Maoists are celebrating the annual fete at Andhra Odisha border (AOB) near Visakhapatnam.
It is observed by the Maoists every year between 28th July and 3rd August to commemorate Charu Mazumdar’s death anniversary. They conducted a public meeting on Saturday at AOB.
Charu Mazumdar who was a revolutionary with Communist ideology founded CPI(M) in 1967. He wrote eight articles popularly known as Historic Eight Documents in the communist literature, on the ideology parallel to that of the one followed in the revolution in China. The Group founded by him took a shape of Naxalbari and the members were called Naxalites. He was captured on July 16th 1972 and he died on 28th July in the lock up.
(AW-SriJa)
