Hyderabad, August 17: The State government on Monday issued a GO extending ban on the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and its frontal organizations — the Radical Youth League (RYL), the Rythu Coolie Sangham (RCS), the Radical Students Union (RSU) and the Singareni Karmika Samakhya (SIKASA) for one more year under the Andhra Pradesh Public Security Act, 1992.
The State government has reviewed the situation and felt that the Communist Party of India (Maoist) was continuing to indulge in unlawful activities. Its unlawful activities, if not stopped, would pose a serious danger and menace to public order, peace and tranquillity. Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (4) of Section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Public Security Act, 1992 (Andhra Pradesh Act No. 21 of 1992), the government has declared the Communist Party of India (Maoist) to be an unlawful association for one more year from August 17.
After returning to power in 2004, the Congress government had lifted the ban on CPI (Maoists) as assured during the elections and held peace talks with the armed red outfit the then CPI(ML – Peoples’ War). During peace talks, the Peoples’ War Group had merged with Communist Maoist Centre (MCC) and floated the CPI (Maoist) party posing red terror to the country. After the peace talks broke down, the Maoists resumed violent activities in the State. After killing of Congress MLA, Mr Narsi Reddy, the Dr Rajasekhara Reddy re-imposed the ban on CPI (Maoist) and its front organizations.
——NSS