Smaller South Asian Maoist parties becoming more active

Those of us who keep up on the activities of Maoist parties in South Asia are familiar with the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, the Communist Party of the Philippines and Communist Party of India (Maoist). They are active parties with a lot of members in relatively large countries. But there have been increases in activity by some of the smaller parties, active in smaller areas of that part of the world.

One such party is the Maoist Communist Party Manipur. Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. The Maoist there treats the state as an independent country that is being occupied by India. The Maoist party there has been active in that state and has caught the attention of the Mainstream press.

-សតិវ អតុ  

From the Nagaland Post;

“Imphal blast: Manipur Maoist claims responsibility”

Maoist Communist Party, Manipur Wednesday claimed responsibility for the bomb blast at the residence of chairman of the Board of Directors of Imphal Urban Co-operative Bank (IUCB) at Koirou Leikai in Imphal East district on Monday night.

Claiming the blast incident, a statement signed by its publicity and propaganda secretary Nonglen Meetei, alleged IUCB chairman of involving in “massive corruption, appointment of relative to the banks fraudulently” and for his high handedness towards the party cadres.

The blast they triggered at the residence of the chairman was a remote controlled one. The statement, however, clarified that its cadres had not use any gun and the gun shot that was reportedly heard by the locality was fired out by the chairman Thokchom Dilipkumar and his men.

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Another party that seems to be active lately is the Sri Lankan Marxist - Leninist – Maoist. From Maoist Revolution;

In memory of Comrades Azard and Pande
We hail and salute the beacon you have ignited through your great humanitarian as
well as proletarian revolutionary martyrdom. Comrade Azard, Pande and all those
revolutionaries who were cruelly murdered have given the necessary impetus to
Sri Lankan Marxist - Leninist - Maoist to assess identify and take necessary steps
to revolutionize their activities.
Comrades you will be remembered as long as the struggle against oppression and
exploitation continues.
People's revolutionaries could be murdered but never defeated.
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Sri Lanka.