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NEW DELHI: The neutralisation of Madvi Hidma, the youngest CPI (Maoist) cardinal committee subordinate and yet its astir dreaded subject commander, came 12 days up of the Nov 30, 2025 deadline acceptable by location curate Amit Shah for the counter-Naxal forces to extremity his panic run. Hidma's exit whitethorn person brought the information constitution realistically adjacent to achieving the March 31, 2026 extremity acceptable by location curate Amit Shah for eliminating left-wing extremist unit from the country.
As connected date, the CPI (Maoist) cardinal committee's spot stands eroded to seven, including the 3 politburo members Thippiri Tirupathi alias Devji, Muppalla Laxman Rao alias Ganpathy and Misir Besra. Ganapathy is successful his seventies and Misir Besra confined to a tiny country successful Jharkhand with small cadre strength. The remaining 4 'active' CC members are Ganesh Uikey, Anal Da, Malla Raji Reddy alias Sangram and Ramder.Sources told TOI that aft Shah declared past twelvemonth that Naxalism shall beryllium uprooted by March 31, 2026, helium has been giving the information forces mini-goals oregon milestones to beryllium achieved on the way. These milestones could beryllium freeing a definite country from Maoists' clasp oregon tackling the apical CPI (Maoist) enactment by getting them to surrender or, wherever unwilling, neutralising them successful intelligence-based operations. Sources said Shah, portion chairing caller reviews connected left-wing extremism, had directed the forces to neutralise Hidma latest by Nov 30.
Hidma, who had commanded the dreaded Battalion No 1 of the Peoples' Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) earlier passing connected the baton to Barse Deva, was the lone Bastar tribal to beryllium anointed to CC. The forces had been connected his way for years but Hidma remained elusive. Though Chhattisgarh lawman CM Vijay Sharma had connected Nov 10 approached Hidma's parent to entreaty to him to surrender, helium did not respond.The sidesplitting of Hidma, fixed however important helium was to CPI (Maoist)'s operational capabilities, "is a historical milestone successful the combat against near helping extremism," IG, Bastar Range Sundarraj P told TOI.
He said the remaining Maoist leaders of interest are Devji, Sangram, Ganesh Uikey, Ramder arsenic good arsenic Barse Deva and Pappa Rao. The appraisal is that nary much than 100-150 uniformed, armed, full-time Maoist cadres whitethorn beryllium active, perchance successful the National Park area, Gariyaband oregon inter-state borders of Chhattisgarh-Telangana and Andhra-Odisha.
"Some whitethorn surrender aft Hidma's killing. But those who don't, shall beryllium confronted by the information forces," helium said.The twelvemonth 2025 has dealt a debilitating stroke to the Maoists, with galore apical leaders killed oregon having surrendered. The astir salient PB person to beryllium eliminated was wide caput Nambala Keshav Rao, portion Mallujola Venugopal Rao alias Sonu surrendered. The CC members neutralised this twelvemonth see Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy, Katta Ramchandra Reddy, Chalapati, Gajrala Ravi, Vivek Chandri Yadav and Thentu Laxmi.
Other CC members who surrendered are Sujata, Chandranna and Rupesh.Was helium acceptable to surrender erstwhile helium was shot?Telangana cops said Hidma had dropped capable hints astir a imaginable surrender and they were moving connected it. Chhattisgarh lawman CM Vijay Sharma had met his mother, aft which she powerfully urged Hidma to springiness up arms. A Bastar writer said Hidma wrote to him past week that helium was considering surrender and sought assistance to negociate with the govt.
