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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Maoists plan to expand base

K. Srinivas Reddy

Organising struggle is essential in view of "state repression", say Maoist strategists

Underground recruiting units, propaganda units to play major role
State organisations to be further strengthened

National-level organisation to be launched soon

HYDERABAD: Having succeeded in expanding the areas of armed struggle in the country with the merger of the MCCI and the CPI-ML People's War (PW) eight months ago, the Maoist think-tank has now turned its attention on formation of mass organisations across the country.

Though some mass organisations are already functioning in "struggle areas", a serious effort is now under way to form and further strengthen these fronts. Now, the efforts are going on in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

In addition to mass organisations at State-level, a national-level organisation is to be launched shortly, sources say. The launch of this "anti-feudal and anti-imperialist" organisation is expected to be announced in Delhi.

Strong link

The Maoists' renewed efforts are based on the belief that there is a strong link between mass struggle and armed struggle. "Mass organisations and mass struggle should serve the war between the people's armed forces and enemy's forces once it has broken out, or, should be oriented towards the preparation of war," asserts a Maoist document on Strategy and Tactics which was adopted in a conference held after the formation of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).

The Maoist strategists argue that organising mass struggle is essential in view of state repression and that the masses gain confidence in revolutionary politics only by continuing mass struggles.

The Maoist line is that intensification of the armed struggle could further advance the mass struggle.

There would be three categories of mass organisations — underground units which directly recruit people, open / semi-open organisations which carry out revolutionary propaganda using the available legal opportunities and organise agitations openly to mobilise people and organisations which are not directly related to the Maoists party, but work under some cover with a limited programme.

These broad based organisations try to unite non-party forces on a common programme by taking up anti-feudal and anti-imperialist programmes openly to draw governments' attention.

Cover organisations

In addition to these mass organisations, the Maoists are also planning to start cover organisations, some of them formed by "unexposed" cadres.

Effort would also be to infiltrate the already existing organisations formed by others, a central committee document reveals.

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