The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has formed a new ‘Central Committee, (CC)’ with a majority of the members hailing from Telangana, reports The New Indian Express on January 29. As per the report, the new ‘CC’ has 21 members and out of which 10 are from Telangana, four from Jharkhand, two each from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and one from Bihar. The Maoist cadre Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basava Raju (65), a native of Srikakulam District in Andhra Pradesh, was elected ‘general secretary’ of the ‘CC’. He is also the ‘Politburo’ and ‘Central Military Commission, (CMC)’ member. The ‘CC’ members from Telangana include Ganapathi alias Muppala Lakshmana Rao (69), former ‘general secretary’ and present ‘Politburo’ member, Mallojula Venugopal Rao (64) from Peddapalli District, Katakam Sudershan (66) from Mancherial District, Malla Raji Reddy (67) from Manthani District, Thippiri Tirupathi (56) from Jagityal District, Kadari Satyanarayana (61) from Sircilla District, Modem Bala Krishna (55) from Hyderabad District, Pulluri Prasad Rao (58) from Peddapalli District, Gajarla Ravi (53) and Paka Hanumanthu (58) from Nalgonda District.