People's War Group
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Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War
People's War Group |
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| Leader | Muppala Lakshmana Rao ('Ganapathi') |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Merged into | Communist Party of India (Maoist), 2004 |
| Ideology | Marxism-Leninism-Maoism |
| Political position | Far-left |
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War, usually called People's War Group (PWG), was an underground communist party in India. It merged the Maoist Communist Centre of India to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in 2004. Muppala Lakshmana Rao ('Ganapathi') was the general secretary of the party. The ideology of the party was Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
The party was a member of Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organizations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA).
The party was founded in Andhra Pradesh in 1969, by Kondapalli Seetharamaiah and Dr.Kolluri Chiranjeevi It emerged from a re-articulation of Naxalite activists in the Telangana region. The party had its roots in the Andhra Committee, that had broken away from the Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Party Unity in 1976. The new party was formed by the merger with the Kothandaraman grouping in Tamil Nadu. The new party resolved to continue armed struggle whilst engaging in mass movements. The party renounced participation in electoral politics. It upheld the legacy of Charu Majumdar. The party analysed Indian society as semi-feudal and semi-colonial. The party was initially largely confined to the Telangana region, but later expanded to other areas of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.
In August 1998 CPI(ML) Party Unity merged with CPI(ML)PW. CPI(ML) Party Unity had been based in Bihar, and after the merger CPI(ML)PW expanded its geographic scope of operations significantly. It began establishing state committees in states like Kerala, Haryana and Punjab.
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