The Courageous leader Comrade Kuppu Devraj - Maoist Central Committee
CPI Maoist Party Spokesperson Abhayʹs statement full text follows.
Red Salutes to the beloved son of the proletariat class, the courageous leader of the oppressed masses of our country, Comrade Kuppu Devaraj
Communist
Party of India (Maoist) pays humble homage to its member of the Central
Committee Comrade Kuppu Devaraj (Ramesh/Yogesh/Rayanna) and a senior
activist Comrade Ajitha. Comrade Devaraj served the revolutionary
movement for almost forty years and was killed in a fake encounter along
with another senior activist Comrade Ajitha on 24th December 2016. We
send late but deep Condolences to the families of our beloved Comrades
Devaraj and Ajitha. Comrade Devraj was 62 and Comrade Ajitha 52. We call
upon all the masses, democrats, patriots and citizens of the country to
condemn the brutal killing and fight against such atrocities. The
presentfake encounter was conducted by the present Brahmanic Hindutva
fascist Modi government and the social fascist CPM government of Kerala.
This
is how the revolutionary journey of our beloved Comrade Devaraj started
and went on. Inspired with the Naxalbari Armed Peasant struggle in the
1960s peasantry and intellectuals from the state of Karnataka started
working among the masses. One such person was Koganuru Gonappa of
Sirahatti village in Karnataka. He started arousing the poor peasants
with the politics of Naxalbari struggle. He was killed by the goondas of
the landlords.
Later there was a gap often years. Then the
CPI(ML) (Peopleʹs War) party was formed. Revolutionary activists and
individuals across the country started coming together. Thus Comrade
Devaraj too came into contact with the party in 1980. Consequently part
time activists developed in Karnataka and they were consolidated into
party cells. Yogesh was an active member in one of the cells. He along
with the others started political and organization work in workers,
students and youth. In fact even before the party came into contact with
him, he was working among workers with revolutionary politics like some
others.
Comrade Devaraj was a worker in a factory. He belongs to
the urban poor and the oppressed dalit class. His forefathers shifted to
Bangalore from Tamilnadu. He had a family with wife, children, brothers
and sisters. After he turned an activist, his house became a centre for
party activities.
In between 1980-85 the party cells became
active. Devaraj soon became a PR in the leadership of Cherukuri
Rajkumar (Azad). Comrade Azad was sent by the party to organise in the
state of Karnataka. By 85, eight activists became Professional
Revolutionaries out of whom Devaraj was the leading person. The PRs
worked in the cities of Bangalore, Kolar and Mysore among workers,
students and youth. They also took up struggles in students, youth and
workers. A cultural front too was formed.
The cultural front,
party and activists of mass organizations propagated about PPW, about
the movements in AP, Bihar and other such places. They took up political
propaganda widely. In this process by 85 a leading team with
ideological and political unity was formed in the leadership of Azad.
Devarajwas the key person in this team.
In 85 during the crisis in
Central Committee(CC), this leading team of Karnataka played an active
role against the opportunist, disruptionist clique in the CC. Under the
leadership of comrade Azad, comrades Devaraj and Saketh Rajan played a
crucial role in this internal struggle. Though the comrades did not have
much experience in class struggle, they studied the theory of
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and party basic documents, revolutionary history
of our Country and the world and were ideologically and politically
sound. They firmly adhered to the Party line of PPW and helped to keep
the Party continue with the politics of Armed struggle. Their study and
the theoretical struggle they waged upon the clique formed a theoretical
base for the future party organisation in the state. It also helped the
team to later develop into the state committee. The team also helped
the AP Committee during the time of repression. With the help of this
team the AP Committee could successfully perform certain important tasks
and thus developed good relations between these two movements and
served mutually.
In the First State Conference in 1987 Comrade
Azad was elected as State Committee secretary (SCS). Saketh Rajan and
Kuppu Devaraj were members of the committee. This conference adopted a
perspective for agrarian revolution. It considered the uneven social,
economic and political situation in the state and decided to start the
movement in the northern plains of Karnataka flanking Andhra Pradesh.
