Comrade Kishenji’s Death Leads Us to Mourn, His Life Inspires Us to Fight!Partisan #14 • December 9, 2011
On November 24th, 2011, the cowardly Indian state tortured Mallojula Koteswara Rao, known popularly as comrade Kishenji, a member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist)’s Central Committee and Politburo and murdered him in cold blood. Using yet another round of phony peace talks to lure him into their clutches, the vicious Indian state killed comrade Kishenji to further Operation Green Hunt —the predatory war they are waging against both the Naxalite Maoists and the tribal Adivasi people of India’s rural interior— and to keep the resource-rich areas in which Adivasis live and Maoists operate ripe for exploitation by Indian and transnational corporations alike.
Comrade Kishenji’s life was well-spent, dedicated to building the peoples’ war in northern and eastern India as a member of the central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Peoples’ War). He also worked toward building unity among his party, the Maoist Communist Centre of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Party Unity), separate Maoist parties with whom the CPI(ML)(PW) often fought, and his work culminated in the unification of these three groups into the CPI (Maoist), known also as the Naxalites, the group now waging this heroic peoples’ war.
The authorities claim that the capture and killing of comrade Kishenji followed a two-hour gun battle. While this story is almost certainly false, given that there was not one reported casualty on the government side, it is telling that even in slander the tireless fighting spirit of this revolutionary hero shines through. The only believable story these murderers could concoct is that comrade Kishenji died fighting to the last breath for the liberation of his beloved people.
The allegation of torture came from his niece, P. Varvara Rao, who identified the body as her uncle’s and noted the presence of clear indicators of torture.
In retaliation for this affront, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) has called for a week of protest, including meetings, rallies, road blocks and strikes across the country. His final rites, which also happened during this week, was attended by thousands to whom Kishenji was a friend, comrade, and beloved inspiration.
This is not the first time the authorities have resorted to such underhanded tactics in their fight against the legitimate interests of the people. In July 2010, a similar ruse was used to ambush comrade Azad, another senior member of the CPI-Maoist’s Central Committee and Politburo.
That the heroic struggle of the Naxalites continues its forward march despite significant losses such as these shows that their strength, their source of power and inspiration is truly rooted in the people. It is the people and the people alone who can forever defeat the capitalist predators and establish a new society, a socialist society based on mutual liberation and solidarity. It is this power, the power of the working class and oppressed people to revolutionize society which the PCR-RCP is working to harness and organize into a force capable of making history. To comrade Kishenji, we offer up our most solemn red salute.
Lal Salaam!
Comrade Kishenji’s life was well-spent, dedicated to building the peoples’ war in northern and eastern India as a member of the central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Peoples’ War). He also worked toward building unity among his party, the Maoist Communist Centre of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Party Unity), separate Maoist parties with whom the CPI(ML)(PW) often fought, and his work culminated in the unification of these three groups into the CPI (Maoist), known also as the Naxalites, the group now waging this heroic peoples’ war.
The authorities claim that the capture and killing of comrade Kishenji followed a two-hour gun battle. While this story is almost certainly false, given that there was not one reported casualty on the government side, it is telling that even in slander the tireless fighting spirit of this revolutionary hero shines through. The only believable story these murderers could concoct is that comrade Kishenji died fighting to the last breath for the liberation of his beloved people.
The allegation of torture came from his niece, P. Varvara Rao, who identified the body as her uncle’s and noted the presence of clear indicators of torture.
In retaliation for this affront, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) has called for a week of protest, including meetings, rallies, road blocks and strikes across the country. His final rites, which also happened during this week, was attended by thousands to whom Kishenji was a friend, comrade, and beloved inspiration.
This is not the first time the authorities have resorted to such underhanded tactics in their fight against the legitimate interests of the people. In July 2010, a similar ruse was used to ambush comrade Azad, another senior member of the CPI-Maoist’s Central Committee and Politburo.
That the heroic struggle of the Naxalites continues its forward march despite significant losses such as these shows that their strength, their source of power and inspiration is truly rooted in the people. It is the people and the people alone who can forever defeat the capitalist predators and establish a new society, a socialist society based on mutual liberation and solidarity. It is this power, the power of the working class and oppressed people to revolutionize society which the PCR-RCP is working to harness and organize into a force capable of making history. To comrade Kishenji, we offer up our most solemn red salute.
Lal Salaam!
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