Maoists deny reports on Damodar's surrender, distance themselves from threat letter to Minister Seethakka
The letter criticised Seethakka for allegedly neglecting tribal rights, but the party clarified that it had no connection with the letter, a statement issued on Saturday in the name of the party Telangana spokesperson Jagan said. The committee claimed that reports of Damodar's surrender or death have been repeatedly spread by the police. Such reports are a 'deliberate misinformation campaign' carried out by the police as part of a psychological warfare to confuse the revolutionary forces.
The Maoists highlighted the contradiction between the Congress government's stance on Maoist issue. While the Congress government has declared the Maoist problem as a social and political issue that cannot be resolved through repression and is demanding that the Central government stop encounters, the police are harassing innocent tribals in Mulugu, Bhadradri-Kothagudem, and Asifabad districts by summoning them to police stations. The Maoist party urged the people to take note of this disparity.
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