Devaraj took the responsibility to lead the rural movement as a State
Committee Member. He understood that the movement would advance only in
the direct leadership. In this area a landlord was punished and his and
seized. The struggle went on for about two years. Students too were
quite active in this area.
They worked among the peasantry in
Bidar and Raichur districts. They mobilised the peasantry, started the
peasant organisation and took up anti feudal, anti state struggles. At
the same time the struggle against the Kaiga nuclear plant came up. They
extended into the field of students and formed student organisations in
the districts of Bidar, Raichur, Chitradurga, Shimoga and Dharwad. The
struggle in Kaiga and the work among the students all put together made
the party known across the state.
Due to the crisis in CC between
1985-87 it came to a standstill for quite sometime. There was no centre
for coordinating the movements in the states and to guide them. During
this period, Azad and comrade Yogesh together worked to maintain the
cadre intact. Comrade Devaraj played a very important role in
maintaining the cadre in Tamilnadu also.
In 1990 the party
conducted the Second State Conference. In this Conference they reviewed
the struggles. The conference felt that there were a few shortcomings in
the anti feudal struggle, mainly regarding the militancy. They took
lessons from this experience and decided to consolidate the party and
provide direct leadership in order to take the movement forward. The
Party also conducted a State Plenum in 1993 to rectify the alien class
tendencies. In this plenum, the Party took up the task to develop the
party to take forward the movement to address the peopleʹs problems.
Nationality
question arose in Karnataka. Party realised the necessity to take up
the issue of the Kannadigas and formed an organisation to address the
same.
There was a second crisis in the Party in the All India
level in 1991. In this crisis the KN State committee wrote a document
exposing the wrong tendencies of the minority group. They called upon
all the cadresto fight against the opportunistic clique in 92. It gave
this call with the objective that all the cadres in the Party must
understand the disruptionist clique and fight ideologically.
Before
the All India Special Conference of the party in 1995, there was a
state conference in which Devaraj took up the responsibility of
Secretary of the State Committee. In the Conference he became an
alternate member of the CC and a full time member of the CC in ʹ97.
Since the same period there was an internal struggle in the party in
Karnataka that slowed down the advancement of the movement.
In
2001 the erstwhile Peopleʹs War held the Ninth Congress and Comrade
Devaraj was once more elected into the CC. The CC also formed the South
West Regional Bureau (SWRB) and Comrade Devraj was a member of the
Bureau. At this time the State Committee proposed to the CCto shift the
perspective area. The CC approved the proposal and worked outa thorough
plan. The Committee studied the Socio Economical and Political
conditions of the perspective area. Together with Comrade Saketh Rajan,
Comrade Kuppu Devaraj had a key role in starting the movement in the
perspective area in the beginning of 21 century.
As soon as
workstarted in the perspective area, opportunists started throwingstones
on itsaying that it would not work. They were also against the merger
of the two parties and the formation of Maoist Party. In such a
situation, Comrade Saketh Rajan was martyred fighting with the enemy in a
heroic way. After his martyrdom Comrade Devaraj continued the fight
against the right opportunist clique, with the help of the SWRB.
Majority comrades stood with the Party line. Finally the crisis was
solved in the State Conference in 2006. The opportunistic clique left
the Party.
A document was released to counter the opportunists in
the name of ʹOpportunists never understand revolutionary dialecticsʹ.
Yogesh was the main person behind the document. Meanwhile Armed
Guerillasquads were started in Madurai and neighboring districts of
Tamilnadu. Yogesh took the main responsibility in preparing the
perspective and the cadre forthe armed struggle.
In 2004 Maoist
party was formed. Yogesh as a CCM contributed to the formation of the
new party. He subsequently became a member of the South West Regional
Bureau. He participated in the Unity Congress and contributed
ideologically and politically.
In 2007 the Party held the Unity
Congress-Ninth Congress. The Congress elected Comrade Devarajinto the CC
and thus he was a member of the SWRB. By the end of this year and the
later year, other comrades of the RB were arrested and martyred. Comrade
Devarajtook the responsibility of the three states of Tamilnadu,
Karnataka and Kerala. In this difficult situation he was firm and helped
the cadre sustain in the revolutionary movement.
