Now, free the ‘Aam’ Maoist

Nambala Keshava Rao (Basavaraj) was defeatedat his own game and drowned the party with him. To go back a little, on April 26, 2010, then key leader Ramanna had called me after the attack that killed 76 cops. Triumphant, he shared the list of weapons snatched from security forces. I wasn’t interested, more worried about my phone being tapped, and disconnected hurriedly. But at the moment I realised the call signalled a shift in the party – from “mass line to military line”. Read full story on TOI+

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