Gadchiroli: The once without time Maoist headquarters in Abujmarh – Extending through the steep and wooded hills to Horcajadas on Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh – it has fallen to the security forces after 50 years of blood spill. A fact admitted by Giridhar, a former PLGA commander, during a conversation with Toi on Tuesday.
“Abujarh is no longer a impregnable red citadel. The released areas have been crushed, the commands are conquering every centimeter of Dandakaranya Jungles. The base of Maoist paintings has been practically annihilated,” said the guerrilla combat strategist, which is yielded in June last year and now resides at the headquarters of the Gadchiroli Police with his wife Sangita.
Giridhar, who once directed seven Dalams in Gadchiroli for 28 years, saw the movement decrease first hand. “There was a spark, a vision and an ideology. But in today’s world, change can only be passed through democracy. Why should one kill another, one in uniform, the other a naxal? The murders Without meaning they find no place in history, “he said.
Once a key architect of the Maoist expansion, Giridhar had a teacher the 2009 ambush that killed Rajnandgaon Sp Vinod Chubey. With 185 cases against him, he was instrumental in the footwear that pass to the villagers to the guerrilla force, even when the younger generations headed towards urban aspirations.
“Our picture base was rapidly exhausting. The police seemed more friendly with their civic actions, gifts, jobs and promise of a better life. With the education and attractiveness of urban glare, nobody wanted to join us. The young man did not want to die With a police bullet on the head, “he said.
Giridhar’s surrender turned the wheels of Maharashtra’s antiMaoist operations, which leads to the elimination of upper limbs such as Milind Totumbde, Rupesh and Bhaskar Hichami. His departure was followed by more than 30 paintings that returned to the mainstream.
The ruin of the Maoists was a tail of police aggression and government scope. “After the call of the Minister of the Union, Amit Shah, to eliminate us by 2026, we knew that our days were counted. The night operations, the laces and the bombings of the carpet left us children,” added Giridhar, who escaped through Little death twice.
While Maoism in Gadchiroli is panting through the air, the main leaders such as Hidma, Bhupathi aka Sonu and Prabhakar, the current Maoist chief of Gadchiroli, continue to resist. Giridhar warned against writing his obituary yet. “Ideology can relive again with a good leader who rises against displacement, exploitation, ostracism and suppression. Do not assume any situation.”