CPI (Maoist)

Communist Party of India (Maoist) இந்திய பொதுவுடமைக் கட்சி (மாவோ) ভারতের কম্যুনিস্ট দল (মাওবাদি) भारत की कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (माओवादी)
Flag of the Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Leader	Muppala Lakshmana Rao
Founded	21 September 2004
Merger of	• Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War,  • Maoist Communist Centre of India,  • Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Naxalbari
Paramilitary wings	• People's Liberation Guerrilla Army: 80,000 – 90,000 (September 2015)  • People's Militia (armed with bows, arrows, and machetes): 100,000
Ideology	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Political position	Far-left
Colours	Red
Motives	To destroy the state machinery and establish the Indian People's Democratic Federal Republic
Active region(s)	India (mainly in Red Corridor)
Status	• Under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act designated as terrorist organisation by the Government of India  • Designated as Unlawful Association by the Madhya Pradesh government  • Andhra Pradesh Designated as Unlawful Association by the Andhra Pradesh government  • Designated as Unlawful Association by the Chhattisgarh government
Annual revenue and means of revenue	Rs. 140 - 250 crores  • Mining  • Donations from farmers and workers
Website
People's March

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a Maoistcommunist party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through 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 merger was announced on 14 October the same year. In the merger a provisional central committee was constituted, with the erstwhile People's War Group leader Muppala Lakshmana Rao, alias "Ganapathi", as general secretary. Further, on May Day 2014, the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Naxalbari merged into the CPI (Maoist). The CPI (Maoist) are often referred to as the intellectuals in reference to the Naxalbari insurrection conducted by radical Maoists in West Bengal in 1967. CPI(Maoist) is designated as terrorist organisation in India under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

In 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh referred to the Naxalites as "the single biggest internal security challenge" for India, and said that the "deprived and alienated sections of the population" forms the backbone of the Maoist movement in India. The government officials have declared that, in 2013, 76 districts in the country were affected by "left wing extremism", with another 106 districts in ideological influence.

It was formed by merging of various communist groups such as CPI(ML)(Peoples War Group), Maoist Communist Centre or MCC, CPI (ML) Party Unity.

The CPI (Maoist) believes that the Indian state is being "run by a collaboration of imperialists, the comprador bourgeoisie and feudal lords." According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, the two factions of the Party adhered to differing strands of communism prior to their 2004 merger, although "both organisations shared their belief in the 'annihilation of class enemies' and in extreme violence as a means to secure organisational goals." The People's War Group (PWG) maintained a Marxist-Leninist stance, while the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) took a Maoist stance. After the merger, the PWG secretary of Andhra Pradesh announced that the newly formed CPI-Maoist would follow Marxism-Leninism-Maoism as its "ideological basis guiding its thinking in all spheres of its activities." Included in this ideology is a commitment to "protracted armed struggle" to undermine and to seize power from the state. On May Day 2014, Ganapathy and Ajith (Secretary of the CPI (ML) Naxalbari) also issued a joint statement stating that "the unified party would [continue to] take Marxism-Leninism-Maoism as its guiding ideology."