Condolences and Revolutionary Salute in Memory of CPI (Maoist) General Secretary Martyr Comrade Basavaraj and Fellow Comrades
On 21 May 2025, in Narayanpur, a border region between the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana, India’s Hindutva- fascist Modi–Amit Shah regime carried out a barbaric assassination of Comrade Nambala Keshav Rao, known as Basavaraj, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), along with 28 fellow comrades. Our Party extends its heartfelt tribute and proletarian internationalist revolutionary salute to them and to the revolutionary masses who were victims of the genocidal “Kaagar” operation. We lower the Party flag in their honor.
We express our deep condolences to the Central Committee of the CPI (Maoist), all Party members, the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the Janatana Sarkar, the proletarian class of India, the bereaved families of the martyrs, and the broad revolutionary masses.
At the same time, we express our strong outrage and condemnation against the genocidal and destructive campaign of brutal repression carried out in the name of Maoist extermination.
The martyrdom of Comrade Basavaraj is an irreparable loss for the people of India and for the exploited and oppressed peoples of the world. He lived a life fully devoted to the service of the people and had led the advancing Maoist movement in India with great skill over the past 7 to 8 years
The fascist Modi–Amit Shah regime, lackeys of imperialism, are celebrating the death of the comrades with frenzied joy, as though the revolution has come to an end. They are indulging in a daydream.
We firmly believe that this celebration will be proven futile and that the Maoist movement in India will return even stronger. Through the path of invincible people’s war, it will accomplish the new democratic revolution and pave the way towards socialism and communism.
Just as the Maoists rose again from the martyrdom of Comrade Charu Mazumdar, waging relentless struggle amidst all odds to become the greatest threat to the ruling classes today, so too will the Maoist movement advance—through its inevitable ups and downs—until the revolution is fulfilled. The revolutionary legacy of Naxalbari has proven this time and again.
The sacrifice, valor, and legacy of Comrade Basavaraju and the countless revolutionaries and people’s martyrs will eternally serve as a beacon of inspiration for the oppressed peoples and nations of India and across the world.
-As the great Maoist leader Comrade Charu Mazumdar proclaimed, “Srikakulam is the future history of India” (Deshabrati, July 14, 1970). Red Salute to Maoist Comrade Basavaraju of Srikakulam!
-Long Live Proletarian Internationalism!
-Long Live Marxism–Leninism–Maoism!
Central Committee,
PBSP / Bangladesh
25 May 2025