In 2011 the
Party in the south-west region decided to workby concentrationg most of
our subjective forces in Trijunction area, the forest area constituting
the states of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu. Comrade Devaraj was
always eagre to open a war frontin this part of the country. He was
constantly studying the conditions of the various parts of the three
states. Thus he played a crucial role instarting the movement in the
area of Trijunction. He once more led the cadre to extend to
Trijunction. In no time the Party became popular among the traditional
tribal populations in the area. The Party led the PLGA to successfully
conduct Politico Military Campaign. The squads went much more deep into
the masses. The governments of the three states became alert. The
present movement in the Trijunction is a heavy blow to revisionism,
especially in Kerala. The party showed them the rightpath, in which
Devarajmade a dynamic contribution.
When the SWRB took up
Leadership Training Program (LTP), Comrade Devarajtook the
responsibility and conducted training camps. The training involved
cadresstarting from the State rank. In this program the cadres were
thoroughly educated and could develop a clearperspective about the
various issues of the movement. Thus he helped for the political
strength of the Party cadres.
Comrade Devaraj was also dynamic in
uniting with other revolutionary communists. He took the responsibility
on behalf of the CC to conduct talks with the Naxalbarigroup that later
led to the merger of the group. Earlier he conducted talks with the
Janasakthi group and succeeded in bringing some of the comrades into the
rightpath. Comrade Devarajtookkeen interestin running magazines of the
Party and the mass organisations. He was also serious about documenting
the necessary developments that helped the concerned committees.
There
is one more important thing about Devaraj. He had an important role in
supplying Arms and Ammunition for the ongoing peopleʹs war. He also had a
role in conducting grenade manufacturing.
Western Ghats have the
potential to hand over a new experience to the Revolutionary Movement in
the country. So the Central and the state governments conspired, caught
Devarajand anothersenior activist of the Party Comrade Ajitha and
killed them in a fake encounter.
The loss of Comrade Devaraj in
the fake encounter is a heavy loss to the Party that started to
consolidate the masses in the area of Trijunction. The people of Kerala
never forget Verghese, martyred fifty years back and his sacrifice for
the people. People wish to continue the movement as per his ideals. So
as soon as the party approached them, they became actively involved. Now
they would never forget Devaraj.
Comrade Devaraj belonged to an
oppressed class, the oppressed dalit community. He was fluent in
English, Malayali, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu and the local Adivasi
language. The Indian Revolution lost a promising leader. He took up
bitter internal struggle ideologically and theoretically. He was steeled
in this struggle. He led the movement with little subjective forces and
relatively less experience with great courage and strong will. He
mingled with one and all and developed a democratic atmosphere among the
cadres and the masses and gained their confidence. He thus stands
forever in the minds of them.
He was a selfless personality. He
took up whatever the Committee decided as his task. Devaraj would be
remembered in the Indian Revolution, mainly in the Western Ghats and
also in AP, Telangana and Dandakaranyam. His ideals would live forever.
His commitment, hard work, sacrifice would certainly take the party
forward. Comrade Devarajʹs unwavering commitment towards the goal would
serve to overcome the present losses forthe future cadre. One can learn
from him how to swim against the tide.
The work style, the will,
the dedication, the courage of Comrade Devarajare exemplary to all the
cadres of the Party. The CC calls upon the cadres to imbibe these ideals
of the martyr. The Committee especially calls upon the cadres of the
three states to take up his task with his great spirit and continue to
work like him. With the path he laid, one could become a good Communist
worker. This would be the actual homage to the great martyr. We once
again express ourgrief and extend condolences to his cadres and his
family.
With the help of Comrades he rose high the red flag in the
Western Ghats. However much the repression and loss, the movement would
advance to eliminate the exploitative ruling classes and bring Peopleʹs
state power and establish a new democratic state and advance to
Socialism and then to Communism.
Abhay ,
Spokesperson,
Central Committee
CPI Maoists party
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