the Prachanda-led government upon the advice of
American imperialists and Indian expansionists. We disagreed with the
line of peaceful transition pursued by the UCPN(M) in the name of
tactics. We decided to send an open letter to the UCPN(M). It was
released in July 2009.
We made our party�s stand clear in the letter. We pointed out that the
UCPN(M) chose to reform the existing State through an elected
constituent assembly and a bourgeois democratic republic instead of
adhering to the Marxist-Leninist understanding on the imperative to
smash the old State and establish a proletarian State. This would have
been the first step towards the goal of achieving socialism through
the radical transformation of society and all oppressive class
relations. It is indeed a great tragedy that the UCPN(M) has chosen to
abandon the path of protracted people�s war and pursue a parliamentary
path in spite of having de facto power in most of the countryside.
It is heartening to hear that a section of the leadership of the
UCPN(M) has begun to struggle against the revisionist positions taken
by Comrade Prachanda and others. Given the great revolutionary
traditions of the UCPN(M), we hope that the inner-party struggle will
repudiate the right opportunist line pursued by its leadership, give
up revisionist stands and practices, and apply minds creatively to the
concrete conditions of Nepal.
Q Of late, the party has suffered serious losses of party leadership
at the central and state level. Besides, it is widely believed that
some of the senior-most Maoist leaders, including you, have become
quite old and suffer from serious illnesses, which is also cited as
one of the reasons for the surrenders. What is the effect of the
losses and surrenders on the movement? How are you dealing with
problems arising out of old age and illnesses?
A (Smiles�) This type of propaganda is being carried out continuously,
particularly by the Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) of Andhra
Pradesh. It is a part of the psychological war waged by intelligence
officials and top police brass aimed at confusing and demoralising
supporters of the Maoist movement. It is a fact that some of the party
leaders at the central and state level could be described as senior
citizens according to criteria used by the government, that is, those
who have crossed the threshold of 60 years. You can start calling me
too a senior citizen in a few months (smiles). But old age and
ill-health have never been a serious problem in our party until now.
You can see the �senior citizens� in our party working for 16-18 hours
a day and covering long distances on foot.As for surrenders, it is a
big lie to say that old age and ill-health have been a reason for some
of the surrenders.
When Lanka Papi Reddy, a former member of our central committee,
surrendered in the beginning of last year, the media propagated that
more surrenders of our party leaders will follow due to ill-health.
The fact is that Papi Reddy surrendered due to his loss of political
conviction and his petty-bourgeois false prestige and ego. Hence he
was not prepared to face the party after he was demoted by the central
committee for his anarchic behaviour with a woman comrade.
Some senior leaders of our party, like comrades Sushil Roy and Narayan
Sanyal, had become a nightmare for the ruling classes even when they
were in their mid 60s. Hence they were arrested, tortured and
imprisoned despite their old age and ill-health. The Government is
doing everything possible to prevent them from getting bail. Even if
someone in our party is old, he/she continues to serve the revolution
by doing whatever work possible. For instance, Comrade Niranjan Bose,
who died recently at the age of 92, had been carrying out
revolutionary propaganda until his martyrdom. The social fascist
rulers were so scared of this nonagenarian Maoist revolutionary that
they had even arrested him four years back. Such is the spirit of
Maoist revolutionaries�and power of the ideology of
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism which they hold high. When there are serious
illnesses, or physical and mental limitations to perform normal work,
such comrades are given suitable work.
Q But what about the arrests and elimination of some of your senior
leadership? How do you intend to fill up such losses?
A Well, it is a fact that we lost some senior leaders at the state and
central level in the past four or five years. Some leaders were
secretly arrested and murdered in the most cowardly manner. Many other
and state leaders were arrested and placed behind bars in the recent
past in Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal,
Maharashtra, Haryana and other states. The loss of leadership will
have a grave impact on the party and Indian revolution as a whole. We
are reviewing the reasons for the losses regularly and devising ways
and means to prevent further losses. By adopting strictly secret
methods of functioning and foolproof underground mechanisms, by
enhancing our mass base, vigilance and local intelligence, smashing
enemy intelligence networks and studying their plans and tactics, we
hope to check further losses. At the same time, we are training and
developing new revolutionary leadership at all levels to fill up the
losses.
Q How do you sum up the present stage of war between your forces and
those of the Indian State?
A Our war is in the stage of strategic defence. In some regions, we
have an upper hand, while in others the enemy has the upper hand.
Overall, our forces have been quite successful in carrying out a
series of tactical counter-offensive operations against the enemy in
our guerilla zones in the past few years.
It is true that our party has suffered some serious leadership losses,
but we are able to inflict serious losses on the enemy too. In fact,
in the past three years, the enemy forces suffered more casualties
than we did. The enemy has been trying all means at their disposal to
weaken, disrupt and crush our party and movement. They have tried
covert agents and informers, poured in huge amounts of money to buy
off weak elements in the revolutionary camp, and announced a series of
rehabilitation packages and other material incentives to lure away
people from the revolutionary camp. Thousands of crores of rupees have
been sanctioned for police modernisation, training and for raising
additional commando forces; for increasing Central forces; for
training Central and state forces in counter-insurgency warfare; and
for building roads, communication networks and other infrastructure
for the rapid movement of their troops in our guerilla zones. The
Indian State has set up armed vigilante groups and provided total
support to the indescribable atrocities committed by these armed gangs
on the people. Psychological warfare against Maoists was taken to
unheard of levels.
Nevertheless, we continued to make greater advances, consolidated the
party and the revolutionary people�s committees at various levels,
strengthened the PLGA qualitatively and quantitatively, smashed the
enemy�s intelligence network in several areas, effectively countered
the dirty psychological-war waged by the enemy, and foiled the enemy�s
all-out attempts to disrupt and smash our movement. The successes we
had achieved in several tactical counter-offensive operations carried
out across the country in recent days, the militant mass movements in
several states, particularly against displacement and other burning
issues of the people, initiatives taken by our revolutionary people�s
governments in various spheres�all these have had a great impact on
the people, while demoralising enemy forces. There are reports of
desertions and disobedience of orders by the jawans posted in
Maoist-dominated areas. Quite a few have refused to undertake training
in jungle warfare or take postings in our areas, and had to face
suspension. This trend will grow with the further advance of our
people�s war. Overall, our party�s influence has grown stronger and it
has now come to be recognised as the only genuine alternative before
the people.
Q How long will this stage of strategic defence last, with the Centre
ready to go for the jugular?
A The present stage of strategic defence will last for some more time.
It is difficult to predict how long it will take to pass this stage
and go to the stage of strategic equilibrium or strategic stalemate.
It depends on the transformation of our guerilla zones into base
areas, creation of more guerilla zones and red resistance areas across
the country, the development of our PLGA. With the ever-intensifying
crisis in all spheres due to the anti-people policies of
pro-imperialist, pro-feudal governments, the growing frustration and
anger of the masses resulting from the most rapacious policies of loot
and plunder pursued by the reactionary ruling classes, we are
confident that the vast masses of the country will join the ranks of
revolutionaries and take the Indian revolution to the next stage.
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