Maoists may infest KCR’s Sena

V R C Phaniharan / TNN / Aug 4, 2005, 23:29 IST

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HYDERABAD: Will the militant outfit proposed to be set up by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), end up as a legalised outlet for naxalites?

HYDERABAD: Will the militant outfit proposed to be set up by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), end up as a legalised outlet for naxalites? A day after TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao announced his decision to float a lakh-strong Telangana Jagarana Sena (TJS) as a militant outfit to strengthen the party��s base at the grassroots level and propagate the party��s separatist agenda with a missionary zeal, such an apprehension is being expressed in the corridors of power.
Even some TRS leaders are apprehensive that under the guise of TJS, Maoist elements could infiltrate the party.
"There is a growing suspicion among the people and party circles whether it will be used as a legalised outlet by the Maoists,"said a district party leader, who does not want to be named. " We have no idea about what the TJS will do, but by announcing that it will be a militant wing, our party bosses have given an open invitation for the police to put us under the scanner,"the leader added. Local leaders in Maoist infested areas like Sirsilla, Manthani of Karimnagar district are especially perturbed over the announcement.
Chief minister, Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, though not amused at the announcement, put up a brave face. He said the government would have no objection to the use of the word 'militant', he did not approve of the word 'armed forces' used by K Chandrasekhar Rao .

In similar vein, home minister, Jana Reddy suggested that the word militant was more of an 'emotional response.' But senior Congressman, P Janardhan Reddy questioned the move saying that it was unbecoming of a Union minister to talk of floating a 'private army'. The move for a militant wing of TRS comes at a time when the police has stepped up pressure on the naxalites. About 100 naxalites have been eliminated in the last few months, albeit not all in Telangana.

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