War Against Maoists In India

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Dhanbad: <b>The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has opened its doors to non-resident Indians (NRIs) and foreign nationals living in India.</b> “An Indian residing in a foreign country and otherwise fit for party membership, may be given membership, <b>a foreigner residing in India permanently can also be given membership</b>,” reads the new constitution of CPI (Maoist) released recently.

The outfit has also resolved to be more stringent on international issues. Further, it has decided to recruit full-time members at 16. The number of child recruits, it may be mentioned, is already on the rise in the twin states of Bihar and Jharkhand due to malnutrition and acute poverty in the villages.

Interestingly, the outfit envisioning a classless society has fixed separate norms for membership to people belonging to different classes with a clear bias in favour of the working class. It has prescribed six months obervation period for members coming from working classes and agricultural labourers; one year for middle peasants, petty bourgeoisie and urban middle class; and two years for other classes.

The outfit further clarifies that no one from the exploiting classes (read rich and upper caste people) will be admitted into the party unless he or she hands over his or her property to the party. There is no such bar for the rest.

The outfit’s new constitution reflects a marked change in their strategy with greater focus on the armed struggle. "Armed movement will remain the main form of struggle and the army the main form of organization. Mass organizations and mass struggles are necessary and indispensable but their purpose is to serve the war. The immediate and most urgent task is to establish a full-fledged people's liberation army (PLA) and by developing and transforming guerilla zones and guerrilla bases," the constitution reads.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


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Dhanbad: <b>The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has opened its doors to non-resident Indians (NRIs) and foreign nationals living in India.</b> “An Indian residing in a foreign country and otherwise fit for party membership, may be given membership, <b>a foreigner residing in India permanently can also be given membership</b>,” reads the new constitution of CPI (Maoist) released recently.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not clear whether FOSA, FOIL, ASHA etc had to re-apply or not.