Sukma and CRPF Sukma staff during fighting operations. Security forces were shot by 16 Maoists in an anti-Maoist operation carried out on Saturday in the Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, the police said. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Days after the Minister of the Interior of the Union Amit Shah urged Maoists to lay down weapons and join the mainstream, the forbidden Communist Party of India (Maoist) said that the surrender policy is not a complete solution to the problem.
In a press release of 8 April, attributed to the northwest sub-zero office of the CPI (Maoist), she stated that the letter was an extension of the recent statement of the Central Committee looking for peace interviews and that representatives of the main Minister Vijay Sharma CPI created a favorable environment.
“Everyone knows that conversations will not be possible without a favorable environment … The government wants to continue the method it has so far accepted, and it should be against it.
In particular, the Chhattisgarh government announced its Maoist surrender and rehabilitation policy of victims 2025, which promises financial assistance to the cadre that he laid weapons. In his recent journey to Dantewada, Mr. Shah urged Maoists to give up and emphasize that in a new policy that help Naxalits to give up and say that Maoist without Maoists will receive a means of development of 1 ₹ Crore.
The letter repeated the request from the previous letter that it is necessary to stop the offensive of security forces in the areas controlled by Naxal, especially Bastar.
He claimed that Sub-Zonal Bureau members would have to meet members of the leadership to take decisions on peace talks, and it was also important to consider the opinion of the local management. “All this will not be possible in the middle of the ongoing campaigns. It is necessary to stop the Kagar campaign (anti-Maoist exercise) to create a favorable environment. It is necessary to create a favorable environment that indicated the process of talking. It is the responsibility of the government,” he said. “
In response to the last letter Mr. Sharma said that the government is ready for interviews, but Naxals should understand that they need to free the villagers from their grip and that the dialogue could not be endangered in the middle of the threat of violence.
“Naxalita say they have to discuss with the best guidance … they have to speak at local level, but the government urged them not to wait for someone else. If you are ready for discussion if you are ready with you,” he said.
Published – April 10, 2025 9:02
