Cpi(maoist) to retire aged, unfit leaders

ACCORDING TO CPI (MAOIST), APART FROM OVERHAULING OUTFIT, THE ISSUE OF RETIRING VETERANS AROSE DUE TO THE NEED FOR PROTECTING THEM

KOLKATA: The banned CPI (Maoist) has come out with a retirement scheme for its aged and physically unfit leaders in a bid to relieve them of underground activities and also revamp the organisation.

The central leadership had taken the decision earlier this year and the overhauling process has started.

A three-page resolution and circular, adopted by the CPI (Maoist) central committee that was distributed among the outfit, states that those leaders who are unable to do justice to their respective responsibilities should be relieved from their respective committees and given work according to their capacity.

The circular, a copy of which is with news agency PTI, asked the leaders to utilise the valuable experience of these aged cadres through mass organisations, forums, and various other methods. “We have to make such decisions in view of the interests of the movement and with the acceptance of the respective veteran comrades,” it said.

According to CPI (Maoist), apart from overhauling the outfit, the issue of retiring veterans arose due to the need for protecting them, especially in areas where central and state forces may target them.

The services of these veterans can then be used to build up a movement in areas where there is a need, it said.