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Sunday, 30 December 2012

Maoist and Maoism

What is Maoism?
     
              Maoism is a form of communism developed by Mao Tse Tung. It is a doctrine to capture State power  through a combination of armed insurgency, mass mobilization and  strategic alliances. Propaganda and disinformation against State institutions are used as additional tools. Mao 
called this process, the ‘Protracted Peoples War’.
Who are the Indian Maoists? 
                  The largest and the most violent Maoist formation in India are the Communist Party of India (Maoist). The CPI (Maoist) is an amalgamation of many splinter groups, which culminated in the merger of two largest Maoist groups in 2004 – the PW and the MCCI. The CPI (Maoist) and all its formations have been included in the list of banned terrorist organizations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.


What is the party structure of CPI (Maoist)?
           The party structure  at the central level consists of the Politbureau (PB), the Central Committee (CC) and the Central Military Commission (CMC). The following departments are under the direct command of CMC:
™ The Central Technical Committee (CTC).
™ Regional Commands (RCs).
™ Special Action Teams (SATs).
™ Military Intelligence (MI).
™ Publications and Editorial Board of ‘Jung’.
™ Central Military Instructors Team (CMIT).
™ Communications.
™ Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign (TCOC).
™ Peoples Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA).
The CPI (Maoist) also have an intelligence set-up known as the Peoples
Security Service (PSS).
At the State level, there are State Committees, State Military Commission,
etc., going down to Zonal Committees, Area Committees, etc.


What is the composition of PLGA?
   The PLGA consists of three forces:
  1. Main Force  -
       a)  Companies
       b)  Platoons
       c)  Special Action Teams
       d)  Intelligence Units
2. Secondary Force -
      a)  Special Guerilla Squads 
      b)  Local Guerilla Squads 
      c)  Platoons 
     d)  District/Divisional level action team 
3. Base Force –
    a)  Peoples Militia
    b)  Gram Rakshak Dal
    c)  Area Rakshak Dal
    d)  Self-defense Squads


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