
Senior Maoist Leader and 41 Operatives Surrender in Telangana
Sodi Kesalu, a senior CPI (Maoist) leader, along with 41 other commanders, have surrendered to Telangana police, marking a significant setback for the group's organizational presence.
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Sodi Kesalu, a senior CPI (Maoist) leader, along with 41 other commanders, have surrendered to Telangana police, marking a significant setback for the group's organizational presence.
Top Maoist Devuji, who surrendered last month, has spoken out about the killing of Basavaraju and labeled Sonu as a 'traitor'. He also urged Telangana CM Revanth Reddy to advocate for lifting the ban on CPI (Maoist), stating the party would operate legally and disband the PLGA if granted political space.

Two senior members of the CPI (Maoist) surrendered to Telangana police, marking a significant blow to the party and signaling the end of its insurgency in the region.

With reintegration of a politburo member and a central committee member into mainstream, the last surviving apex organisational structure of CPI (Maoist) has effectively collapsed, said Telangana DGP Shivadhar Reddy

Chelluri Narayana Rao, a senior CPI (Maoist) leader, has surrendered to Andhra police after 36 years underground, citing the movement's decline and loss of public support, along with eight other operatives.
Odisha police have initiated a final operation to end the CPI (Maoist) insurgency, targeting a State Committee Member named Sukru and his group of Left Wing Extremists.

In a significant success for Telangana Police, four senior commanders of the banned CPI (Maoist), including Devji who was underground for 40 years, surrendered.

CPI (Maoist) leader Devji urges the government to lift the ban on the party, claiming it would end armed insurgency and allow for political engagement.

Violence cannot provide a lasting solution and that public aspirations can be addressed only through democratic means, Chief Minister told the former CPI (Maoist) leaders

The Telangana DGP stated that the CPI (Maoist) organization is now leaderless, rudderless, and nearly in tatters following the surrender of Devuji.