Taking control of the entire tribal belt stretching from Abujhmar, Bastar and Dandakaranya, the Maoists in Chhattisgarh have reportedly announced the formation and functioning of their first-ever parallel “revolutionary government”. This “government” has also announced the formation of “ministries” of agriculture, finance, judiciary, health, school and culture and forests. The Chhattisgarh government appears to have completely lost control of this remote tribal-dominated region, over which soldiers belonging to the dreaded People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) hold sway. While the Maoist health ministry is creating awareness on family planning and hygiene, the education ministry has come up with its own version of “revolutionary history.” Attacks on the government-sponsored “Salwa Judum” movement are part of the “red” syllabus.
The outfit plans to set up similar revolutionary governments in other Maoist-infested states like Jharkhand and Orissa. Though there is no “foreign ministry” as such, the highest policymaking body, the central committee, maintains links with the coordination committee of Maoist parties and organisations of South Asia.