Senior CPI(Maoist) leader Devji has appealed to the state and central governments to lift the ban on the outfit and acknowledge it as a mainstream political party.
Devji, who surrendered before the Telangana Police last month, said the Centre should declare the CPI(Maoist) as a lawful mainstream political party by lifting the ban on it.
He also requested that all arrested Maoists and sympathisers, including those arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case, be declared as political prisoners and be released immediately.
Devji admitted that the armed struggle of the CPI(Maoist) had come to an end, and if the ban was lifted, the party could call for a complete disbanding of the People's Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA).
He alleged that some central committee members had conspired to split the CPI(Maoist) and joined hands with the police to weaken the party.
Devji clarified that he and others had not surrendered to the police, but were arrested while moving out of Chhattisgarh to another shelter zone.
He also said the CPI(Maoist) had failed to change its strategies according to the changing political dynamics in the country and the changing needs of the people.
