Hyderabad, February 27 – Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy assured on Friday that all necessary support would be provided to the surrendered Maoists to enable them to live with dignity in society.
He stated that there would be no shortcomings in providing security and other rehabilitation benefits to the reintegrated Maoists.
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy made the assurance when six top leaders of the banned CPI (Maoist), who had recently surrendered, called on him.
According to the DGP office, the Chief Minister held a face-to-face discussion with the former Maoist leaders. He congratulated them for choosing the democratic path after spending many years in the forests.
The Chief Minister remarked that violence cannot provide a permanent solution to any problem, and that people's aspirations can only be fulfilled through democratic means.
The leaders thanked the Chief Minister and the government for enabling them to choose to return to mainstream life by abandoning armed struggle.
They also urged him to enhance the relief and rehabilitation packages for the reintegrated leaders, bringing them in line with the existing policies in neighboring states.
According to DGP Shivadhar Reddy, the reintegrated Maoists were given the opportunity, at their request, to meet the Chief Minister.
The DGP stated that, responding to the Chief Minister's call, a total of 591 Maoists across the state had reintegrated during the last two years, and that they are now leading normal lives as ordinary citizens.
He explained that coordinated efforts by the police department and the improved rehabilitation policies implemented by the government had also brought about a change among top leaders, which led them to decide to reintegrate into society with renewed faith in the democratic system.
The surrendered Maoists who met the Chief Minister at the State Secretariat included Thippiri Tirupati alias Devuji, who was a Member of the Central Committee, Polit Bureau Member, and In-charge of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of CPI (Maoist), and Malla Raji Reddy alias Sangram.
Pothula Kalpana alias Sujatha, Pulluri Prasad Rao alias Chandranna, both former Central Committee members, Bade Chokka Rao alias Damodar, who was the Secretary of the Telangana State Committee (TSC), and Nune Narsimha Reddy alias Ganganna, a former State Committee Member, also met the Chief Minister.