statement by PCIm Central Committee for the murder of comrade Kishenji
, the revolutionary writer P. Varavara Rao read out the following statement by the party's Central Committee.
November
24, 2011 would remain a black day in the annals of Indian revolutionary
movement's history. The fascist
Sonia-Manmohan-Pranab-Chidambaram-Jairam Ramesh ruling
clique who have been raising a din that CPI (Maoist) is "the biggest
internal security threat", in collusion with West Bengal chief minister
Mamata Banerjee, killed Comrade Mallojula Koteswara Rao after capturing
him alive in a well
planned conspiracy. This clique which had killed Comrade Azad, our
party's spokesperson, on July 1, 2010 once again spread its dragnet and
quenched its thirst for blood. Mamata Banerjee, who had shed crocodile
tears over the murder of Comrade Azad before coming to power, while
enacting the drama of talks on the one hand after assuming office,
killed another topmost leader Comrade Koteswara Rao and thus displayed
nakedly its anti-people and fascist facet. The central intelligence
agencies and the killer intelligence agencies of West Bengal and Andhra
Pradesh chased him in a well planned conspiracy and killed him in a
cowardly manner in a joint operation and now spreading a concocted story
of encounter. The central home secretary R.K. Singh even while lying
that they do not know for certain who died in the encounter, has in the
same breath announced that this is a big blow to the Maoist movement.
Thus he nakedly gave away their conspiracy behind this killing. The
oppressed people would definitely send to grave the exploiting ruling
classes and their imperialist masters who are daydreaming that they
could wipe out the Maoist party by killing the top leadership of the
revolutionary movement.
Comrade
Koteswara Rao, who is hugely popular as Prahlad, Ramji, Kishenji and
Bimal inside the party and among the people, is one of the important
leaders of the Indian revolutionary movement. The tireless warrior who
never rested his gun while fighting for the liberation of the oppressed
masses since the past 37 years and who has laid down his life for the
sake of the ideology he believed in, was born in 1954 in Peddapally town
of Karimnagar district of North Telangana, Andhra Pradesh. Raised by
his father the late Venkataiah, who was a freedom fighter, and his
mother Madhuramma who has been of progressive views, Koteswara Rao
imbibed love for his country and its oppressed masses since childhood.
In 1969, he had participated in the historic separate Telangana movement
while he was in his high school studies in Peddapally town. He joined
the revolutionary movement with the inspiration of the glorious
Naxalbari and Srikakulam movements while studying graduation in SRR
college of Karimnagar. He started working as an active
member of the Party from 1974. He spent some time in jail during the
black period of the Emergency. After lifting up of the Emergency, he
started working as a party organizer in his home district of Karimnagar.
He responded to the "Go to Villages" campaign call of the party and
developed relations with the peasantry by going to the villages. He was
one of those who played a prominent role in the upsurge of peasant
movement popular as "Jagityal Jaitrayatra" (Victory March of Jagityal)
in 1978. In this course, he was elected as the district committee member
of the Adilabad-Karimnagar joint committee of the CPI (ML). In 1979
when this committee was divided into two district committees he became
the secretary of the Karimnagar district committee. He participated in
the Andhra Pradesh state 12th party conference, was elected to the AP
state committee and took responsibilities as its secretary.
Up
to 1985, as part of the AP state committee leadership he played a
crucial role in spreading the movement all over the state and in
developing the North Telangana movement which was advancing with
guerilla zone perspective. He played a prominent role in expanding the
movement to Dandakaranya (DK) and developing it. He was transferred to
Dandakaranya in 1986 and took up responsibilities as a member of the
Forest Committee. He led the guerilla squads and the people in
Gadchiroli and Bastar areas of DK. In 1993 he was co-opted as a member
into the Central Organizing Committee (COC).
From
1994 onwards he mainly worked to spread and develop the revolutionary
movement in Eastern and Northern parts of India including West Bengal.
