Mallojula Venugopal Rao, the ideological head and chief spokesperson of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), has issued a second letter, stating that it is time for “cessation of armed struggle” to “save the party”. Rao alias Sonu (70), who hails from Peddapalli in Telangana, has attached his latest photograph with the letter.

The letter, written in Telugu, is the latest chapter of a saga that started with a letter on August 15, which was released on September 12, on the same subject. Sonu’s first letter was widely discussed and criticised by the party ranks, with a section of the Central Committee and Telangana State Committee of the party condemning his approach and even calling him a “traitor”. As reported by The Indian Express , the Maoists are divided on whether or not to surrend

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