War in Nepal: Facts on Maoists Maoists' revolutionary zone Nepali Maoists in tough with Indian Maoist groups Information on Indian Maoists Maoists to make S Asia 'flaming field'

Trying to establish a "revolutionary corridor"

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and newly formed Communist Party of India (Maoist-Leninist) CPI-ML, a merger between the former Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) and the People's War Group (PWG). The new party want to extend the close collaboration with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).

The fact is that all Maoist rebels and parties, including People's War Group (PWG) and Maoist Communist Center (MCC) had merged to form a new outfit namely Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) on October 15, 2004. Muppala Lakshman Rao alias Ganapathi Rao has recently been elected its Secretary. They have agreed to an international proposal to develop a Red Zone (RZ) from Nepal to Sri Lanka.

The two Communist Indian groups initiated moves to enxtend their areas of influence. The influence of MCCI is mainly confined to Bihar and Jharkhand. But influence extends to places as far as Andhra Pradesh. The Indian State of Andhra Pradesh is the stronghold of PWG. The PWG Naxalites have been on an expansion spree for the past over two years and have gained a varying degree of presence - intense to moderate - in parts of 12 Indian States.

CPN-M and PWG, together with 10 other fraternal rebel outfits from South Asia (India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka), have formed in July 2001 what is known as the Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organisations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA).

Maoist leaders of Nepal and India Issued a Joint Statement

Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) comrade Prachanda and General Secretary Communist party of India (Maoist) comrade Ganapathy have issued a joint statement on September 02, 2005. The two top leadersconfirmed the long Red Corridor of armed struggle stretching from the Base Areas in Nepal up to the guerrilla zones of Andhra Pradesh or the so-called Compact Revolutionary Zone. The two leaders in their statement have condemned the 'fascist attacks of feudal tyrant Gyanendra upon the Revolutionary People of Nepal' and of 'Indian ruling classes on the revolutionary leaders & masses of India.'
Source: Krishna Sen News

Nepali Maoists in tough with Indian Maoist groups

Intelligence agencies believe that People's War Group (PWG) along with the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI), now formed together the new Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) and other revolutionary groups have tied up with Maoist insurgents in Nepal to carve out a Compact Revolutionary Zone, including Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. While police have no evidence of the PWG receiving arms from Nepali Maoists, they said the groups were in touch to implement their plans to carve out a special zone.

The Maoists of India and Nepal have also begun joint operations. The Nepalese Maoists and their Indian sympathizers and counterparts, Naxalites, have made the Indian and Nepalese Terai region a base of opertion. Sources say that Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and French Maoists would provide full support to the Indian and Nepalese Maoists and Indian Maoists would provide shelter and training camps to Nepal's Maoists.

Maoists have a presence in about 22 districts of Bihar as well as in the neighbouring state of Jharkhand. Analysts say that they operate in 182 districts in India, mainly in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal. The Indian Maoist rebels say they are fighting for the rights of poor peasants and landless workers.

Maoists vow to make S Asia 'flaming field'

A South Asian regional grouping of Maoist parties, of which the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) is a founding member, has in its recently concluded meeting vowed to "advance revolutions for the seizure of power by armed force".

The Fourth Conference of the Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and organisations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA) held in August in an undisclosed location in the region has also vowed to "deepen and extend the links between genuine Maoists of the region". This was stated in the political resolution adopted by the conference.

Contrary to what they have agreed with the government on the road to peace, Nepali Maoists - in the joint resolution - have vowed together with their counterparts in the region to "turn South Asia into a flaming field of Maoist revolutions".
Source: Kantipur Online, 2006