Particularly his role in uniting the revolutionary forces which were
scattered after the setback of the Naxalbari movement in West Bengal and
in reviving the revolutionary movement there is extraordinary. He
mingled deeply with the oppressed masses of Bengal and the various
sections of the revolutionary camp, learnt the Bangla language with
determination and left an indelible mark in the hearts of the people
there. He worked tirelessly in achieving unity with several
revolutionary groups and in strengthening the party. Comrade Koteswara
Rao was elected as a Central Committee (CC) member in the All India
Special Conference of the erstwhile CPI (ML) (People's War) held in
1995. He strived for achieving unity between People's War and Party
Unity in 1998. In the Party Congress of the erstwhile CPI (ML)(PW) held
in 2001 he was once again elected into CC and Politburo. He took up
responsibilities as the secretary of the North Regional Bureau (NRB) and
led the revolutionary movements in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal,
Delhi, Haryana and Punjab states. Simultaneously he played a key role in
the unity talks held between erstwhile PW and MCCI. He served as a
member of the unified CC and Politburo formed after the merger of the
two parties in 2004 and worked as a member of the Eastern Regional
Bureau (ERB). He mainly concentrated on the state movement of West
Bengal and continued as the spokesperson of the ERB.
Comrade
Koteswara Rao played a prominent role in running party magazines and in
the field of political education inside the party. He took part in
running Kranti, Errajenda, Jung, Prabhat, Vanguard and
other party magazines. He had a special role to play in bringing out
various revolutionary magazines in West Bengal. He wrote many
theoretical and political articles in these magazines. He was a member
of the Sub-Committee on Political Education (SCOPE) and played a
prominent role in teaching Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to the party ranks.
In the entire history of the party he played a memorable role in
expanding the revolutionary movement, in enriching the party documents
and in developing the movement. He participated in the Unity
Congress-9th Congress of the party held in 2007 January, was elected as
CC member once again and took responsibilities of Politburo member and
member of the ERB.
The
political guidance given by Comrade Koteswara Rao to the Singur and
Nandigram people's movements which erupted since 2007 against the
anti-people and pro-corporate policies of the social fascist CPM
government in West Bengal and particularly to the glorious upsurge of
people's rebellion in Lalgarh against police atrocities is prominent. He
guided the West Bengal state committee and the party ranks to lead
these movements and on the other hand conducted party propaganda through
the media too with initiative. In 2009 when the Chidambaram clique
tried to mislead the middle classes in the name of talks and ceasefire,
he worked significantly in exposing it. He did enormous work in keeping
aloft the importance of People's War and in taking the revolutionary
politics into the vast masses. This great revolutionary journey which
went on for almost four decades came to an abrupt end on November 24,
2011.
Beloved People! Democrats!!
Do
condemn this brutal murder. It is the conspiracy of the ruling classes
to wipe out the revolutionary leadership and deprive the people of
correct guidance and proletarian leadership. It is a known fact that the
Maoist movement is the biggest hurdle to the big robbers and compradors
who are stashing millions in Swiss banks by selling for peanuts the
Jal, Jungle and Zameen of the country to the imperialist sharks. The
multi-pronged, country-wide brutal offensive named Operation Green Hunt
of the past two years is exactly serving this purpose. This cold-blooded
murder is part of that. It is the duty of the patriots and
freedom-loving people of the country to protect the revolutionary
movement and its leadership like the pupil of their eye. It's nothing
but protecting the future of the country and that of the next
generations.
Even
at the age of 57, Com. Koteswara Rao led the hard life of a guerilla
like a young man and had filled the cadres and people with great
enthusiasm wherever he went. His life would particularly serve as a
great inspiration to the younger generation. He studied and worked for
hours together without rest and traveled great distances. He slept very
little, led a simple life and was a hard worker. He used to mingle
easily with people of all ages and with people who come from various
social sections and fill them with revolutionary enthusiasm. No doubt,
the martyrdom of Comrade Koteswara Rao is a great loss to the Indian
revolutionary movement. But the people of our country are very great. It
is the people and the people's movements which gave birth to courageous
and dedicated revolutionaries like Koteswara Rao. The workers and
peasants and the revolutionaries who have imbibed the revolutionary
spirit of Koteswara Rao right from Jagityal to Jungle Mahal and who have
armed themselves with the revolutionary fragrance he spread all over
the country would definitely lead the Indian New Democratic Revolution
in a victory path. They would wipe out the imperialists and their lackey
landlord and comprador bureaucratic bourgeoisie and their
representatives like Sonia, Manmohan, Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee.
Our
CC is appealing to the people of the country to observe protest week
from November 29 to December 5 and observe 48-hour "Bharat Bandh" on
December 4-5 in protest of the brutal murder of Comrade Koteswara Rao.
We are appealing that they take up various programmes like holding
meetings, rallies, dharnas, wearing black badges, road blocks etc
protesting this murder. We are requesting that trains, roadways,
commercial and educational institutions be closed and that all kinds of
trade transactions be stopped as part of the "Bharat Bandh" on December
4-5. However, we are exempting medical services from the Bandh.
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