Age-related illnesses plaguing the top leadership, lack of ideological awareness and commitment among the middle and lower ranks are sufficient reasons for the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) to collapse on its own. No outside force would be required to further upset the party, Telangana Director-General of Police M. Mahendar Reddy said on Saturday.
“Any moment, the party can collapse on its own. Not because of external factors, but over matters that have been internally affecting them,” he said.
Citing “ground information and interrogations with Maoists joining the mainstream of life”, Mr. Reddy said the top leadership, particularly post-2014, had gone into a self-preservation mode, and younger cadre had also been absconding from the organisation.
