Muppalla Lakshmana Rao, commonly known by his nom de guerre Ganapathy or Ganapathi is

the present General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Maoist),

a banned[1] Maoist insurgent[2] communist party in India.

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1Early life
2Early political life
3Role in Maoist activities
4References
5External links

Early life[edit]
Ganapathy was born to Gopal Rao at Beerpur village in Sarangapur mandal in Karimnagar district
of Telangana. He is a science graduate and also holds a B.Ed. degree.[3] He worked as teacher in
Karimnagar district but deserted his job to pursue higher education in Warangal.[4][5]

Early political life[edit]

In Warangal, Ganapathy came in touch with the Maoist cadres Nalla Adi Reddy and Kondapalli
Seetharamaiah, and eventually he also decided to join the naxalitemovement in the country. He was
one of the early members of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War (People's
War Group) and grew as General Secretary of the party that is now called as Communist Party of
India (Maoist), an output of the merger of People's War Group and Maoist Communist Centre of
India(MCCI) that took place in 2004.

Other than Ganapathy he is known by several other aliases viz MupallaLakshmanRao, Shrinivas,
Rajanna, Raji Reddy, Radhakrishna, GP, Chandrasekhar, Azith and CS.[5]

Role in Maoist activities[edit]

Ganapathy is one of the most wanted persons by the Indian security forces for his role in several
naxal activities. National Investigation Agency has announced an award of 1,500,000 for any
information leading to his arrest.[5] Total bounty on his head is highest in India, which
is 36,000,000. [6]

References[edit]
 1. Jump up^ LIST OF ORGANISATIONS DECLARED AS TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS UNDER
THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967 - Ministry of Home Affairs
2. Jump up^ Deepak Kapoor, AVSM PVSM, SM VSM Chief of Army Staff (India) (2009). South Asia
Defence And Strategic Year Book. Pentagon Press. pp. 6263.ISBN 8182743990.
3. Jump up^ Rahul Pandita. Hello Bastar: The Untold Story Of Indias Maoist Movement. Tranquebar
Press (2011). ISBN 978-93-8065834-6.Chapter VI. p. 111
4. Jump up^ "We Shall Certainly Defeat the Government" OPEN. Retrieved 5 January 2013
5. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Wanted - National Investigation Agency". National Investigation Agency.
Retrieved 16 June 2013.
6. Jump up^ " ". BBC Hindi. Retrieved 12
September 2014.

External links[edit]

International Campaign Against War on the People in India

Interview with Comrade Ganapathy, General Secretary (GS), CPI (Maoist) given to Swedish
writer Jan Myrdal and Gautam Navlakha
Categories:
Anti-Revisionists
Communist Party of India (Maoist) politicians
Indian guerrillas
Indian communists
Indian Marxists
NaxaliteMaoist insurgency
Living people
1949 births
People from Karimnagar district