Katakam Sudarshan | |
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Born | |
Died | 31 May 2023 |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Anand |
Organization | Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
Known for | A cadre, Politburo and Central Military Commission member of CPI (Maoist) |
Spouse | Sadhana |
Katakam Sudarshan (died 31 May 2023), commonly known by his nom de guerre Anand (Hindi pronunciation: [aːnŋd̪]), was an Indian politician who was a Politburo [1] member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), a banned [2] Maoist insurgent [3] communist party in India.
Anand was born at Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh, and pursued education at the government polytechnic college, in Warangal. [4] He worked as a teacher to financially support his higher education. [4] He married the Adiladab district secretary of CPI (Maoist), Sadhana. [1] She was gunned down by the police force, few years back. [4]
Anand was one of the senior-most cadres of the ultra-leftist political party, [4] and led the ongoing armed struggle from northern Telangana to Dandakaranya, for over 30 years. [5] He was described by Indian police as a "soft spoken" person, an "orthodox" Maoist and a "hardline strategist". [1] He was prominently known for chalking out the policies of the party in the political arena, and upheld that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. [1]
After the completion of his studies, Anand joined the radical leftists in 1975; and in 1979, he shifted to Chhattisgarh. [4] In the 1980s, he became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War (People's War Group), founded by Kondapalli Seetharamaiah. [5] He was famous for his "ruthless guerilla warfare tactics" and was designated the duty of training the cadres in " guerrilla warfare", and planning "military precision strikes" on the armed forces, in the territory of Chhattisgarh. [4]
Anand was a Central Military Commission [4] and Politburo member of CPI (Maoist), and was believed to be heading the Eastern Regional Bureau of the party, after Kishenji's elimination in the ongoing Maoist movement in India. [1] He also worked as the chief of the Central Regional Bureau of the CPI (Maoist).
Responding on a question about the Indian government's " Operation Green Hunt" during an interview, he said to journalists, "We have been in the middle of a cruel, bitter war for several years." [5] In 2010, he told media personnel that out of the 45 members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), 8 had been arrested and 22 had been killed by the agencies of the Indian government. [5] He was also reportedly working on the task to attempt stalling the "Operation Green Hunt". [5]
A senior police officer once told Hindustan Times that "Sudarshan was not a pacifist like Azad and was against his party's initiative to hold talks with the government." [1]
Anand died of a heart attack on 31 May 2023. [6]
Katakam Sudarshan | |
---|---|
Born | |
Died | 31 May 2023 |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Anand |
Organization | Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
Known for | A cadre, Politburo and Central Military Commission member of CPI (Maoist) |
Spouse | Sadhana |
Katakam Sudarshan (died 31 May 2023), commonly known by his nom de guerre Anand (Hindi pronunciation: [aːnŋd̪]), was an Indian politician who was a Politburo [1] member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), a banned [2] Maoist insurgent [3] communist party in India.
Anand was born at Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh, and pursued education at the government polytechnic college, in Warangal. [4] He worked as a teacher to financially support his higher education. [4] He married the Adiladab district secretary of CPI (Maoist), Sadhana. [1] She was gunned down by the police force, few years back. [4]
Anand was one of the senior-most cadres of the ultra-leftist political party, [4] and led the ongoing armed struggle from northern Telangana to Dandakaranya, for over 30 years. [5] He was described by Indian police as a "soft spoken" person, an "orthodox" Maoist and a "hardline strategist". [1] He was prominently known for chalking out the policies of the party in the political arena, and upheld that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. [1]
After the completion of his studies, Anand joined the radical leftists in 1975; and in 1979, he shifted to Chhattisgarh. [4] In the 1980s, he became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War (People's War Group), founded by Kondapalli Seetharamaiah. [5] He was famous for his "ruthless guerilla warfare tactics" and was designated the duty of training the cadres in " guerrilla warfare", and planning "military precision strikes" on the armed forces, in the territory of Chhattisgarh. [4]
Anand was a Central Military Commission [4] and Politburo member of CPI (Maoist), and was believed to be heading the Eastern Regional Bureau of the party, after Kishenji's elimination in the ongoing Maoist movement in India. [1] He also worked as the chief of the Central Regional Bureau of the CPI (Maoist).
Responding on a question about the Indian government's " Operation Green Hunt" during an interview, he said to journalists, "We have been in the middle of a cruel, bitter war for several years." [5] In 2010, he told media personnel that out of the 45 members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), 8 had been arrested and 22 had been killed by the agencies of the Indian government. [5] He was also reportedly working on the task to attempt stalling the "Operation Green Hunt". [5]
A senior police officer once told Hindustan Times that "Sudarshan was not a pacifist like Azad and was against his party's initiative to hold talks with the government." [1]
Anand died of a heart attack on 31 May 2023. [6]