With most PLGA leaders eliminated and zones dismantled, the group’s influence is at its weakest

By PV Ramana

It has been 25 years since the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) of the naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), or CPI (Maoist), was founded on December 2, 2000, the first anniversary of the death of three of its Central Committee Members in an alleged encounter in Koyyuru, Karimnagar district, Telangana.

The PLGA was originally established as the People’s Guerrilla Army (PGA) by the then Communist Party of India–Marxist-Leninist (People’s War), or PW. Those killed in the Koyyuru encounter were Malla Raji Reddy, Yerramreddy Santosh Reddy, and Seelam Naresh. Following the merger of the PW and the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) on September 21, 2004, th

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