Andhra Pradesh   

Ban on Maoists extended by another year

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Friday decided to extend the ban on the naxalite outfit, Communist Party of India (Maoist), and six of its frontal organisations by another year till August 16, 2007.

The six frontal organisations are Radical Youth League, Rythu Coolie Sangham, Radical Students' Union, Singareni Karmika Samakhya, Viplava Karmika Samakhya and All-India Revolutionary Students' Federation. However, the Viplava Rachaithala Sangham (Virasam) continues to be exempt from the ban.

As the legislation was no longer in operation, the Government enacted the Andhra Pradesh Public Security Act solely for the purpose of outlawing the PWG. The ban was relaxed in June 1995 by the N.T. Rama Rao Government. The ban was re-imposed by former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Rs. 200 cr. more Central aid for Andhra Pradesh
Ban on Maoists extended by another year
It's school for her
Moment of grief
Briefly

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu