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Left-wing Extremist group 
Communist Party of
India (Marxist Leninist) Janashakti
1. Formation Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist-Janashakti(CPI-ML-Janashakti) or CPI (ML) Janashakti was formed on July 30, 1992 with the merger of seven communist groups, the CPI (ML) Resistance, one faction of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist), CPI (ML) Agami Yug, Paila Vasudev Rao's CPI (ML), CPI (ML) [Khokan Majumdar Faction], Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (CCCR) and Communist Revolutionary Group for Unity (CRGU). CPI (ML) Janashakti’s ideology was based on the ‘mass line’ developed by Chandrapulla Reddy and T. Nagi Reddy and in 1994, it contested in 13 constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, winning one. A trade union, All India Federation of Trade Unions, and a peasant’s movement were also organised. However, in 1996, one faction broke away and subsequently formed the CPI-ML Unity Initiative (today part of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Kanu Sanyal faction. Soon the main body split into seven more factions, which included among others the K. Rajanna faction, which settled on a strategy of guerrilla warfare, a tactical line similar to the erstwhile People’s War Group (PWG) and it is this faction that now presents a united front with the PWG (which merged with the Maoist Communist Centre to form the Communist Party of India-Maoist in September 2004). The present day CPI-ML Janashakti (alternatively known as Rajanna faction) is the second most dominant and violent group in Andhra Pradesh (AP) after the CPI-Maoist. On February 12, 2003, the Janashakti leader, K. Rajanna, had stated that realising the 'limitations' of its struggle and the consequent stagnation that is affecting the party cadre, the Janashakti group is all set to switch over from strategic defence to tactical offensive stage in its operations. Immediately after the February 12 declaration, the CPI-ML Janashakti cadres killed two police personnel in the interior tribal hamlet of Vattimalla village under Konaraopeta mandal (administrative division) of Karimnagar district in AP. However, the Rajanna faction suffered a major split in December 2003 following the charges of misuse of funds by Rajanna in his capacity as the party's ‘State Secretary’. Senior leaders like M.V. Prasad and Raghavulu fell out with Rajanna on the issue of the misuse of funds and floated their own group with the coastal region as its main base, while the Rajanna faction had to confine itself to the Telangana region. Rajanna chose to have an independent status for his group, while the breakaway faction preferred to be affiliated to the CPI-ML (Ramachandran) group at the national level. On June 18, 2005-morning, five armed extremists of CPI-ML Janashakti belonging to the Rajanna group shot dead M.V. Prasad, spokesman of CPI-ML (Ramachandran), at Mamillagudem toll-gate in the Mothe area of Nalgonda district. On August 18, 2005, the CPI-ML Pratighatana and CPI-ML (Ramachandran) merged to form the CPI (Marxist Leninist). Another Janashakti faction, the South Regional Provincial Committee, merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Chandra Pulla Reddy) on April 11 2004, thus forming the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti (Chandra Pulla Reddy). Another breakaway group is the Communist Party of United States of India (CPUSI), also referred to as the Janashakti Veeranna faction. Although there are no ideological differences between the CPI-Maoist and the CPI-ML Janashakti, their operational areas differ. While the CPI-Maoist has been reported to operate in at least 15 States, the Janashakti has presence in three States - Andhra Pradesh, with a strong presence in the Telengana region and a marginal presence in the States of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Reports in November 2004 indicated that the two outfits are planning to merge, especially since they put up a joint front during the October 2004 peace talks in AP. Unlike the CPI-Maoist, which is presently outlawed in Andhra Pradesh, the CPI-ML Janashakti is not banned. 2. Objectives and Strategy Although it is not known whether the Janashakti maintains a military wing, reports indicate that it has approximately 250 to 300 cadres, used primarily for extortion and collection. Ahead of the 2004 parliamentary elections, the CPI-ML Janashakti had signed a joint boycott declaration together with the PWG and Maoist Communist Centre (MCC). Further, prior to the AP peace talks, the erstwhile PWG leaders, Ramakrishna, Sudhakar and Ganesh, and the Janashakti representatives, Amar and Riyaz, stated on October 12 in Hyderabad that “we believe that the overthrowing process is not possible by bringing down one ruling clique and giving power to another through elections which are a sham. We think protracted armed struggle is the only route that can ultimately raise the consciousness of the masses and put the real State power in their hands.” 3. Leadership Some of Janashakti’s senior leaders in Andhra Pradesh have been identified as ‘state secretary’ Jagadish who replaced Rajanna, ‘State executive member’ Sagar, ‘state committee secretary’ Amar, ‘State committee’ members E. Laxmirajam alias Sagar and Gaddam Deva Dasu. One of the ‘state committee’ members Riyaz Khan, who had participated in the 2004 AP peace talks, was shot dead by the police on July 1, 2005, along with a ‘district committee’ member Srisailam alias Vijay in the Karimnagar district. 6. Major Incidents 2006
January 2: Four cadres
of the Janashakti group surrendered before the Superintendent of
Police in Warangal district.
2005
August 29: Nineteen
CPI (ML) Janashakti cadres, including two ‘State committee members’,
E. Laxmirajam alias Sagar and Gaddam Deva Dasu, one 'district committee
secretary', four 'commanders', two 'deputy commanders', one 'political
organiser' and nine dalam members were arrested in two separate
incidents in the Karimnagar and Warangal districts.
August 26: CPI (ML)
Janashakti cadres abducted an employee of a contractor working at
the SRSP flood flow canal for ransom from Sarvapur village in the
Karimnagar district.
August 4: Four CPI
(ML) Janashakti cadres were killed in an exchange of fire with the
police at Addagutta forest in the Venkatapur area of Warangal district.
July 10: CPI (ML) Janashakti
cadres abducted two employees of a transport company in the Khammam
district.
July 9: Two CPI (ML)
Janashakti cadres were shot dead while two others sustained injuries
in an encounter with the police at Sarikuntapalli in the West Godavari
district of AP.
July 7: Karimnagar
district police recovered more than 50 grenades, a computer, large
number of live rounds, 40 CDs, seven audio cassettes and a fund
receipt book containing details of Rupees 1.34-crore collections
from a CPI (ML) Janashakti hideout at Himayathnagar in the capital
city of Hyderabad.
July 1: Riyaz Khan,
the ‘state committee member’ of CPI (ML) Janashakti group, a ‘district
committee member’ Srisailam alias Vijay and a woman member are killed
in an exchange of fire with a special police party on the outskirts
of Bandanakal village in Karimnagar district.
June 10: CPI (ML) Janashakti
cadres killed a civilian, identified as G. Bhuma Goud, in the Kotha
Yeshwada locality of Karimnagar district.
May 20: Fourteen CPI
(ML) Janashakti cadres were arrested at Vaddepally village under
Daulatabad police station of Medak district in AP.
May 15: Two CPI (ML)
Janashakti cadres were killed during an encounter with the security
forces near Venkatapur forest in the Warangal district.
May 7: The CPI-ML Janashakti
‘Jagtial area committee commander’, Ramesh, is killed in an exchange
of fire with the police in the Vemulavada area of Karimnagar district.
April 22: A Janashakti
cadre, Koppala Srinivasa Rao, is killed in an encounter with the
police near Pedagarlapadu village in Guntur district.
April 21: Gandra Rajeswara
Rao, a Telugu Desam Party leader and deputy village head of Golla
Budharam village in Warangal district, is shot dead by Janashakti
extremists.
2004
November 7: Police
in the Karimnagar district foiled the Janashakti group's martyrs
memorial meeting. The outfit had earlier secured permission from
the High Court for organising the meeting on the outskirts of Karimnagar
town between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
April 30: CPI (ML)
Janashakti cadres shot dead a former left-wing extremist (also called
Naxalite) at village Ankisa in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
2003
November 28: Five CPI
(ML) Janashakti cadres were killed during an encounter with the
police in the Gadchiroli district.
2001
April 15: CPI (ML)
Janashakti cadres blasted a telephone exchange in the Warangal district.
March 30: A 'deputy
commander' of the CPI (ML) Janashakti was killed at Ghanpur in the
Warangal district.
March 23: Two CPI (ML)
Janashakti cadres were killed after they attacked a police patrol
party at Sircilla town in the Karimnagar district.
February 21: Two CPI
(ML) Janashakti cadres were killed on the borders of the Nizamabad,
Medak and Karimnagar districts.
February 5: CPI (ML)
Janashakti cadres abducted a former Naxalite and subsequently killed
him at Thandrala in Kathalapur.
2000
October 16: One CPI
(ML) Janashakti cadre was killed in an encounter at Dharmajipet
forests in the Rangareddy district of AP.
March 20: In the Guntur
district of AP, police personnel killed three CPI (ML) Janashakti
cadres during an encounter.
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