Anti-PWG front formed

By Our Staff Reporter

KARIMNAGAR, JULY 26. Several surrendered naxalites belonging to the People's War Group, victims of naxalite violence, landlords, police and others have decided to constitute an ``Anti-People's War Group '' to take on the outlawed PWG.

Talking to newsmen here on Wednesday, the People's War Group former Karimnagar district committee member (DCM), Mr Bayyappu Sammi Reddy alias Ganesh, called upon naxalites to conduct covert operations and kill their leaders and surrender to the police along with arms and ammunition and the money collected by them. He assured all security to the naxalites who kill their leaders and surrender.

Coming down heavily on the PWG for its ``anti-people'' policies, he said they had killed between 6,000 and 7,000 persons branding them police informers. But in reality, hardly 10 per cent of the victims were police informers, he said adding that the PWG chief, Ganapathi alias Muppalla Laxman, and other central leaders should say how many persons really acted as informers. ``The PWG should come to people and accept their mistakes or else they would face the wrath of people,'' he pointed out.

Mr. Sammi Reddy alias Ganesh, surrendered before the police in 1998 on health grounds and disillusioned by the party ideology, had worked with the PWG since 1987 as courier dalam member, dalam commander and district committee member in Srikakulam, Khammam and Karimnagar districts.

Referring to ``threats'' held out by the PWG to the surrendered naxalites to return the reward amount and not to receive any loan assistance as part of rehabilitation, he ridiculed the PWG saying that the reward amount was being spent only for settlement of cases in court for involvement in various offences. He said not more than 5 per cent of the surrendered naxalites were rehabilitated with the reward amount and living happily in society. The PWG had no right to ``force us not to accept the reward amount and take loan assistance when the Government is encouraging people to lead a normal life.''

He said so far he had remained silent and not harmed the PWG, but now in view of false allegations and mounting threats, they had decided to launch an agitation against the PWG and kill them by conducting raids on their shelters, etc. ``As we are targets of PWG, we will get weapons from the Government for our safety, if they run into them we will not hesitate to kill them,'' he said.

With regard to the returning of reward amounts by the surrendered naxalites, Mr Sammi Reddy said the naxalites should also collect the reward amount from several senior naxalites who surrendered such as Mr. Kondapalli Seetharamaiah (KS), Mr. Bhaskar Rao, Mr. Mukku Subba Reddy and others. He also alleged that KS had taken about Rs. 30 lakhs from the PWG before his surrender and had not returned it to the party so far. He also alleged that several top naxalite leaders in Rayalaseema region had taken party money.

He also charged that several leaders such as Mr. Gaddar, the APCLC, the Virasam and other civil rights groups leaders were earning in lakhs of rupees in the name of the PWG.

On the women cadre in the PWG, he said several top naxalite leaders including central leaders harassed, suppressed and molested women members. He said naxalites pass several resolutions at their plenaries for the upliftment of the women, but in the dalam itself women are victimised. He alleged that dalam leaders had turned into rapists.

Asked about the Koyyur encounter, he said it was like any other encounter and pointed out that ``the PWG's wrong policies and differences among the leaders had led to the encounter of top leaders.''

Asked about the Anupuram Komoraiah (AK), the present DCM, who issued threatening letters to him, he said that ``AK cannot work and he is unfit. He acts at the diktats of central leaders.''

The former naxalites, Mr. Madhu, Mr. Vijay, Narsanna, and Madhav, were present.

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