Hyderabad: Against the backdrop of intensified anti-Maoist operations, particularly in Chhattisgarh, a section of the CPI (Maoist) is reportedly in favour of laying down arms, while others want to continue the “armed struggle,” Telangana Intelligence sources said on Saturday.

Senior CPI (Maoist) leader Mallojula Venugopal, a native of Telangana, is said to support laying down arms.

The internal conflict within the proscribed organisation surfaced after a letter, reportedly issued last month by Venugopal, called for “temporarily renouncing armed struggle” and “laying down arms.”

The CPI (Maoist) central committee dismissed the letter as his personal view.

Thippiri Tirupathi, alias Devji, also from Telangana, assumed charge as the CPI (Maoist) General Secretary earlier this month.

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