The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a banned Marxist–Leninist–Maoist communist political party and militant organization in India which aims to overthrow the "semi-colonial and semi-feudal Indian state" through protracted people's war. It was founded on 21 September 2004,through the merger of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War (People's War Group) and the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI). The party has been designated as a terrorist organisation in India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act since 2009.
Raman Singh is an Indian politician who formerly served as the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2019 to 2023 and as a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly representing Rajnandgaon since 2008 and from Dongargaon from 2004 to 2008. He also served as the 2nd and the longest serving Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for 15 years from 2003 to 2018,Minister of State for Commerce and Industries in the Vajpayee cabinet from 1999 to 2003,Member of the Lok Sabha from Rajnanadgaon from 1999 to 2003 and a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kawardha from 1990 to 1998.
Mahendra Karma was an Indian political leader belonging to Indian National Congress from Chhattisgarh. He was the leader of the opposition in the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha from 2004 to 2008. In 2005,he played a top role in organising the Salwa Judum movement against Naxalites,a Maoist group in Chhattisgarh. He was a Minister of Industry and Commerce in the Ajit Jogi cabinet since the state formation in 2000 to 2004. He was assassinated by Naxalites on 25 May 2013 in the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley while returning from a Parivartan Rally meeting organised by his party in Sukma.
Digvijaya Singh is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 2014. He is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and Ex-General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party's All India Congress Committee. Previously,he had served as the 14th and 15th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh,a central Indian state,in two terms from 1993 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2003. Prior to that he was a minister in Chief Minister Arjun Singh's cabinet between 1980 and 1984. In 2019 Indian general election he was defeated by Pragya Singh Thakur for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat.
Sunder Lal Patwa was an Indian politician,who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice,from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992.
Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha was an Indian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh from 18 January 1978 to 19 January 1980. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He hailed from Mandsaur district.
Vishnu Deo Sai is an Indian politician currently serving as the 4th Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. He is the first senior tribal leader in Central India. Sai is the member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He currently represents Kunkuri in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.
Ram Prakash Gupta was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party,as well as its predecessor party,the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
Salwa Judum was a militia that was mobilised and deployed as part of counterinsurgency operations in Chhattisgarh,India,aimed at countering Naxalite activities in the region. The militia,consisting of local tribal youth,received support and training from the Chhattisgarh state government. It was outlawed and banned by a Supreme Court court order but continues to exist in the form of armed auxiliary forces,District Reserve Groups,and other vigilante groups.
Nand Kumar Patel was an Indian National Congress politician from the province of Chhattisgarh. He was elected to the Kharsia Assembly Constituency five times in a row.
Swami Agnivesh,was an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha,a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj. He also served as a cabinet minister in the state of Haryana. He is best known for his work against bonded labour through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front,which he founded in 1981.
The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict between Maoist groups known as Naxalites or Naxals and the Indian government. The influence zone of the Naxalites is called the red corridor,which has been steadily declining in terms of geographical coverage and number of violent incidents,and in 2021 it was confined to the 25 "most affected" locations,accounting for 85% of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) violence,and 70 "total affected" districts across 10 states in two coal-rich,remote,forested hilly clusters in and around the Dandakaranya-Chhattisgarh-Odisha region and the tri-junction area of Jharkhand,Bihar,and West Bengal. The Naxalites have frequently targeted police and government workers in what they say is a fight for improved land rights and more jobs for neglected agricultural labourers and the poor.
Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan is a banned women's organisation based in India. The Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (KAMS) is a successor of the Adivasi Mahila Sanghathana (AMS). The foundation of the AMS was laid by the Maoists in 1986.
Gyan Singh is an Indian politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh. He was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1996 General Election.
Surendra Patwa is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bhojpur constituency in Raisen district since 2008.
Bhojpur Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. Bhojpur Vidhan Sabha seat is a segment of Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency.
Mandsaur is one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India,in Mandsaur district. It is one of the 8 assembly segments of Mandsaur. Former CM Sunder Lal Patwa had represented Mandsour Vidhan Sabha seat in the past. Jawad seat,a borough of another former CM Sakhlecha,is also part of this region.
The New Peace Process is an initiative of a conglomerate of tribal and non-government support groups and individuals,with the aim of bringing a negotiated settlement to the 50-year-old Maoist insurgency in Central India. Bastar Dialogues are a series of activities that started in mid 2018 by the New Peace Process to initiate a dialogue between the Naxalites and state security forces to restore peace in Central India.
The Second Sunder Lal Patwa ministry is the council of ministers in headed by Chief Minister Sunder Lal Patwa,which was formed after 1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election,where the BJP won 220 seats out of total 320 seats under his leadership. Sunder Lal Patwa the leader of the party in the assembly was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on 5 March 1990. Here is the list of members of his ministry:
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