BHUBANESWAR: The Communist Party of India (Maoist) leaders have formed a new unit Chhattishgarh-Odisha Border Committee (COBC) to strengthen their operation across the border areas of the States, sources said. The new unit would counter the expelled Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda’s new party in the State, said the sources.
According to sources, the newly
formed Maoist unit has prepared its blueprint to counter Panda in the areas of
Kandhamal, Gajapati, Rayagada and Ganjam. Around 60 persons were engaged in the
mission. Even they have started collecting members from different villages to
strengthen their unit, said the sources.
The central committee has issued
a letter to the members of the COBC which depicted Panda as a traitor and
useless for the party. The COBC division would work in the border areas and
dense forests of these two States to spread its network. Maoist divisions of
Balangir and Bargarh district would work with the new unit, the sources said.
It may be noted that following the
abduction of two Italian citizens, Maoist leader Panda was in the target of the
central committee of CPI (Maoist). When the
party expelled Panda from its core committee, he formed a new outfit ‘Odisha
Maoist Party’ to continue his activities in his zone inside the State. The
central committee felt the rising of Panda might be a threat for the party so
that it created the COBC to challenge him, said the sources.
Another reason behind the
creation of the new unit is struggle for existence in Chhattishgarh. The
continuous combing operation and patrolling of CRPF and paramilitary forces
have created fear among the Chhattishgarh Maoists and for that reason they have
focused on a safe place like Odisha border, the sources revealed.
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