Ganapathy (Maoist)

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Muppala Lakshmana Rao
Born (1949-06-16) 16 June 1949 (age 74)
Beerpur, Jagtial,
Far-left terrorism

Muppala Lakshmana Rao, commonly known by his

insurgent[3] communist party in India. He resigned from the post in November 2018.[4]

Early life

Ganapathy was born in Sarangapur, Karimnagar district of Telangana. He is a science graduate and also holds a B.Ed. degree.[5] He worked as a teacher in Karimnagar district but deserted his job to pursue higher education in Warangal.[6][7]

Early political life

In

red belt of India including the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.[8]

Other than Ganapathy he is known by several other aliases viz Mupalla Lakshman Rao, Shrinivas, Rajanna, Raji Reddy, Radhakrishna, GP, Chandrasekhar, Azith and CS.[7]

Personal life

Ganapathy tends to be reclusive and difficult to meet, and has only done a few interviews. This includes an in-depth interview with Chindu Sreedharan of rediff.com in 1998, with the BBC, and with Rahul Pandita, a journalist from Open magazine and the author of "Hello Bastar" and with Shubhranshu Choudhary a former BBC journalist and writer of "Let's call him Vasu: With Maoists in Chhattisgarh".[1]

Role in Maoist activities

Ganapathy is one of the most wanted persons by the Indian security forces for his role in several Naxal activities. National Investigation Agency has announced an award of ₹ 1,500,000 for any information leading to his arrest.[7] The total bounty on his head is the highest currently in India, which is ₹ 36,000,000.[9] He has been replaced by his second-in-command Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraj in November 2018 due to ill health.[10] Ganapathy has been replaced his position as Maoist general secretary and was suspected to have fled to the Philippines through Nepal.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b Sekhri, Abhinav (16 February 2012). "Intrview with Rahul Pandita". News laundry India.
  2. ^ LIST OF ORGANISATIONS DECLARED AS TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS UNDER THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967 - Ministry of Home Affairs Archived 28 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ISBN 978-81-8274-399-1
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  4. ^ http://www.bannedthought.net/India/CPI-Maoist-Docs/Statements-2018/181110-CC-GeneralSecretaryChange-Eng.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ISBN 978-93-8065834-6
    .Chapter VI. p. 111
  6. ^ "We Shall Certainly Defeat the Government" OPEN. Retrieved 5 January 2013
  7. ^ a b c "Wanted - National Investigation Agency". National Investigation Agency. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  8. ISBN 978-93-80658-34-6
    .
  9. ^ "हाफ़िज़ या दाऊद से ज़्यादा इन पर है इनाम". BBC Hindi. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  10. ^ "CPI (Maoist) gets a new leader". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  11. ^ Choudhury, Rabindra Nath (1 December 2018). "Maoist boss Ganapathy may have fled to Philippines". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  12. ^ Rashmi Drolia (2 September 2020). "Maoist leader Ganapathy's surrender move: Chhattisgarh closely watching Naxal developments | Raipur News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

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